New York Islanders
Description
Franchise value and ownership history
Franchise name/location history (most to least recent):- New York Islanders
| Franchise Valuation and Ownership History All amounts in US$ unless otherwise noted. |
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| Season | Value (US$) |
In today's US$ |
Hockey Franchise Valuation Rank |
| 1972-73 | $11,000,000 | $76,989,479 | |
| On November 1971, Roy Boe was awarded a NHL franchise for a $6M franchise fee and a $5M indemnity to the New York Rangers to place an expansion team in New York. | |||
| Source(s): American Sports Empire: How the Leagues Breed Success / The Sporting News | |||
| 1996-97 | $165,000,000 | $307,908,830 | 2 |
| John Spanos purchased the team from John Pickett for $165M but Spano was eventually forced to relinquish the team to Pickett having misrepresented his net worth. | |||
| Source(s): Book: We Want Fishsticks | |||
| 1997-98 | $195,000,000 | $355,572,514 | 1 |
| Steven Gluckstern purchased the team from John Pickett for $195M. According to the book American Sports Empire: How the Leagues Breed Success, the franchise was values at $111M. | |||
| Source(s): Book: We Want Fishsticks | |||
| 1998-99 | $111,000,000 | $199,311,085 | 12 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 1999-00 | $187,500,000 | $329,458,819 | 5 |
| In 2000, Charles Wang and Sanjay Kumar purchased the franchise from Howard Milstein and Steven Gluckstern for $187.5M. (It was valued at $142M by Forbes.) | |||
| Source(s): Forbes / The New York Times | |||
| 2000-01 | $139,000,000 | $236,267,712 | 13 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2001-02 | $156,000,000 | $257,870,899 | 12 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2002-03 | $156,000,000 | $253,842,562 | 13 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2003-04 | $151,000,000 | $240,257,121 | 12 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2004-05 | $160,000,000 | $247,945,786 | 12 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2006-07 | $140,000,000 | $203,273,972 | 24 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2007-08 | $150,000,000 | $211,753,641 | 26 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2008-09 | $154,000,000 | $209,362,750 | 29 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2009-10 | $149,000,000 | $203,282,838 | 27 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2010-11 | $151,000,000 | $202,685,958 | 26 |
| Source(s): Forbes / Book: Sports Economics | |||
| 2011-12 | $149,000,000 | $193,884,147 | 29 |
| (The franchise was worth $155M according to the book Sports and Labor in the United States.) | |||
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2012-13 | $155,000,000 | $197,606,603 | 27 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2013-14 | $195,000,000 | $245,005,580 | 26 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2014-15 | $300,000,000 | $370,913,238 | 22 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2015-16 | $325,000,000 | $401,347,988 | 22 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2016-17 | $385,000,000 | $469,520,020 | 18 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2017-18 | $395,000,000 | $471,673,058 | 22 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2018-19 | $440,000,000 | $512,874,836 | 22 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2019-20 | $520,000,000 | $595,337,558 | 18 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2020-21 | $520,000,000 | $588,114,374 | 16 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2021-22 | $950,000,000 | $1,026,070,111 | 10 |
| According to Graeme Roustan, in The Hockey News, the value of the franchise without the arena was between $800M and $899M. | |||
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2022-23 | $1,020,000,000 | $1,020,000,000 | 12 |
| According to Graeme Roustan, in The Hockey News, the value of the franchise without the arena was $1B. It was $920M according to Sportico. | |||
| Source(s): Forbes | |||