Colorado Avalanche
Description
Franchise value and ownership history
Franchise name/location history (most to least recent):- Colorado Avalanche
- Quebec Nordiques
| 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 |
| 1971-72 | $25,000 | $187,021 | |
| Gary Davidson bought the original WHA franchise for $25,000. | |||
| Source(s): La Presse | |||
| 1972-73 | $215,000 | $1,557,233 | |
| Marius Fortier, Jean-Marc Bruneau, John Dacres, Jean-Claude Mathieu and other investors bought the WHA franchise that Gary Davidson had originally purchased for $25,000 for $215,000 and it became the Quebec Nordiques. | |||
| Source(s): Book: The Rebel League / La Presse | |||
| 1976-77 | $2,535,000 | $13,492,383 | |
| Value in Canadian currency: $2,500,000. Carling-O'Keefe bought 93% of the shares of the Quebec Nordiques for $C 2.5M, buying the remaining 7% three years later. | |||
| Source(s): Book: Les Nordiques | |||
| 1979-80 | $0 | $0 | |
| Prior to the season, as the WHA folded, paid $US 6M as entry rights to the NHL to join the league as the Quebec Nordiques. | |||
| Source(s): Book: Les Nordiques / Book: Slim and None | |||
| 1986-87 | $21,600,000 | $59,690,174 | |
| Value in Canadian currency: $30,000,000. In La Presse, Marce Aubut (who headed a group that purchased the franchise the following year) evaluated the Quebec Nordiques franchise at C $22M. | |||
| Source(s): Fortune | |||
| 1987-88 | $13,572,000 | $36,181,648 | |
| Value in Canadian currency: $18,000,000. A group headed by Marcel Aubut purchased the Quebec Nordiques from Carling O'Keefe Brewery for $18M. | |||
| Source(s): Book: American Sports Empire: How the Leagues Breed Success | |||
| 1991-92 | $45,000,000 | $100,084,441 | 13 |
| Source(s): Financial World | |||
| 1992-93 | $48,000,000 | $103,614,595 | 16 |
| Source(s): Financial World | |||
| 1993-94 | $43,000,000 | $90,161,290 | 23 |
| Source(s): Financial World | |||
| 1994-95 | $49,000,000 | $100,135,609 | 22 |
| Source(s): Financial World | |||
| 1995-96 | $75,000,000 | $149,084,526 | 14 |
| In May 1995, Marcel Aubut sold the Quebec Nordiques from the group he led to Comsat Communications for $75M. The team was immediately moved the team to Denver and renamed the Colorado Avalanche. (The franchise was valued at $47M by Financial World.) | |||
| Source(s): Book: Les Stastny / Book: Brian McFarlane's History of Hockey / Book: La glorieuse histoire des Canadiens | |||
| 1996-97 | $81,000,000 | $156,422,697 | 16 |
| Source(s): Financial World | |||
| 1998-99 | $138,000,000 | $256,427,213 | 8 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 1999-00 | $160,000,000 | $290,935,286 | 9 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2000-01 | $202,000,000 | $355,318,235 | 6 |
| Was valued by Forbes at $198M. In July 2000, the franchise was purchased by Stan Kroenke for $202M according to Forbes. | |||
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2001-02 | $243,000,000 | $415,681,369 | 3 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2002-03 | $250,000,000 | $420,975,095 | 5 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2003-04 | $229,000,000 | $377,060,774 | 6 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2004-05 | $246,000,000 | $394,501,271 | 6 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2006-07 | $219,000,000 | $329,059,477 | 8 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2007-08 | $214,000,000 | $312,629,497 | 9 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2008-09 | $231,000,000 | $324,987,924 | 9 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2009-10 | $205,000,000 | $289,430,875 | 15 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2010-11 | $198,000,000 | $275,035,311 | 15 |
| Source(s): Forbes / Book: Sports Economics | |||
| 2011-12 | $198,000,000 | $266,623,099 | 18 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2012-13 | $210,000,000 | $277,054,750 | 18 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2013-14 | $335,000,000 | $435,574,777 | 17 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2014-15 | $360,000,000 | $460,606,573 | 18 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2015-16 | $360,000,000 | $460,062,442 | 19 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2016-17 | $360,000,000 | $454,331,070 | 19 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2017-18 | $385,000,000 | $475,752,693 | 24 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2018-19 | $430,000,000 | $518,685,038 | 24 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2019-20 | $475,000,000 | $562,768,912 | 22 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2020-21 | $465,000,000 | $544,236,862 | 22 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2021-22 | $630,000,000 | $704,158,672 | 22 |
| According to Graeme Roustan, in The Hockey News, the value of the franchise without the arena was between $650M and $699M. | |||
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2022-23 | $860,000,000 | $889,969,252 | 20 |
| According to Graeme Roustan, in The Hockey News, the value of the franchise without the arena was $900M. It was $875M according to Sportico. | |||
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2023-24 | $1,150,000,000 | $1,150,000,000 | 17 |
| According to Graeme Roustan, in The Hockey News, the value of the franchise without the arena was $1.25B. It was $1.17B according to Sportico. | |||
| Source(s): Forbes | |||