Florida Panthers Cup tearful Stanley Cup ignites business, reviving society

For Florida Panthers, the team, the Foundation, and Society, finally focused on success.

“All those who reject at first, resemble, ice hockey In southern Florida? “The difference in the middle of Everglades?”.

“We tried to embrace all of this and say, well, this is the beauty of this.

Since 2016, CALDWell stood at the head of the young team’s ship, working to operate the NHL team in the league by shaking management, changing the ticket structure, finding new care and brand cooperation.

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Fast forward to this day, and the leopards in Florida are looking for them The second Stanley Cup won in a row After receiving the finals in the past three years in a row. Within almost three weeks of finals, leopards pump more than $ 100 million into the local economy – a number that is expected to double in 2025.

“The arrival will definitely increase, so I can only imagine that this number will be higher due to the expanding geography,” said Jenny Morjon, head of the Fort Ludder Development Authority, to Jenny Morgon. “So that the impact of one hundred million (the dollar) is definitely grows.”

Hockey has now worked as a catalyst for urban growth in the Greater Fort Lauderdale region, where the leopards have invested more than $ 65 million in re -development of their official practice, public ice milk and even a place for the concert.

According to local business leaders, traffic and revenue can increase by 30 % on any day or a specific weekend.

“Every year, it becomes more common, right? I think it also helps to play them tremendously.” “The fact that they are playing wonderfully, the games are exciting to watch, ascending and landing, the excitement that it is. I think this amazing entertainment shows the gray of what they do … it raises the entire society.”

Caldawil, former US military commander and vice president In Goldman SachsHe kept two main goals in mind when he started leading the charges of leopards: obtaining a financially stable and winning championship.

Caldwell said: “I did not try to inspire him with the employees and with our hockey operations … I really wanted to have an inspiring feeling of the goal. And I did not talk to our employees about a lot, to be the greatest shift in the history of sport,” said Caldwell. “Winning is the number 1 in sports to financial success, in the end.”

“We had the worst record in the league, and all the financial standards we have from the tickets for the season to sponsorship to attend. All our additional work was all in the league. So it is an arduous task.” “It was a really financially struggling team, and it was losing a lot of money. My short and medium -term goal was to get a financial stable.”

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“I was definitely fighting every day to try to make sure that we are getting people in the building and carrying people to respect our brand, and to obtain the loss of our cash flow in a stable place. Slowly but steadily, we only continued to cut and we started making progress. Then, it is clear that in the past five years, with everything they are heading in the team … everything meets,” expanded. “

Forbes recently ranked The Panthers 26 in terms of NHL assessments of $ 1.35 billion. At the top, Toronto Maple Levis, worth about $ 4 billion. But the cash number is not something that is interested in like this.

“Sports Industry, not circulated publicly. So it’s not as if you were Watch the stock price. “They do not necessarily follow the model cash flow or some financial modeling and evaluation methods,” said Cats CEO.

“There is an offer and a request for these sports teams … it is somewhat similar to that you can look at it just to make sure that the money you put in the team, and the evaluation exceeds that,” said Caldwell. “Our tickets, our care, our media rights, all our marketing standards on social media, all unusual fans, watch our TV … all these things grow our revenues, and develop our exposure.”

From abandoning free home games tickets “on the street” about a decade ago, to the fifth rank for NHL and paid tickets, the momentum created “a massive domino effect” on the macroeconomic economy in the region where the leopards are actively cooperating.

“They only put their money, but their energy and their personalities in this society through programs that are compatible with young students and skiers, are the reasons for the old warriors.” “It is not only about bringing a team here and selling tickets. It is really about leaving a mark.”

“It helps everyone: employees, neighboring companies, and all supporting companies, and everything from suppliers and men drives the truck to connect vegetables, fruits and wine, all the way to the person who provides the drink,” he pointed out. “So I think everyone is very appreciated and they definitely feel when they win. It’s great because that is what they do. That’s what their craftsmanship, but when they win, there are more traces of just winning the team. They win an entire society and everyone feels it.”

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“We went back before we advanced … We only knew that we had to slip down and start again,” said Caldil.

“I hope we will bring the Stanley Cup home here in the next two weeks. I hope we will bring more over the coming years, but we want to be greater than that,” the CEO added. “We want to be a role model. When you need a boycott or a local city to something, they know that they can call the leopards. At a time (time) of the crisis, they know that they can reach us and we will be there. They know that we will always do the right thing.”

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