New York, ny – Sports Business Journal announced this evening that the Florida Panthers were called “Sports Team of the Year” during the 18th Anigal Sports Business Awards in New York. This price was found from an eligibility period from March 1, 2024 to February 28, 2025.
Sports Business Awards celebrate excellence in sport activities and factor all the facets of the team operations on and out of the ice. The panthers were nominated for “the team of the year” in 2023, the recognition of this evening marking the first victory for the organization. The other nominees for the sports team of the year were the Cleveland Cavaliers (NBA), Indiana Fever (WNBA), Inter Miami CF (MLS), Los Angeles Dodgers (MLB), USA Gymnastics & Washington Commanders (NFL).
“The Florida Panthers are honored to be named” Team of the Year “, a humiliating recognition of the extent to which our team was subjected to the passionate and farm of the viola family,” said the president and chief executive Matt Caldwell. “We are grateful to Sports Business Journal for this enormous recognition which represents the unshakable and unified commitment of our players, coaches, staff and property to success both out of the ice.”
Outside the ice, the panthers have sold subscriptions for the first time in the history of the franchise and generated an impact of $ 125 million on the local economy in the last two STANLEY Cup qualifiers. The club has obtained a new media partnership with Rightsholder with Sports Scripps, growing access to hockey panthers at more than 2.6 million households for free, doubling the audiences during the first year.
The organization has modified and extended the Arena operating agreement for installations belonging to the county installation, Arena Bank Arena in the long term of the Broward county, opened her new establishment of practice Baptist Health Icelex and reopened a revitalization of the concert hall of the auditorium of the war in Fort Lauderdale in Fort Lauderdale now operates four places in Broward Everglade with beaches.
On the ice led by the president of Hockey Operations & General Manager Bill Zito and head coach Paul MauriceThe Panthers won their very first Stanley Cup championship in their 30th anniversary and made the playoffs in five consecutive seasons, including the consecutive appearances of the Stanley Cup (2023 and 2024). Florida has signed several important players to long -term and profitable contract extensions throughout the year, including defenders Gustav Forsling and Dmitry Kulikov, and Star Sam Reinhart, Carter Verhaeghe and Anton Lundell attackers and are currently in competition in their third consecutive consecutive final.
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