SEA 2022
VGK 2017
WPG 2011 (ATL 1999)
CBJ 2000
MIN 2000
NAS 1998
CAR 1997
ARI 1996
COL 1995
FLA 1993
ANA 1993
TBL 1992
OTT 1992
SJ 1991
4 relocations in 40 years; 1 in the last 25.
In those 40 years it appears every other team except BOS and CHI have changed owners at least once without moving*.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...anchise_owners * it would obviously need a deeper dive to really break it down...it's a bit funny that Murray is listed with CGY at 1980 when clearly the composition of the ownership group has evolved significantly.
At least 27 ownership changes without relocation. The three most recent locations (SEA, VGK, WPG) are the only ones with "original" owners.
CBJ might fit this bill, too...
Spoiler!
...it's still the original family, though I'm not sure about all the details of the
2012 deal.
Interestingly, voters shut down public financing originally:
Quote:
In November 1996, five investors formed a partnership called Columbus Hockey Limited, who then submitted an application and a $100,000 fee to the NHL office.[4] The voters of Columbus were considering a referendum to build a publicly financed arena, a major step toward approval of their NHL bid.[9] When League Commissioner Gary Bettman visited Columbus to meet with the community's leaders about the franchise proposal, there was concern that the voters might not pass the needed referendum. The civic leaders told Bettman that they would not be willing to foot the bill for the team if the referendum failed. However, just after the meeting adjourned, John H. McConnell (one of those who entered the bid) privately guaranteed Bettman that an arena would be built, referendum or not.[10]
Columbus' hopes for the bid dimmed when the May referendum failed. However, Nationwide announced on May 31, 1997, that it would finance the $150-million arena. Subsequently, on June 25, 1997, the NHL announced that Columbus would receive a new franchise.
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One would have to dig a bit deeper to see if there is any correlation between building age and sales, but there are at least 3 recent examples where old buildings haven't precluded sales:
Burkle and Lemieux bought PIT in 1999* (I know it's a bit more complicated) when the Igloo was already
38 years old and it took another decade to open a new building.
The Malkin's bought NYI in 2014 with an ugly arena situation...newly fixed.
Casting Couch Katz bought the losers in 2008 with a 34 year old building.