WINNIPEG JETS

BY JARED CLINTON

NHL VALUATIONS $780M FORBES $925M SPORTICO $1.25B ROUSTAN OWNERSHIP MARK Chipman BY NOW, THE story has been told, retold and even packaged into a four-part podcast. To build excitement for the 2023-24 season, the Jets released an audio series, Homecoming, dedicated in part to the behind-the-scenes machinations that led to NHL hockey returning to Winnipeg. The continued appetite for such content more than a decade after the franchise’s arrival in Manitoba’s capital speaks to just how meaningful the story is to those in Winnipeg and just how extraordinary Mark Chipman’s efforts were. It seems impossible to believe now, in the era of expansion, that Chipman, in a span of 15 years, managed to parlay the purchase of an IHL franchise in 1996, following the original Jets’ departure to Arizona, into spearheading an eventual merger with the…

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The Hockey News (Digital) - 1 Issue, Money & Power 2024

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