Confirmed with Link: Complete Rebranding, New Logo, Arena Renovations & Vinikville - Part 3

[More 2004]

Seriously? How lucky did we get having a guy like Jeff Vinik come in and take us under his wing? Tampa hit the Powerball.

 

[ThunderAlleyNomad]

Seriously? How lucky did we get having a guy like Jeff Vinik come in and take us under his wing? Tampa hit the Powerball.

We are some lucky ********, for real. He's like Tampa's personal Santa Claus. Maybe it's our reward for not just chucking it all and moving out during OK Hockey?

 

[Hoek]

Bettman is a genius for finding this guy and pointing him in our direction, too. If only he could do that for the other troubled markets.

 

[Felonious Python]

Bettman is a genius for finding this guy and pointing him in our direction, too. If only he could do that for the other troubled markets.

Good owners are emerging. Terry Pegula for Buffalo, Vinny Viola for the Panthers, etc.

 

[Blue Liner]

Good owners are emerging. Terry Pegula for Buffalo, Vinny Viola for the Panthers, etc.

Beat me to it. There are some new owners that seem to have great ideas and are actually doing things to better their franchises.

I was watching things here form a far with regard to Vinnik and what he's been doing and what his plans were, and now that I live here it's really exciting to be able to see it firsthand as it all comes to fruition.

This is an excellent hockey market here, and has the potential to be even greater. He's doing a lot of things to ensure that happens and I'm really happy for long time (and all, for that matter) Lightning fans to have someone like him at the helm having a hand in making that happen.

It helps when you've built a really good on-ice product, too, of course.

 

[xteesy]

There's a lot of new billionaires/mega-millionaires coming into the market, and they're getting younger and younger.

Great news for sports in general and communities as it'll keep raising the bar.

Sucks for me though, means it's gonna be just that much harder to buy the Lightning by the time I'm 50 now.

 

[Volodya Krutov]

Nice

 

[Hoek]

Awesome! Never would have thought we'd get such press 5 years ago.

 

[The Macho King]

Yeah - this is just such a huge shift from the OK Hockey era...

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

Nice

Last year they had us 3rd best NHL franchise and 6th best in pro sports. We're movin on up.

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

NY TIMES: In Pro Sports, the Fan Becomes Part of the Action

 

[Felonious Python]

Buckhorn: Downtown Tampa close to landing a grocery store — for real this time

Downtown Tampa is as close as it's ever been to having a grocery store, Mayor Bob Buckhorn said — and city records indicate that the long-rumored site of a Publix Super Markets Inc. store could be moving toward ground breaking.

...the most likely site — and long-rumored location — is the vacant block between East Twiggs and Madison streets in the Channel district, where a one-story retail building and high-rise apartment tower are proposed.

http://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay...tampa-close-to-landing-a-grocery.html?ana=twt


that site is not within the Vinikville boundaries, AFAIK, but it's close enough to be important, and it'll definitely get use from future Vinikville residents.

the renderings indicate that the apartment building is called The Martin, which would be the first time something named Martin stayed.

 

[Felonious Python]

Vinik real estate team picks partner to manage parking operations

Through ParkHub.com, customers can buy parking spots in advance, like booking a hotel room or airline tickets. The company says the Prime software will "maximize efficiency" of parking operations, as parking operators can view parking inventory, transactions and traffic flow from a cloud-based dashboard updated in real time. This allows them to manage employee placement and adjust prices based on supply and demand.

http://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay...ate-team-picks-partner-to-manage.html?ana=twt

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

http://www2.tbo.com/sports/lightning/forbes-ranks-lightning-as-25th-most-valuable-nhl-team-20151124/

The annual Forbes magazine list of NHL franchise values was released on Tuesday and the Tampa Bay Lightning are near the bottom of the rankings.

Forbes placed the franchise value at $260 million, 25th highest in the 30-team league, while reporting the team had an operating loss of $1.4 million despite Tampa Bay reaching the Stanley Cup Final for the second time in franchise history.

The highest valued team is the New York Rangers at $1.2 billion followed closely by the Montreal Canadiens at $1.18 billion. The average value of an NHL franchise rose 3 percent to $505 million.

Forbes does not receive any information from teams in terms of revenues or costs when putting together the values, instead using industry sources and media reports as the main sources while compiling the numbers and values.

Tampa Bay’s franchise value did rise from last year, gaining 15 percent in value compared to the previous year, tied with the St. Louis Blues for the largest gain from the previous rankings. The Lightning showed an increase of 3,000 addition season-ticket members from last season while average attendance rose to 18,823, an increase of over 3,000 more per game than when Jeff Vinik purchased the team in 2010.

“While we can’t comment specifically on the Forbes valuations, we have worked very hard over the past five years to transform the Lightning organization,’’ Lightning senior vice president of communications Bill Wickett said. “Our primary goal remains focused on delivering at the highest levels for our fans on and off the ice. Hopefully we can continue to do that, further building upon the momentum we enjoyed last season.”

http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/31/hockey-valuations-10_Tampa-Bay-Lightning_319451.html

Forbes valued the franchise at $145 million (#28) back in 2010

 

[The Macho King]

Operating loss of 1.4 million is not bad, especially when you consider a chunk of that is paying Vinny Lecavalier.

Edit: And anyway - this is a process. Yearly valuations aren't really the point - it's long term profitability and viability. If we can be a cap team and be profitable with awesome fan support long term, that's good news.

 

[The Underboss]

As Tampa continues to grow, the value will keep rising.

 

[chasespace]

Operating loss of 1.4 million is not bad, especially when you consider a chunk of that is paying Vinny Lecavalier.

Edit: And anyway - this is a process. Yearly valuations aren't really the point - it's long term profitability and viability. If we can be a cap team and be profitable with awesome fan support long term, that's good news.

Also need to take into account the amount of money he will be making off of the surrounding area once his redevelopment plan goes into action

 

[Todd1a]

Operating loss of 1.4 million is not bad, especially when you consider a chunk of that is paying Vinny Lecavalier.

Edit: And anyway - this is a process. Yearly valuations aren't really the point - it's long term profitability and viability. If we can be a cap team and be profitable with awesome fan support long term, that's good news.

i'm sure vinik is happy he will take the 1.4 million dollar tax write off.

 

[nhljohnson]

Worth noting, as always, that Forbes' valuations should be taken with a healthy grain of salt.

Vinik paid chump change to whatever he'd likely be able to unload the franchise for now or much further down the road (when Vinikville has really taken shape). Not continuing to run up losses through hockey operations would certainly be nice but Vinik has the leasehold rights to a perpetually well-booked Amalie Arena so, without access to the books, we can't even be sure he posted a net loss last season -- or any, really -- through all of the assets he has structured under Tampa Bay Sports & Enterprise.

 

[Felonious Python]

Vinik: Rooftop bars, dog parks could be key features of SPP district in downtown Tampa

http://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay...-dog-parks-could-be-key-features.html?ana=twt

 

[Felonious Python]

Vinik is talking to ULI Tampa Bay today (ULI meaning Urban Land Institute), and https://twitter.com/TBBJAshley is livetweeting

a few highlights of the newer concepts talked about







highlight? I dunno, just an interesting thing to even mention

to the question of if there's long term plans for the convention center:


so nothing on the docket for the convention center, specifically, we already know Channelside Plaza is getting work done.

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

 

[Lord Stan 2020]

http://www.tbo.com/news/politics/mosi-board-votes-to-modernize-by-moving-downtown-20160419/

museum of finance and industry moving to vinikville

 

[Hoek]

You mean science? I wonder what will happen to the old building. That IMAX theater was pretty crazy.

 

[Tampbear]

http://www.tbo.com/news/politics/mosi-board-votes-to-modernize-by-moving-downtown-20160419/

museum of finance and industry moving to vinikville

I'll be sad to see it leave from USF area, especially Recyclosaurus.