Florida Panthers Miami Arena

Until the team had an arena of their own they initially played at the now demolished miami arena sharing the venue with the nba s miami heat.

Florida panthers miami arena. Lauderdale and just north of miami. The arena was the home of the miami heat from 1988 to 1999 the florida panthers from 1993 to 1998 the university of miami basketball teams from 1988 to 2003 the miami hooters of the arena football league from 1993 to 1995 and the miami matadors of the echl in 1998. From the early years at miami arena to the action at bb t center today a number of hockey hall of famers have donned the panthers crest and colors including ed belfour and the russian rocket pavel bure as well as future hall of famers roberto luongo and jaromir jagr. In 1992 wayne huizenga obtained a new nhl franchise that would eventually become the florida panthers.

Sunrise is a town just west of ft. Joining the nhl in 1993 the florida panthers have called south florida home for the last 25 years. The florida panthers play their home games at bb t center in sunrise florida. Sunrise city manager pat salerno made public a 167 million financing and construction plan for a civic center near the sawgrass expressway in.

A part of broward county sunrise is. American airlines arena 2000 present. Stay in the left lane and enter through gate 7. Located in sunrise florida the panthers are the southernmost team in the nhl.

Take the palmetto expy or florida tpke extension to. Take i 595 west to exit 1 136th ave and proceed north. The florida panthers are a professional ice hockey team based in the miami metropolitan area they compete in the national hockey league nhl as a member of the atlantic division of the eastern conference the team initially played their home games at miami arena before moving to the bb t center in 1998. 136th ave will eventually turn into panther pkwy.

From fort lauderdale on interstate 595 east.