new franchise name the new name is florida panthers the panther is an endangered species mostly located in the everglades a couple of years ago there were license plates made with panthers on them part of the revenue were to go to some protection fund the name of the new president of the panthers should be announced today as of yesterday s paper huizenga s new hockey team will take the ice at the miami arena this fall the team has a guaranteed two year lease with the arena with four one year options that could run through it s not our choice james blosser a lawyer and huizenga aid said about ruling out the arena as a long term option the nhl told us we can t stay there it s not economically feasible one reason is because the miami heat basketball team controls skybox and advertising revenue at the arena reducing the hockey team s profit potential the hockey team is attracting arena site proposals from broward dade and palm beach counties a leading site is vacant land near joe robbie stadium where residents days ago agreed to drop their opposition to a hockey arena ending an eight year battle of wills compliments of the news sun sentinel jim g fitz sanchez castranova
