Company Profile
Flint Firebirds Hockey
Company Overview
The Flint Firebirds are a proud member of the prestigious 20-team Ontario Hockey League (OHL), known as the world’s premiere player development league for the NHL. Since the Flint Firebirds’ inception in Flint, Michigan, five seasons ago, the team has produced 19 NHL-signed or drafted players.
The Firebirds average nearly 3,000 fans per game at the newly renovated Dort Financial Center, reaching over 100,000 fans each OHL season.
Company History
The Firebirds trace their roots back to the 1990–91 season when the Detroit Compuware Ambassadors were added as an expansion team in the OHL. Since then, the franchise has been the Detroit Junior Red Wings, the Detroit Whalers, and the Plymouth Whalers. On January 14, 2015, it was announced that longtime Whalers owner Peter Karmanos had sold the team to IMS USA, Inc., intending to move the franchise to Flint and the Dort Financial Center (Formerly Perani Arena and IMA). The OHL approved the purchase and relocation on February 2, 2015.
Although there was sentiment towards resurrecting the Flint Generals nickname that two past teams in the city had used, the OHL quickly nixed that idea because of the Oshawa Generals using that name. Likewise, a popular suggestion was the Flint Tropics, after the fictional American Basketball Association team of that name in the 2008 movie Semi-Pro. However, after various others voiced their displeasure at their team possibly being named after a comedy movie's protagonist team and the chance of the novelty wearing off after a while, the name did not make the list of finalist choices. The nine finalist nicknames were Firebirds, Force, Fury, Nationals, Pride, Spark Plugs, Sparks, United, and Vikings.
Benefits
4 x Personal Season Tickets
Discounts for Team Merchandise & Concessions
Life insurance plan