Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd. - Introduction

Introduction

Air Canada Centre, 40 Bay St., Ste. 400
Toronto, Ontario M5J 2X2
Canada
Telephone: (416) 815-5500
Fax: (416) 359-9330
Web site: http://www.theaircanadacentre.com

Private Company
Incorporated: 1998
Employees: 500
Total Assets: $1 billion (2003 est.)
NAIC: 711211 Sports Teams and Clubs; 711310 Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events with Facilities

Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd. (MLSE) owns the National Hockey League's Toronto Maple Leafs, the National Basketball Association's Toronto Raptors, and the $265 million Air Canada Centre, as well as Leafs TV and Raptors NBA TV. MLSE, which brought the two professional sports teams under one new roof, has established a reputation as one of the best-run sports franchises in North America. Fans pack the arena paying the highest ticket prices in Canada.