Overview
Employees
51-200 employees
Revenue
$10 to $25 million (USD) per year
Headquarters
Columbus, OH
Category
Columbus Blue Jackets
The Columbus Blue Jackets are a professional ice hockey team (NHL) based in Columbus, Ohio, United States. The Blue Jackets' name and logos were inspired by Ohio's Civil War history and they play their home games at Nationwide Arena in downtown Columbus, which opened in 2000. This hockey team puts a new spin on the term sport coat. Colhoc Limited Partnership owns and operates the Columbus Blue Jackets professional hockey franchise. The club joined the National Hockey League as an expansion team in 2000 along with the Minnesota Wild. Columbus plays host at Nationwide Arena. The late John H. McConnell, founder of steel processing giant Worthington Industries, helped bring the hockey franchise to Columbus, Ohio. His son, John P. McConnell, continues to lead the Blue Jackets ownership group which includes The Columbus Dispatch publisher The Dispatch Printing Company.