Kansas City Mavericks

What Kansas City Mavericks does

The Kansas City Mavericks are a professional ice hockey team that competes in the ECHL, the third tier of North American professional hockey, playing home games at Cable Dahmer Arena in Independence, Missouri. Founded in 2009 and owned/presided over by Lamar Hunt, the franchise serves sports fans and hockey enthusiasts across the Kansas City metropolitan area, providing live professional hockey entertainment and functioning as a development pipeline for players advancing to the AHL and NHL (e.g., rookie Jackson Jutting's 2025-26 season and AHL call-up to the Grand Rapids Griffins).

The team's primary product is regular-season and playoff ECHL hockey, distributed exclusively through its home arena, where ticket sales, concessions, and merchandise constitute the core revenue streams. The Mavericks' 2025-26 campaign was their most competitive in recent memory, advancing to the 2026 Kelly Cup Finals and opening the championship round with a 6-0 shutout of the Florida Everblades before ultimately losing the best-of-seven series 4-2. In February 2026 the team extended its arena lease with Independence for an additional three years, securing its home venue through 2029.

Operationally the franchise is a small organization (11-50 employees) with no disclosed technology platform, digital product, or AI/ML capabilities referenced in available data. Its competitive positioning rests on ECHL league affiliation, exclusive Kansas City/Independence territory rights, and demonstrated on-ice competitiveness rather than technology differentiation. No funding rounds, ownership changes, sponsorships, or M&A activity are documented in the input.

Name

Kansas City Mavericks

Legal name

Kansas City Mavericks

Website

https://missourimavericks.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Kansas City Mavericks are a professional ECHL ice hockey team founded in 2009, owned by Lamar Hunt, and playing home games at Cable Dahmer Arena in Independence, Missouri. The franchise serves Kansas City-area hockey fans and develops players for higher leagues.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Minor League Ice Hockey

NAICS

Sports Teams and Clubs (711211), Other Spectator Sports (711219), Spectator Sports (7112)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Ice Hockey Leagues (MPAKAAAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Team Sports Matches (Club & National) (MPAGAMAB)

Keywords

• Professional hockey games
• Minor league hockey
• ECHL team entertainment
• Live sports entertainment
• Hockey player development

Headquarters

HQ city

Independence

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

The Kansas City Mavericks are a professional ice hockey team competing in the ECHL, the organization fielding and playing regular-season, playoff, and championship games at Cable Dahmer Arena in Independence, Missouri. The franchise sells live game-day entertainment — tickets, season memberships, suites, and group experiences — to regional sports fans while developing players for higher-level leagues such as the AHL and NHL.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Professional ECHL Hockey Games (Live Game-Day Entertainment) Regular-season and postseason professional ECHL ice hockey home games hosted at Cable Dahmer Arena, sold to regional sports fans as ticketed live entertainment. Product includes standard single-game and group-ticket admissions.
• Kelly Cup Playoff & Championship-Series Games Postseason professional hockey games the Mavericks compete in as part of the ECHL Kelly Cup playoffs, sold as premium live entertainment to fans in Independence, Missouri.
• Professional Hockey Player Development Program Internal hockey-operations pipeline that develops ECHL players and prepares them for promotion to affiliated AHL and NHL teams; outputs include call-up transactions such as Jackson Jutting's 4-game stint with the Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL).

Quantifiable outcome

• Reached Kelly Cup Finals 2026
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Toledo Walleye: Midwestern-based ECHL team with a comparable regional-market footprint, single-venue operation, and minor-league professional hockey business model similar to Kansas City.
• Wichita Thunder: ECHL team in the same division/section as the Mavericks operating from a single home venue (INTRUST Bank Arena) with a comparable regional-Midwest footprint and minor-league business model.
• Fort Wayne Komets: Long-standing ECHL franchise with a comparable regional Midwest market, single-venue home arena, and professional hockey entertainment offering to the Kansas City Mavericks.
• Florida Everblades: ECHL hockey team based in Estero, Florida; the Mavericks' opponent in the 2026 Kelly Cup Finals and the most directly comparable franchise on on-ice performance, league affiliation, and revenue model.
• Tulsa Oilers: ECHL team operating from the BOK Center with a directly parallel minor-league hockey business model and a comparable regional fan base in Oklahoma.
• Allen Americans: ECHL franchise with a similar single-arena operational model; both teams compete in the same league and share the same revenue mix (tickets, sponsorships, concessions, and merchandise).
• Cincinnati Cyclones: ECHL team operating out of a single venue (Heritage Bank Center) in an Ohio/regional market with similar ticketing, sponsorship, and Minor League economics.
• Indy Fuel: ECHL franchise in Indianapolis with a directly analogous structure - single arena, Minor League economics, and reliance on AHL/NHL player development pipelines.

Regional players

• Kansas City Chiefs (NFL) / Sporting Kansas City (MLS): Major professional sports franchises in the same Kansas City metropolitan market competing for sponsorship dollars, suite revenue, and consumer sports-entertainment spend, though operating at different price points and capacity scales.

Broad incumbents

• Grand Rapids Griffins: AHL (one tier above ECHL) franchise that serves as the affiliate development destination for Mavericks prospects like Jackson Jutting; represents the higher-tier player-pipeline partner.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/missourimavs
• Facebookfacebook.com/missourimaverickshockey
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/missouri-mavericks

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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