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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.8
 
                      CONSENT OF BT SECURITIES CORPORATION
 
June 10, 1997
 
Boca Raton Hotel and Club Limited Partnership
c/o BRMC, L.P., General Partner
501 East Camino Real
Boca Raton, FL 33432-6127
 
Ladies and Gentlemen:
 
We hereby consent to the references to our firm and to the inclusion of the
opinion of our firm dated June 9, 1997 in the Solicitation Statement/Prospectus
of Florida Panthers Holdings, Inc. constituting a part of the Registration
Statement on Form S-4 of Florida Panthers Holdings, Inc. filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof. In giving the foregoing
consent, we do not admit that we come within the category of persons whose
consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission
thereunder.
 
BT SECURITIES CORPORATION
 
By: ________________________________
Title: