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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.7
 
                  CONSENT OF PERSON ABOUT TO BECOME A DIRECTOR
 
     Pursuant to Rule 438 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, I, Dennis J. Callaghan, hereby consent to be named as a person about to
become a director of Florida Panthers Holdings, Inc. in this Registration
Statement on Form S-4.
 
                                               /s/  DENNIS J. CALLAGHAN
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                                                   Dennis J. Callaghan
 
June 10, 1997