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                                                                EXHIBIT 23.1



              CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


        We hereby consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (333-22689) of Florida Panthers Holdings, Inc. our report
dated January 29, 1997, except as to the subsequent event described in Note 12
which is as of March 20, 1997, relating to the financial statements for the year
ended December 31, 1996 of the Boca Raton Hotel and Club Limited Partnership,
which appears in the Current Report on Form 8-K of Florida Panthers Holdings,
Inc. 



/s/ Price Waterhouse LLP

PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP



Fort Lauderdale, Florida 
June 24, 1997