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ANN ARBOR, Mich. ? A person familiar with the NHL's plan said the Detroit Red Wings will play the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 2013 Winter Classic. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity on Wednesday because ...
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Submit this storydigg reddit stumble ANN ARBOR, Mich. ? A person familiar with the NHL's plan said the Detroit Red Wings will play the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 2013 Winter Classic.
The person spoke on the condition of anonymity on Wednesday because the league isn't expected to announce the matchup until Thursday.
Earlier Wednesday, the University of Michigan Board of Regents authorized the athletic department to seek a contract with the NHL that would allow the league to hold next year's showcase at Michigan Stadium. The NHL has offered to pay up to $3 million for a license to use the iconic college football stadium, according to the recommendation approved by the board.
The recommendation also said the Winter Classic would be scheduled for Jan. 1, 2013, with an alternate date of Jan. 2. A liquor license would be obtained so alcohol could be served at the event, and the NHL would bring its "advertising and other sponsorship arrangements" into the stadium.
Buffalo, Chicago, Boston, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia have all hosted the Winter Classic, but a game at Michigan Stadium could draw the league's largest crowd.
"I think it's a really unique situation," Detroit's Drew Miller said after the Red Wings' 4-2 victory over Edmonton on Wednesday night.
No Canadian team has participated in a Winter Classic, although there have been two outdoor Heritage Classics north of the border: Montreal at Edmonton in 2003, and Montreal at Calgary last year.
The game at Edmonton was the league's first outdoor regular-season game, although it came two years after Michigan State hosted Michigan in an outdoor hockey game at the Spartans' football stadium in front of 74,544 people.
"I was a spectator for that one, and that was a lot of fun to be a part of," he said. "It's going to be amazing to play in front of 110,000 people, and the way they pack the people in there, it's going to be really fun."
Those teams met nearly a decade later in Ann Arbor and smashed the world attendance record. At that point, Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon said the event was unlikely to become an annual tradition, but it could potentially be played in four-year cycles so future generations of Michigan players could participate.
The venerable Big House has undergone changes recently, such as the addition of permanent lights. Michigan hosted its first prime-time football game at the stadium last season, beating Notre Dame in dramatic fashion.
Although Detroit hasn't hosted the Winter Classic, the Red Wings played in it in 2009, beating the Chicago Blackhawks 6-4 at Wrigley Field ? the home of baseball's Chicago Cubs.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A person familiar with the NHL's plan said the Detroit Red Wings will play the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 2013 Winter Classic. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity ...
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A person familiar with the NHL's plan said the Detroit Red Wings will play the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 2013 Winter Classic. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity ...
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Two iconic franchises, two passionate fanbases and the largest stadium in North America. The Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings...
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Two iconic franchises, two passionate fanbases and the largest stadium in North America. The Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings...
TSNBobMcKenzie Just asking a question, not necessarily intimating anything: I wonder if new CBA will be done in time for Jan. 1, 2013 Winter Classic?
mpoindc NHL makes it official: Leafs visit Red Wings for 2013 Winter Classic at Michigan Stadium. Best believe I'll be there http://t.
globaltvnews WATCH LIVE: The #NHL announces the 2013 Winter Classic game btw Toronto Maple Leafs and the Detroit Red Wings http://t.
TSNBobMcKenzie Winter Classic on Jan. 1, 2013, will be DET-TOR at Univ of Michigan (The Big House) but it's the only event being held there.
cbcsports NHL to make "major announcement" Thursday in Detroit, amid speculation 2013 Winter Classic will be at U of Michigan http://t.
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6 minutes ago ( 4:26 PM) i liked the 3 in baseball parks (wrigley'09 ... fenway'10 ... cbp-philly'12) over the ones in gargantuan stadiums (what? they had the first w.classic where the bills play, one at the steelers home, and now the wolverines stadium, i believe).
7 hours ago ( 9:07 AM) Um... Mr. Bettman: how about New York? Biggest stage in the world for your sport? Media capital of the universe? Gee THAT wouldn't make any sense.... :
I'm not knocking Detroit(and I'm sure NYC will get it eventually). I just find it odd that Philadelphia got it first over NYC and Detroit....
haha i'd love to see them try to do this in tuscaloosa -- they did have those pre-season game outside at caesers in vegas, after all (game time temp of 81 i think -- l.a./nyr in the frozen fury pre-season series)
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