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Related: About this forumMichigan's Big House will get the 2013 Winter Classic
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Red Wings V. Maple Leafs
This is one of those times when I wish I lived in MI still!
http://www.freep.com/article/20120209/SPORTS05/202090522/Big-House-gets-Classic-Comerica-gets-series-games
bluedigger
(17,091 posts)With the rink. I wouldn't pay to see that game. Way too far from the ice. Maybe with Jerry Jones' Jumbotron, but then, you might as well watch from a warm and cozy bar.
ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)There is nothing like watching hockey played outdoors. But then I was born in Wisconsin and raised there and in Michigan.
bluedigger
(17,091 posts)The stadium is just too big. They do it at Fenway now for the colleges, but Fenway is about a third the capacity. As a one time event it will probably draw a crowd, though.
RockaFowler
(7,429 posts)It's a smaller park
caraher
(6,279 posts)but the NHL insisted - I think they basically want an attendance record.
marmar
(77,129 posts)nt