Luigi74 Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Michigan Stadium does not have lights and the renew does not include lights, so any game there will require lights. No lights is a reason why there are little 3:30 ABC games now. In addition, 100K hockey fans will want to have beer. U-M has a liquor license, but they and other schools will not open themselves for vicarious liability by selling beer at an one time event which they did not do before. Their food service vendor, Sedexho, SportService, Odgen, or Centerplate to name some, would never do that! Parking is another issue unless it is New Years Day. It will wear off, but owners will accept a larger gate at all times. NHL owners are notorious for for thinking short term and if Bettman tells them about short term gains, they will take it.No way Mike Ilitch would have the game at Michigan Stadium, if the Wings ever play one of these games it will be at Comerica Park which Ilitch also owns and where he also owns all of the parking surrounding the stadium along with most of the bars and restaurants. Besides the whole last event in Yankee Stadium deal a Winter Classic in the NYC Area is going to get a lot more mainstream press(which is what the NHL is after) compared to having it in Detroit, Boston, Chicago, Buffalo or Philly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRUINSFAN Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Rangers vs Bruins...Two Original Six TeamsNew York vs Boston...Always a great rivalryGreat way to send out the old Stadium... When Bobby Orr was asked why he always wore a cupbut not a helmet,he replied:"I can always getsomeone else to do my thinking for me!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budbowl77 Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 forget that....Islanders v.s Rangers in the House the Ruth Built... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAD! Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 forget that....Islanders v.s Rangers in the House the Ruth Built...Followed by Rangers vs Islanders at Shea I saw, I came, I left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 forget that....Islanders v.s Rangers in the House the Ruth Built...Followed by Rangers vs Islanders at Shea It will have to wait for 2009 Shea and at Citi Field, Shea is targeted fr demolition in November. www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAD! Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 forget that....Islanders v.s Rangers in the House the Ruth Built...Followed by Rangers vs Islanders at Shea It will have to wait for 2009 Shea and at Citi Field, Shea is targeted fr demolition in November.Oh well... I guess they're trying to get rid of it ASAP (ok, it's probably going the parking lot for the new digs) I saw, I came, I left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korbyn Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 From NHLLOGOS.blogspot.comTaken earlier this week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korbyn Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 As soon as the Gopher Football Stadium is completedWild v. StarsYES ! ! ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habsfan1 Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Blackhawks vs Rangers sounds like a good ldea and the Hawks can certainly gain benefit from the game. The rangers can wear their two season wonders (in white) while the Hawks can come out with these beauties (in black) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Those jerseys were awful Rangers should only wear the Rangers down the chest, maybe their 1940 uniform different font. www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njmeadowlanders Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Those jerseys were awful Rangers should only wear the Rangers down the chest, maybe their 1940 uniform different font.They wore 'em a few years back during the NHL's "vintage" program (I think for 02-03 or o3-04) and I agree. No thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew22 Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 From NHLLOGOS.blogspot.comTaken earlier this weekThere would be some terrible seats if thats how they set it up. Eagles/Heels/Dawgs/Falcons/Hawks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkrdevil Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 From NHLLOGOS.blogspot.comTaken earlier this weekThere would be some terrible seats if thats how they set it up.Actually the seats for the most part would be better than in a football stadium. For the most part with the rink going from the infield most of the box seats would be good seats. Remember baseball stadium are designed so that the people watching would look toward the infield (where the rink is) and so where you can see the ball (which is about the same size as puck). Most of the seats are relative to a football stadium closer and are more on top of the rink. An upper deck seat would provide a great view the rink.Sure the bleachers seats would be bad but they will probably close them off and set up temporary seating in the outfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYBadshah1 Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 I think they want the Rangers, if it were to happen, to play another Original 6 team.I think a game at the Big House would be awesome. And as far as the lights, they played this year's game in the late morning/early afternoon, so the lights may not be a factor. I'm sure they could set up temporary lights near the ice for the players, and the fans could probably see well enough without stadium lights.They do set up temporary lights for Michigan football for late afternoon starts that go into the night (check out the Penn State-Michigan game from 2005 when Manningham caught the game winner), so lighting might not be a problem. But dfwabel does have a valid point about alcohol. I think the university does have a policy about no alcohol on university property (or so says the emails that get sent to us). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger77 Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Still saying this should be Toronto at Detroit in the Big House"Last game at Yankee Stadium" << "100,000+ watch a hockey game"Ann Arbor isn't an NHL city! PotD May 11th, 2011looooooogodud: June 7th 2010 - July 5th 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee. Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Those jerseys were awful Rangers should only wear the Rangers down the chest, maybe their 1940 uniform different font.If they were so awful, then why did John Ferguson bring them with him when he took over as the GM of the Winnipeg Jets, hmmm???Oh, wait... Welcome to DrunjFlix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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