Today at Wrigely Field, the NHL and Chicago Blackhawks held a press conference to pump up the upcoming Winter Classic. Smack in the middle of July, it made all kinds of sense (not really). Anyway, we got a glimpse at what the NHL was planning for January. In the picture above, you can see a mock up of the rink that the NHL set up at Wrigley today. As you can probably tell, the sight lines are going to be weird. It might be something akin to watching football in a baseball stadium whose seats don't fold out nicely -- think Shea Stadium.
My point -- there's a lot of open space on the field out there. Hopefully that gets filled in with seats (How cool would that be??) because otherwise people with "front row" seats are going to be sorely dissapointed. Seats on the rooftops though, should still be freaking awesome. Just make sure you're not sitting behind home plate. You might not see a lot.
After the jump, a couple more shots from today's presser.
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7-22-2008 @ 10:58PM
baltoredwings said...
I'm sure they'll fill it with seats- it's the same thing they do at multi-functional arenas, like Staples in LA.
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7-23-2008 @ 11:40AM
twoeightnine said...
Only problem with filling the field in with seats is that they're a) going to block every seat in the stands behind them as soon as they go more than a row or two high b) going to have to contend with being behind all the equipment and walkways. The Ralph had a good 30-50 yards of space around the field.
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7-23-2008 @ 12:27PM
Urban Daddy said...
It's all so very exciting.
Wrigley Field.
The Stanley Cup champs, an original six team, and an up-and-coming original six team with a ton of history and some young talented players. I'm excited already and I don't even like the concept.
Kudos to the NHL. July or not.
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