NHL Game At Stadium Dead?
Via Newsday -
The idea of the Rangers closing down Yankee Stadium in November with an outdoor NHL game isn’t dead, but it isn’t as likely as it once was.
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, in a conference call with reporters this week, cited “a variety of issues” with the proposed game at Yankee Stadium, among them the ongoing construction of the new Yankee Stadium and what Bettman called “winterization issues.” Those refer to old pipes that traditionally have gone unused after the end of the baseball season and might not support a sellout crowd for a hockey game in November.
“There are some winterization issues, because it is an older stadium,” Bettman said. “As I sit here today, I don’t know whether or not they can be resolved.”
A Yankees spokesman did not return messages on the subject. The Rangers also had no comment.
Well, I suppose this is better than saying the game was on, having 50,000 hockey fans show up, and then tell them 5 minutes before the start of the contest that the game was being called because of the weather.
It would be cool, I hope they get it done.
They tried to do the New Years Day game this past January 1st, but that fell through. Not optimistic about this one.