All but finalized: Wings v. Leafs at Big House (GLI Final at CoPa?)

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January 13th, 2012 at 3:29 PM
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All but finalized: Wings v. Leafs at Big House (GLI Final at CoPa?)

http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/7459001/nhl-eyes-maple-leafs-red-wings...

 

The NHL has all but finalized details to hold next year's Winter Classic between the Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, while continuing negotiations for a second outdoor rink in downtown Detroit where all ancillary events would be held, a source told ESPN.com Friday.

Also, there's talk of holding the GLI final in Comerica Park:

The annual Great Lakes Invitational, a college tournament that features Michigan State, Michigan and other top college invitees, is among the events being considered for the downtown rink. That tournament is usually held at Joe Louis Arena, the Red Wings' permanent home, in late December.

 

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January 13th, 2012 at 3:34 PM | How will attendance (Score:3 Normal)
oHOWiHATEohioSTATE
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be affected by us being in the Rose Bowl?

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January 13th, 2012 at 3:41 PM | Probably not much. (Score:2)
Lockdown
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Leaf fans will make the trip down - will account for nearly half the stadium.

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January 13th, 2012 at 3:55 PM | If that's true (Score:0 Offtopic)
January 13th, 2012 at 4:14 PM | Leafs fans are going to flood (Score:1)
Brendan
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Leafs fans are going to flood the place, so for those concerned about seeing red in Michigan Stadium, you're going to see a lot of blue too.  They, along with Montreal, always represent well at the Joe.

January 14th, 2012 at 2:10 PM | posted from iPhone (Score:2)
cheesheadwolverine
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Seriously what percentage of NHL fan are Leafs fans? 30?

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January 13th, 2012 at 4:04 PM | Not an issue (Score:4 Normal)
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Won't be an issue since team 133 will be playing Jan 7th in Miami in the BCS Championship game.  Should be a nice prelude the MNC game.

January 13th, 2012 at 3:37 PM | Sounds good. Looking forward (Score:2 Normal)
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Sounds good. Looking forward to it 

January 13th, 2012 at 4:28 PM | i was in a wedding party on (Score:2 Normal)
kurpit
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i was in a wedding party on the day of the big chill, so there's no way i'm going to miss this.

January 13th, 2012 at 4:35 PM | Why does it have to be on New (Score:2 Normal)
jmblue
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Why does it have to be on New Year's Day?  Even if we're not playing, I wouldn't want to miss the bowls.

January 13th, 2012 at 4:47 PM | The NHL's trying to make (Score:3 Normal)
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The NHL's trying to make outdoor hockey on NYD a new tradition. It's their big  event that attempts to capture media and public attention and remind people about hockey as football season winds down. They've got a reserved slot on NBC for these games.

That said, this year would have been the year to do it in the Big House. Put it up against the NFL games rather than the bowl games.

January 13th, 2012 at 5:20 PM | OK, but why not remind people (Score:2 Normal)
jmblue
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OK, but why not remind people about hockey on say, the following weekend?  I think outdoor hockey is cool, but I don't want to miss what is the last multi-game day of college football. 

January 13th, 2012 at 5:46 PM | Hey, I agree. But the NHL has (Score:3 Normal)
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Hey, I agree. But the NHL has obviously identified NYD as the day to do this thing (the same way that the NBA has Christmas to remind people of the existence of a league that's been playing for a couple months by that point). There's also a TV issue. The following weekend, NBC has the two NFL wild card games on the Saturday (though I guess they could squeeze the "Winter Classic" in before those, as the Saturday games seem to be on a 4 and 8 schedule). But it probably involves a lot of the same broadcast infrastructure (trucks, outdoor cameras, etc.) NBC rarely has to broadcast more than 2 outdoor sporting events per weekend (ND football and the sunday night NFL game), who knows how much extra stuff they actually have.

I do think it's telling that the rise of the Winter Classic coincides with the movement of a number of the major bowl games away from NYD. 

January 13th, 2012 at 6:48 PM | I'd be surprised if one had (Score:3 Normal)
jmblue
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I'd be surprised if one had to do with the other.  I think it had a lot more to do with the BCS bowls not wanted to compete against each other in the timeslots.

January 13th, 2012 at 7:56 PM | Spot taken (Score:1)
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They usually broadcast the Army all-american bowl before those two wild card games on that Saturday.

January 13th, 2012 at 7:21 PM | Judging by the pretty (Score:3 Normal)
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Judging by the pretty overwhelmingly favorable reaction to the first Winter Classics they've been having, I'd say the two can coexist.  The hardcore fanbases don't overlap much.

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January 13th, 2012 at 6:56 PM | Or better yet play it during the off week (Score:1)
93Grad
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before the Super Bowl.  I have never understood why the NHL picks the greatest sporting day of the year to hold this thing.  Why not do it on a day when there is nothing else going on an ensure the utmost attention?

January 13th, 2012 at 4:48 PM | Too bad they'll have the game (Score:2 Normal)
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Too bad they'll have the game on a day when I definitely won't watch it.  No way can I go to it.  Toronto could realistically attract enough fans to fill up half the stadium though.

January 13th, 2012 at 4:49 PM | posted from iPhone (Score:2 Normal)
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I'm in. I'll be there assuming team 133 is in the BCS national title game.

January 13th, 2012 at 5:28 PM | A Tiger in Winter (Score:3 Normal)
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Comerica Park was built with that opening in the upper deck down the right field line so that the Eastbound breeze could flow through the park and cool everybody. This is great in the summer as a blessed reprieve from the sweltering heat of a Michigan August and Justin Verlander's fastball.

However I've been there in late October and in November for a concert and lemme tell you: it's COOOOOLLLLD. Whereas MIchigan Stadium is a dug-out bowl (and the person sitting beside you is close enough to share body warmth).

And besides, ever notice that the first real snow doesn't arrive here until January? December may get 12 inches but Michigan Decembers are a slush-fest washed away occasionally by those cold dark rains that come at 4pm when the sun is already down.

It sounds nice because outdoor hockey is cool, but a GLI in Comeria Park would be downright miserable.

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January 13th, 2012 at 5:41 PM | I vote no (Score:-1 Overrated)
January 13th, 2012 at 5:50 PM | posted from iPhone (Score:1 Redundant)
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Cool but I refuse to wear red in Michigan Stadium

January 13th, 2012 at 6:11 PM | My view is that red is (Score:1)
Brendan
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My view is that red is different from scarlet.  I will happily rock my Zetterberg jersey at the game.

January 13th, 2012 at 11:47 PM | my view is (Score:2)
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I'm stitching a winged wheel on a maize M hockey jersey.   

 

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January 14th, 2012 at 11:07 AM | posted from iPhone (Score:1)
Brendan
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I fully support this view.

January 14th, 2012 at 11:58 AM | The Other Comerica Event... (Score:1)
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They also talked on the radio about having the NHL alumni game at Comercia potentially, even as a sideshow to the GLI, so it would basically be a Hockeyfest up and down I-94 that weekend. 

It might be just me, but I can't help but have reservations about the Winter Classic being in Ann Arbor only because Illitch fought hard to get it and then the league chooses a venue simply for the potential for money and an attendance record. It seems like a slap in the face to Detroit businesses too that are  trying to make things right in the city. 

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January 13th, 2012 at 10:21 PM | I would definitely try to go (Score:1)
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I would definitely try to go to both.

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