TrueBlueGED Posted December 3, 2015 Report Posted December 3, 2015 Wawrow: Per AP Source: #Sabres are petitioning NHL to host Winter Classic on Jan. 1, 2018, to coincide with World Jr. Tournament outdoor game. This happening makes so much sense that I almost feel like it precludes the NHL from doing it :lol: Quote
That Aud Smell Posted December 3, 2015 Author Report Posted December 3, 2015 Wawrow: Per AP Source: #Sabres are petitioning NHL to host Winter Classic on Jan. 1, 2018, to coincide with World Jr. Tournament outdoor game. I have it in good authority that Bettman absolutely loves the Pegulas. I'm not saying he's more fond of Mrs. Pegula than I am, but maybe he's getting there. Maybe. More seriously, Bettman apparently flipped his sh!t when he saw the completed Harbor Center, and thinks the league needs a few more Pegula families in it in order to progress. Which is to say, if the Sabres want the 2018 New Years Day game, I bet they get it. Quote
PromoTheRobot Posted December 3, 2015 Report Posted December 3, 2015 Yeah I can't wait to sit 3000 feet from the ice in the freezing cold to see players I can't recognize playing against other players I can't recognize. I'm sure this is fun for some, I just can't wrap my head around watching hockey in a football stadium. Let me tell you, RWS was the best Winter Classic venue of them all. At least 80% of the seats had full view of the ice surface. Holding hockey in a baseball stadium is the ultimate in futility. I went to Frozen Fenway with local college teams a few years back. I walked around the entire stadium and could not find a single place where the sight lines were good. Quote
That Aud Smell Posted December 3, 2015 Author Report Posted December 3, 2015 I don't think the announcement will have anything to do with the Sabres hosting another outdoor game, it's about the Juniors and adding an outdoor game to it. If I was one of the teams picked to play outdoors I wouldn't want to do it, especially in a tournament situation where all games have some meaning. If it's an exhibition game for the tournament, sure, but not a game that's going to count for something playing outside where the conditions could affect the game. Does seem likely that the upcoming announcement will be limited to the World Juniors. That's an interesting take on not wanting to play in the outdoor game. They cleared that hurdle in the NHL. Granted, there's 81 other games to balance out an outdoor game. Still. The super-cool factor has to count for quite a bit here. Quote
X. Benedict Posted December 3, 2015 Report Posted December 3, 2015 Yeah I can't wait to sit 3000 feet from the ice in the freezing cold to see players I can't recognize playing against other players I can't recognize. I'm sure this is fun for some, I just can't wrap my head around watching hockey in a football stadium. An international tailgate party. It'll be fun. Quote
woods-racer Posted December 3, 2015 Report Posted December 3, 2015 January 1st 2018 is on a Monday, for those plotting. Quote
PromoTheRobot Posted December 3, 2015 Report Posted December 3, 2015 January 1st 2018 is on a Monday, for those plotting. 1/1/2008 was a Tuesday. I remember driving from NH that morning after partying on NYE. 7 hour drive. Got there just in time for puck drop. Quote
LTS Posted December 3, 2015 Report Posted December 3, 2015 I suppose to make it fair to all teams they should each play 1 game outdoors... right? I mean the ice surface will be there! No matter what this is awesome and I know I will be attending games next year with my son. I cannot wait. Quote
Samson's Flow Posted December 3, 2015 Report Posted December 3, 2015 I suppose to make it fair to all teams they should each play 1 game outdoors... right? I mean the ice surface will be there! No matter what this is awesome and I know I will be attending games next year with my son. I cannot wait. Especially since by then the Bills will be playing in a fancy new stadium downtown and the Ralph can be available for outdoor games all winter. Right?! <ducks> Quote
woods-racer Posted December 3, 2015 Report Posted December 3, 2015 Especially since by then the Bills will be playing in a fancy new stadium downtown and the Ralph can be available for outdoor games all winter. Right?! <ducks> I'm calling Ducky in on that post. Quote
beerme1 Posted December 3, 2015 Report Posted December 3, 2015 Yeah I can't wait to sit 3000 feet from the ice in the freezing cold to see players I can't recognize playing against other players I can't recognize. I'm sure this is fun for some, I just can't wrap my head around watching hockey in a football stadium. In my 49 years which includes seeing more than 300 NHL games in Buffalo, Toronto, Montreal, New York and Tampa I can tell you the Winter Classic at the Ralph is far and away my most memorable hockey experience. I hope you'll reconsider and come join the party. Buffalo style! :beer: Quote
pi2000 Posted December 3, 2015 Report Posted December 3, 2015 Are we sure this will be at the Ralph? Or the new downtown stadium adjacent to the Harbor Center. Quote
LTS Posted December 3, 2015 Report Posted December 3, 2015 Especially since by then the Bills will be playing in a fancy new stadium downtown and the Ralph can be available for outdoor games all winter. Right?! <ducks> Are we sure this will be at the Ralph? Or the new downtown stadium adjacent to the Harbor Center. Could they have that stadium built in time? If so, then could you imagine if the announcement was both the WJC, outdoor games, and that they will be held at the new stadium that will be built by then? I don't think they could get it build by then... Levi's Stadium broke ground April 2012 and opened July 2014. They would have to start now and beat that timeline to have it done in time. Quote
That Aud Smell Posted December 3, 2015 Author Report Posted December 3, 2015 Are we sure this will be at the Ralph? Or the new downtown stadium adjacent to the Harbor Center. Could they have that stadium built in time? If so, then could you imagine if the announcement was both the WJC, outdoor games, and that they will be held at the new stadium that will be built by then? I don't think they could get it build by then... Levi's Stadium broke ground April 2012 and opened July 2014. They would have to start now and beat that timeline to have it done in time. A thrilling thought, but it seems unlikely that the stadium announcement would be a piece of it. If they were that far along with a new stadium process, there would have been leaks by now. Quote
woods-racer Posted December 3, 2015 Report Posted December 3, 2015 Could they have that stadium built in time? If so, then could you imagine if the announcement was both the WJC, outdoor games, and that they will be held at the new stadium that will be built by then? I don't think they could get it build by then... Levi's Stadium broke ground April 2012 and opened July 2014. They would have to start now and beat that timeline to have it done in time. Buffalo Winter.. Add a year. Quote
Samson's Flow Posted December 3, 2015 Report Posted December 3, 2015 Could they have that stadium built in time? If so, then could you imagine if the announcement was both the WJC, outdoor games, and that they will be held at the new stadium that will be built by then? I don't think they could get it build by then... Levi's Stadium broke ground April 2012 and opened July 2014. They would have to start now and beat that timeline to have it done in time. My comment was totally tongue in cheek, but a more realistic timeline would be by 2020 in time for the 50th anniversary for the Sabres. Based on my reading of the tea leaves, there is certainly a plan in place by Pegulas they just have not revealed it yet. FWIW - the current headquarters of PSE would be right in between the First Niagara Center and the proposed Perry/Ohio St. location for the new Bills stadium. They didn't choose that location for nothing... Quote
PromoTheRobot Posted December 3, 2015 Report Posted December 3, 2015 (edited) I've got it!! Have them play an exhibition on the frozen Buffalo River next to Canalside! Edited December 3, 2015 by PromoTheRobot Quote
MattPie Posted December 3, 2015 Report Posted December 3, 2015 I've got it!! Have them play an exhibition on the frozen Buffalo River next to Canalside! They can set it on fire after the game as part of the fireworks! Quote
PromoTheRobot Posted December 3, 2015 Report Posted December 3, 2015 They can set it on fire after the game as part of the fireworks! :thumbsup: Quote
Neo Posted December 3, 2015 Report Posted December 3, 2015 This is just awesome news. There is a world where Buffalo is big league. Quote
Sabre Dance Posted December 4, 2015 Report Posted December 4, 2015 Hosting the World Junoirs once was very cool. When you've done well enough to have them come back a second time (and hopefully more after that), you're really doing well. Hats off to Buffalo and the Pegulas - Center of the Hockey Universe! Quote
That Aud Smell Posted December 4, 2015 Author Report Posted December 4, 2015 Hosting the World Junoirs once was very cool. When you've done well enough to have them come back a second time (and hopefully more after that), you're really doing well. Hats off to Buffalo and the Pegulas - Center of the Hockey Universe! Ted Black said it. Hockey Heaven. Quote
FLYNNSanity Posted December 5, 2015 Report Posted December 5, 2015 Red crossing Sabres jersey, if we get outdoor classic please. Quote
Doohicksie Posted December 5, 2015 Report Posted December 5, 2015 Red crossing Sabres jersey, if we get outdoor classic please. I don't ever want to see the Sabres in red and black again. Quote
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