Chance of Winter Classic in Yankee Stadium Progressing

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 Chance of Winter Classic in Yankee Stadium Progressing
A report in today's New York Daily News says that momentum is building towards finalizing a deal to hold a 2009 Winter Classic at Yankee Stadium, a few months after the Yankees play their final game there. The Rangers would play an opponent not named the Islanders or Devils due to marketing and the attraction of national television ratings, which make sense. Having an "Original Six" match-up with [link]

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An NHL Winter Classic at Yankee Stadium would ... [Yankee Stadium]
Published 3/10/2008 by Leitch at Deadspin
An NHL Winter Classic at Yankee Stadium would be pretty awesome. [Going Five Hole]

NHL Winter Classic Destination #2: New York City
Published 3/11/2008 by emmettjones at Sports Business Digest
Apparently, that hamster that is running on the NHL marketing wheel is putting in serious overtime.  Word today from the New York Daily Times is that the Rangers and an unnamed opponent may be playing in the next Winter Classic, in what would be the last game in the old (current) Yankee Stadium.  From the New York Daily Times (via Going Five Hole), Momentum has built in recent weeks toward finalizing a deal that would have the Rangers play the final game in the storied history of the current Stadium, the Daily News has learned. The Yankees ...

Could hockey fans handle two Winter Classics per season?
Published 9/4/2008 by Greg Wyshynski at Puck Daddy
... While this project could obviously go the way of a Winter Classic at Yankee Stadium, the early momentum on this indicates at least a willingness to make Stade Olympique relevant for the first time since Pedro Martínez was traded. ...

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