Winter Classic 1/1/2020

[5minmajor]

Tickets acquired. Defensive goal line, near top of lower bowl.

[SaintAngerBH]

I live just down the street from the Big House in Ann Arbor and had a chance to go to the Winter Classic there back in 2014 but declined because it seems like the seats are all so far away that you can't see much.

[Troy McClure]

I live just down the street from the Big House in Ann Arbor and had a chance to go to the Winter Classic there back in 2014 but declined because it seems like the seats are all so far away that you can't see much.

That was very true. It was also stupidly cold. Also, the venue sucks. The concourses are too narrow to handle the number of people. It was a miserable expereince.

Might have been better with temperatures 20+ degrees warmer, but the bitter cold amplified every other inconvenience and annoyance.

[SaintAngerBH]

I live just down the street from the Big House in Ann Arbor and had a chance to go to the Winter Classic there back in 2014 but declined because it seems like the seats are all so far away that you can't see much.

That was very true. It was also stupidly cold. Also, the venue sucks. The concourses are too narrow to handle the number of people. It was a miserable expereince.

Might have been better with temperatures 20+ degrees warmer, but the bitter cold amplified every other inconvenience and annoyance.

I heard horror stories of people urinating in the concourses because the lines to the bathrooms were so long. Glad I stayed home to watch it in my comfortable, warm house with my own bathroom and my own, much cheaper alcohol. lol

[Troy McClure]

Alcohol? The most popular drink was hot chocolate.

[cdanew]

Tickets acquired. Defensive goal line, near top of lower bowl.

I got mine on one of the bluelines, about 4 rows up the 2nd level.

[slaps]

Tickets acquired today. First row of the second level, in the middle.

[slaps]

lulz. Tickets 5 seats down from me are going for $750 a ticket.

[The Frugal Gourmet]

So weird.

[ToddM]

I'm assuming 79,990 of those tickets were purchased by Blackhawks fans, right?

[The Frugal Gourmet]

The Blackhawks weren't good this year so they don't have fans any more.

[wonko80]

There are going to be some mad football fans when they realize they bought tickets for the wrong event at the Cotton Bowl.

[slaps]

[SaintAngerBH]

I think it's stupid. It doesn't acknowledge the past of the Dallas STARS.

Who cares about some footnote minor league team from the 1500's?

[Math]

I think it's stupid. It doesn't acknowledge the past of the Dallas STARS.

Who cares about some footnote minor league team from the 1500's?

I totally and fully subscribe to this.

I would have loved to see a throwback jersey with the original Stars logo and a color scheme that brought back the gold, Even with a brand new design.

The Flames did it right for the Heritage Classic.

[Troy McClure]

I’m fine with it. Anything that makes clear our pre-1993 hockey heritage is about Dallas and not some northern tundra city.

[ScubaSteve]

I don’t really care about the logo, I just care that it has neck laces.

[SaintAngerBH]

I’m fine with it. Anything that makes clear our pre-1993 hockey heritage is about Dallas and not some northern tundra city.

The North Star would have been a gigantic mistake for sure. I just wish they would acknowledge the original Dallas Stars. The Texans have nothing to do with this franchise and before the Stars co-opted their history, like 10 people even knew who they were.

[The Frugal Gourmet]

I don’t think they should really do anything special for this likely below average quality regular season game.

[ToddM]

Have they taken Subban off the big poster hanging outside the Cotton Bowl yet?

[slaps]

The logo is fine. It’s clean and simple. It could be better, but it could have been markedly worse.

[Troy McClure]

Wow. Those are awful.

[SaintAngerBH]

Ours won't be much better with that Texans crap. Unless they design in a classic Dallas Stars design and put the Texans logo as the crest or something.

[The Frugal Gourmet]

I like how they hearken back to Nashville's great old timey hockey culture from the 1890s.

[Troy McClure]

I like how they hearken back to Nashville's great old timey hockey culture from the 1890s.

That's the thing here. The Dallas Stars are on year 26 of existing and the Predators are on year 21. Yet they both feel the need to dig into their pre-NHL minor league history to find these jerseys. It kinda reeks of insecurity. Like they are looking to show off their hockey street cred since every prior Winter Classic participant was a team that was at least 20+ years older.

[Math]

Did even Nashville has a pre-NHL hockey history, whatever it is ?

I think they weren't allowed to go with the mustard yellow/silver/navy throwback concept due to evident rules of human decency.

[SaintAngerBH]

I like how they hearken back to Nashville's great old timey hockey culture from the 1890s.

That's the thing here. The Dallas Stars are on year 26 of existing and the Predators are on year 21. Yet they both feel the need to dig into their pre-NHL minor league history to find these jerseys. It kinda reeks of insecurity. Like they are looking to show off their hockey street cred since every prior Winter Classic participant was a team that was at least 20+ years older.

Yep. I think most people would have loved a 90's throwback for both clubs. They're both missing the mark here. I'm not surprised from the Dallas side. They routinely *poo poo* the bed with this type of stuff.

[cdanew]

Like the jersey - much, much better than the Nashville one.

[cdanew]

But WTF is up with the pants?

[The Frugal Gourmet]

I think DYHP what would be absolutely incensed by these.