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hockeygodWinter Classic about to go big in Michigan for 2013
James Mirtle, Globe and Mail, Feb. 07, 2012
The big game at The Big House is a done deal.
The NHL will officially announce Thursday in Detroit that the 2013 Winter Classic will feature the Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs and take place at the home of the University of Michigan football team in Ann Arbor, Mich.
The game is guaranteed to set the league’s single-game attendance record with more than 100,000 in the stands, breaking the mark of 71,217 set at the first Winter Classic in Buffalo in 2008.
The only remaining hurdle had been for the university to approve a lease agreement, something that took place at a public meeting Wednesday morning.
Roughly an hour after that meeting took place, the NHL sent out a press release with details of Thursday’s dual press conferences at Comerica Park and Michigan Stadium.
The event is also expected to include an outdoor alumni game between former Red Wings and Maple Leafs players and a tournament between OHL teams, both of which would be held at Comerica prior to the main game on Jan. 1 or 2.
It will be the first Winter Classic to involve a Canadian team and only the second between Original Six teams.
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