{"id":39596,"date":"2018-12-31T14:58:44","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T19:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=39596"},"modified":"2020-12-26T16:37:04","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T21:37:04","slug":"report-dallas-stars-to-host-2020-winter-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2018\/12\/31\/report-dallas-stars-to-host-2020-winter-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Dallas Stars to Host 2020 Winter Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/stars\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dallas Stars<\/a> will reportedly host the 2020 Winter Classic according to Sportsnet\u2019s John Shannon. Dallas would likely host the game at the historic Cotton Bowl. Regina, Saskatchewan will also reportedly be announced as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/hockey\/nhl\/nhl-set-announce-dallas-host-2020-winter-classic\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">host of the Canadian-based Heritage Classic<\/a>. The league will have more information on each game tomorrow.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tomorrow, NHL will announce 2020 Winter Classic will be in Dallas. Not sure yet who the Stars\u2019 opponent will be.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; John Shannon (@JShannonhl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JShannonhl\/status\/1079801040931835904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 31, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1>Dallas to Host 2020 Winter Classic<\/h1>\n<p>The Stars <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsday.dallasnews.com\/dallas-stars\/stars\/2018\/12\/31\/dallas-stars-reportedly-host-winter-classic-game-2020vote-team-like-see-play\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">haven\u2019t hosted or played in an outdoor game<\/a> in their history. Dallas flirted with host a pre-season game on Sept. 23, 2011 with the then-<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/coyotes\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Phoenix Coyotes<\/a> at Reliant Stadium (now NRG Stadium) in Houston. The cost of putting ice into the stadium canceled the game.<\/p>\n<p>No opponent for the Stars has been announced, but teams like the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/wild\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Wild<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/predators\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nashville Predators<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/avalanche\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Colorado Avalanche<\/a> would be good fits. However, there\u2019s always a chance the NHL will put big-ticket names like the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/blackhawks\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chicago Blackhawks<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/penguins\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/rangers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Rangers<\/a> in the game.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday&#8217;s announcement should bring about more details on both games.<\/p>\n<h1>What This Means for the Future<\/h1>\n<p>It\u2019s a chance to do an outdoor game in a non-traditional market and furthest south for the game.\u00a0 Las Vegas\u2019 MGM Grand Casino hosted an outdoor game between the Rangers and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/kings\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Los Angeles Kings<\/a> on Sept. 27, 1991. The Kings hosted the<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/ducks\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Anaheim Ducks<\/a> in Dodger Stadium as part of the Stadium Series on Jan. 25. 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The news is also a chance to deflect some of the controversy surrounding team CEO Jim Lites and his comments about top players Tyler Sequin and Jamie Been. Dallas does possess two of the more exciting players in the league in Seguin and Benn. The duo has a chance to be on a national stage.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/11\/Maple-Leafs-Stars.jpg\" alt=\"\">TORONTO, ON &#8211; NOVEMBER 01: Dallas Stars teammates celebrate against the Toronto Maple Leafs\u00a0 after the regular season NHL game between the Dallas Stars and Toronto Maple Leafs on November 1, 2018 at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, ON (Photo by Gerry Angus\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dallas Stars will reportedly host the 2020 Winter Classic according to Sportsnet\u2019s John Shannon. Dallas would likely host the game at the historic Cotton Bowl. Regina, Saskatchewan will also reportedly be announced as the host of the Canadian-based Heritage Classic. The league will have more information on each game tomorrow. Tomorrow, NHL will announce [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2352,"featured_media":37583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29,34],"tags":[3860,3861,102,1095,5738,2569,955,3862,3863,869],"class_list":["post-39596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stars","category-news","tag-2020-winter-classic","tag-cotton-bowl","tag-dallas-stars","tag-heritage-classic","tag-hockey-news","tag-news","tag-nhl-news","tag-regina","tag-saskatchewan","tag-winter-classic"],"modified_by":"Dan Mount, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2352"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}