2024 NHL Winter Classic

The 2024 NHL Winter Classic is an upcoming outdoor regular season National Hockey League (NHL) game, part of the Winter Classic series. The game is scheduled for January 1, 2024, with the Seattle Kraken hosting the defending Stanley Cup champion Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Park, in a battle between the league's two youngest expansion teams.[1]

2024 NHL Winter Classic
123 Total
Vegas Golden Knights --- 0
Seattle Kraken --- 0
DateJanuary 1, 2024
VenueT-Mobile Park
CitySeattle, Washington
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Background

The league announced the game on January 2, 2023, before the start of the previous season's Winter Classic.[1] This will be the first Winter Classic held in the Pacific Time Zone, as well as Seattle's first outdoor game.[2] Vegas previously appeared in the 2021 NHL Outdoors at Lake Tahoe.[1]

This will also be the first Winter Classic to take place in a retractable roof stadium. Due to Seattle's rainy climate that may affect ice conditions, organizers planned on closing T-Mobile Park's retractable roof in case of heavy rainfall.[3] This could result in the first "indoor" Winter Classic, and the first such game since the 2014 Heritage Classic at BC Place in Vancouver.

References
  1. Rosen, Dan (January 2, 2023). "Kraken to host 2024 NHL Winter Classic, face Vegas at Mariners stadium". NHL. NHL. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
  2. McDaniel, Mike (January 2, 2023). "2024 NHL Winter Classic Outdoor Game to Be Held in Seattle". SI.com. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
  3. Tim Booth (Associated Press) (January 2, 2023). "NHL announces Winter Classic in 2024 will be at T-Mobile Park". HeraldNet. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
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