Steve Zipay at Blue Notes reports Commissioner Gary Bettman said today that the Wilpon family, which owns the Mets, "has been extremely interested and aggressive" in bringing the annual Winter Classic to Citifield and NHL officials have toured the stadium to assess the prospects.NHL COO John Collins, who toured Citifield recently, said "it's a great ballpark and in many respects, as the commissioner said, the 100-year-old ballparks have charm, but there are challenges. Citifield's got great sightlines, very vertical as opposed to some of the other baseball stadiums and ballparks we've looked at, so it's a great venue."
"We haven’t made a decision for next year. Nobody's been ruled in or out," said Bettman. "Without tipping my hand, some candidates seem to be at the head of the pack."
Zipay speculates that the Rangers or Islanders or both would play in the Jan. 1 game at Citifield.
...awesome stuff. Something actually exciting at Citifield.
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The 2011 Winter Classic will be between Pittsburgh Penguins and Washington Capitals.The Pens second appearance on the Classic.The set date January 01,2011 1:00 pm at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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