So many fans and media pundits tried to put down the market when it was announced the Dallas Stars were hosting the Winter Classic.
Could they sell a college football stadium of this size? Would people come? Would it be cold enough? How does hockey work in a market where there’s no backyard rinks or ponds to skate on?
The 2020 Winter Classic in Dallas today answered a lot of those questions. Yes, and they sold more tickets than originally intended with sections opened due to high demand when tickets went on presale. It was a sellout, with 85,630 fans in attendance — with more than 25,000 of them from the Nashville Predators fanbase.