Blackhawks to host 2025 Winter Classic at Wrigley Field against Blues in 2024

[Kirk Van Houten]

Blackhawks to host 2025 Winter Classic at Wrigley Field against Blues

The NHL’s biggest outdoor event will return to the Cubs’ stadium next season for the first time since 2009, a source told the Sun-Times on Tuesday.

chicago.suntimes.com

No ratings problem for the next Winter Classic lol.

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[LadyStanley]

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[GrkFlyersFan]

We all saw this coming. They took a risk, they had their lowest ratings ever, nevermind that it went up against a major college game involving 'Bama. Playing it nice and safe this time. Bedard in the league now, done. Could've had something interesting like Ohio State, but no. I'm sure the ratings will improve enough for them to declare it a success, though.

 

[jkrdevil]

TNT just announced that the game will be played on New Year’s Eve rather than New Years Day. So clearing room for CFP.

 

[DaBadGuy7]

 

[GKJ]

So is it still the 2025 Winter Classic?

There’s still a CFP game, but it’s only the Fiesta Bowl. But they will surely be played at night and NYE isn’t a holiday.

 

[jkrdevil]

So is it still the 2025 Winter Classic?

There’s still a CFP game, but it’s only the Fiesta Bowl. But they will surely be played at night and NYE isn’t a holiday.

5 pm eastern start for Winter Classic. So it appears to be before the Fiesta Bowl which is probably an 8pm start.

 

[BMacLeafs]

Great job, NHL! Another Winter Classic involving the cellar-dwelling NHL team and loosing popularity so much that ur "signature event" is bumped off New Years Day.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Slight edit to the topic title to make it accurate but intentionally more confusing at first glance.

 

[Brodie]

I guess I don’t understand why if records don’t matter at all Detroit can’t host another one

 

[GKJ]

I guess I don’t understand why if records don’t matter at all Detroit can’t host another one

Detroit doesn’t have a Bedard.

 

[BKIslandersFan]

I get why Chicago gets another one, but Wrigley again? Boring. Why not US Cellular? Or Soldier Field?

 

[IU Hawks fan]

I guess I don’t understand why if records don’t matter at all Detroit can’t host another one

Why can't they? Might even be coming, seeing as their 100th anniversary is soon and obviously the Hawks won't host that year and the Rangers cannot.

 

[Taro Tsujimoto]

I get why Chicago gets another one, but Wrigley again? Boring. Why not US Cellular? Or Soldier Field?

Soldier probably because the NFL season is still going. Don't know about Comiskey.

 

[Brodie]

No shade to Sox fans but why would anyone do anything in Guaranteed Rate when you could use Wrigley

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Comiskey doesn’t remotely have the cache as Wrigley.

Plus, literally everybody’s mad at Reinsdorf right now.

 

[BKIslandersFan]

No shade to Sox fans but why would anyone do anything in Guaranteed Rate when you could use Wrigley

Because Wrigley was done before.

 

[GKJ]

The White Sox don’t even like Comiskey

 

[IU Hawks fan]

Wrigley may also be easier to work with, since the league can deal with the Cubs directly. Guaranteed Rate Field is owned by the state.