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Big House in the running to host 2013 Winter Classic

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The University of Michigan’s athletic director has confirmed he’s spoken with the NHL about hosting next year’s Winter Classic at Michigan Stadium.

“We have been approached by the NHL about utilizing our facility for the 2013 Winter Classic,” Dave Brandon said in a statement, as per AnnArbor.com. “There are a lot of complex circumstances that need to be ironed out before anything moves forward. We will have more to say if/when something materializes.”

This shouldn’t be taken as confirmation that the game will be played at Michigan Stadium (writes the guy who bet it would be held at Comerica Park.)

As the article states, “The Red Wings are owned by Mike Ilitch, who also owns the Detroit Tigers and Comerica Park, so among the complex circumstances that would need to be ironed out are how the profits would be split — be it from ticket sales, merchandise, vending, television rights, etc. — in an outside venue.”

No doubt it would be cool for over 100,000 fans to attend an NHL game. And if there’s something to be said for staging Winter Classics in iconic venues, the Big House certainly qualifies as iconic. Just think – the Red Wings could play a hockey game in the same place this happened:

On the other hand, there’s already been a hockey game played at the Big House. We already know what it looks like. Does that lessen the appeal?