College Football stadiums for NHL Outdoor games: The Ohio Stadium comes Cotton Bowl, Michigan Stadium, others, others

The 2025 Stadium series will combine one of the best -known stadiums and ice hockey of College football this weekend.

On Saturday evening, the Columbus Blue Jackets will compete live from the Ohio Stadium, the home of Ohio State Buckeyes on College Football Samed Days.

But the buckeyes are not the first college football stadium that organizes NHL outdoor games. Let us take a look at some former college football locations to organize NHL games and whether they are continued.

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2025: Columbus Blue Jackets against Detroit Red Wings, Ohio Stadium

On Saturday, March 1st at 6 p.m. ET, the Ohio Stadium will organize the Columbus Blue Jackets and Detroit Red Wings. The event location usually organizes the Ohio State Buckeyes every Saturday, but the renderings published by the NHL in the days before the game looked impressive:

A #Stadium series Preview. 👀

Don't miss the NHL of the Navy Federal Credit Union 2025 #Stadium series This Saturday at 6P et @Spn in the USA and FX & @Sportsnet+ in Canada! pic.twitter.com/bxcqwwelxo

– NHL (@NHL) February 25, 2025

Here you will find more about the topic of the event location about the official publication of the NHL:

The topic that celebrates the traditions of the game day of Columbus Blue Jackets and Ohio State Buckeyes Athletics is visible during today's field design, which was published by the NHL today. The NHL Rink Decking Design, inspired by the legendary sporting spirit brand of the university, contains the blue jackets, the bold colors of Union Blue, White and Torrot. The cannon, a key element of Blue Jackets home games, is released every time Columbus scores a goal.

In an allusion to the tradition of College Sports Helm Sticker, pull -off pictures that represent the Buckeye Leaf Helm Award, Blue Jackets Cannon and the NHL sign, decorate the side of the field that leads to the NHL stage.

The publication advertisements that will support Ohio State's famous marching band on Saturday in the introduction of players. Although college football and ice hockey don't often mix, it sounds like a very cool and unique combination of both sports.

The Red Wings are currently in fourth place with 30-22 in the season in the Atlantic of the Eastern Conference. The Columbus Blue Jackets, which normally play in the Nationwide Arena near Osus Campus, are also fourth in the metropolises of the Eastern Conference, 28-22.

The Ohio Stadium holds over 100,000 people, so that we could see one near a record quantity for this.

2020: Dallas stars against Nashville Predators, Cotton Bowl

This matchup was part of the NHL winter classic five years ago, which has been organizing hockey games in numerous different stages since 2008. This year's Matchup was played in the Cotton Bowl, in which the annual rivalry in Texas-Oklahoma normally takes place in autumn. The venue with ice hockey ensured an incredibly cool aesthetics:

The number of visitors was 85,630 people, which is close to the capacity of the cotton shell. Dallas won the game 4-2.

2019: Boston Bruins against Chicago Blackhawks, Notre Dame Stadium

Also part of the winter classic, the home of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish was the Bruins and Blackhawks. Here is a look at what the venue looked like:

The Bruins won this with 4: 2 before participating 76,126 people.

2014: Toronto Maple Leafs against Detroit Red Wings, Michigan Stadium

This game was to be played in 2013, but was postponed due to the Lockout of the NHL this season. This game was particularly unique because it almost set up a world record for most people to take part in a hockey game. The final number of visitors was 113,411 people. The attitude was incredibly neat to host a hockey game:

The Maple Leafs defeated the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 in a shootout this year.

Since 2020 there have been several baseball stages in which the winter classic of the NHL in Minneapolis, Fenway Park in Boston, the T-Mobile Park in Seattle and Wrigley Field in Chicago in Chicago in Chicago in Chicago took place in Chicago in Chicago in December 2024.

In 2026, the Miami Marlins home stadium will organize the event in 2026 in Landepot. As a warm weather climate in 2026, this will certainly be unique.