NHL notebook: Bruins part of outdoor games in Lake Tahoe
Boston will play Philadelphia on Jan. 21, a day after Vegas and Colorado meet on an outdoor rink set up at a golf course in Nevada.
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The Philadelphia Flyers and Boston Bruins played at Fenway Park in Boston on Jan. 1, 2010. The teams will meet again outdoors, but this time it will be on a golf course in Lake Tahoe and without spectators.
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The NHL played outdoors in the shadow of the Green Monster at Fenway Park, on consecutive days at Dodger Stadium and Yankee Stadium, and at Chicago’s Soldier Field.
The NHL played outdoors in the shadow of the Green Monster at Fenway Park, on consecutive days at Dodger Stadium and Yankee Stadium, and at Chicago’s Soldier Field.This year’s outdoor games will be in a unique, picturesque setting: along the shores of.
STATELINE, Nev. National Hockey League officials wanted a picturesque landscape where they could build an ice rink surrounded by snow-coverered mountains for maximum visual impact, and Lake Tahoe “fit the bill.”
A rendering of what the ice rink will look like at Edgewood Tahoe. Provided
NHL officials said on Monday that they were blown away with Lake Tahoe and its proven track record for hosting major events.
“We went to Tahoe, a very small group, and we were blown away by the setting, the blank canvas that it presents for us,” NHL chief content producer Steve Mayer said. “It’s hosted major events before. We felt very confident, especially in a short time frame, that we would be able to hold a world-class event and Tahoe will be a great host. It was a pretty easy decision.”
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The Kiwanis Club of Lake Tahoe wishes to extend our appreciation to the following for their help, support, and generous donations that help us to purchase and distribute brand new coats, beanies, and gloves to ensure that the youth in our community stay warm this winter.
The generosity of our donors:
• The Bob Baunhauser Foundation, in remembrance of member Bob Baunhauser
• TLC Investment, in remembrance of member Katy Fagan
• 2020 American Century Championship/Celebrity Golf
• El Dorado Community Foundation/Give Tahoe
• Soroptimist International of Tahoe Sierra
The Kiwanis family organizations we sponsor:
• Lake Tahoe Community College Circle K Club