With racing pigs just outside the rink on the stadium floor, and horses spooked by fireworks during 'The Star-Spangled Banner,' outdoor hockey in Texas was as much the spectacle as that phrase sounds.
Dallas Stars fans cheer during the second period of the NHL Winter Classic hockey game against the Nashville Predators at the Cotton Bowl, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020, in Dallas. DALLAS -- Ryan Clare chewed on a turkey leg as he milled about the Texas state fairgrounds hours before another major sporting event inside historic Cotton Bowl Stadium.
"This is kind of a once-in-a-lifetime event and everything," said Clare, the bottom of the Dallas resident's green No. 4 Miro Heiskanen jersey covering the top of his black kilt. "When are you going to something like this in Texas ever again?" "I understand Twitter is going nuts in a good way about the pig races," Commissioner Gary Bettman said. "We tried to blend Texas and hockey. Each year we try and learn something and do it a little bit better."
Others almost ended up on the sky tram that crisscrosses the fairgrounds, when all they wanted to do was get in the stadium. "It's been sensational," Bettman said. "The only complaints that we've been getting is that it's been too crowded. And in this business, you'll take that."
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