The annual showcase is headed to the Rocky Mountains.
in the Winter Classic in 2027, it announced Wednesday afternoon. The game will be played at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Utah football's home of 28 years. “At our goal is to bring great things and build Utah.
This is one of those things. The 18th Winter Classic coming to Utah in our 3rd year in the NHL. Couldn’t be more excited! Big things ahead!” Mammoth owner The Mammoth relocated to Salt Lake City from their old home in Arizona ahead of the 2025 season. They went 38-31-13 in their inaugural season and are 20-20-3 in 2026. Utah is last in the league in attendance, but with an extremely important technicality: the Delta Center only seats around 12,000 for hockey at the moment.Patrick Andres is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He joined SI in December 2022, having worked for The Blade, Athlon Sports, Fear the Sword and Diamond Digest. Andres has covered everything from zero-attendance Big Ten basketball to a seven-overtime college football game. He is a graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism with a double major in history .
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