The Associated Press
DALLAS–The 2021 NHL Winter Classic will be hosted by the Minnesota Wild at Target Field, the home stadium of the MLB’s Twins.
NHL officials announced the site for the next Winter Classic during this season’s game yesterday at Cotton Bowl Stadium in Dallas.
Minnesota’s opponent for the next New Year’s Day game will be determined later.
It will be the first Winter Classic for the Wild, and their second outdoor game. They beat the visiting Chicago Blackhawks 6-1 in a Stadium Series game at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis four years ago.
A crowd of 85,630, the second-largest at an NHL game, attended yesterday’s game between the Dallas Stars and Nashville Predators.
The game-time temperature in Dallas was 54.9 degrees, the highest for a Winter Classic game.
