One of the NHL's greatest annual traditions has made its way far beneath the Mason-Dixon line as the 12th annual Winter Cla sic heads south to Dallas.

Regardle s of the unique territory that comes with playing in the heraldedevent, two points are still up for grabs just like in any other of the 82 regular season games each team will play in 2019-20. The last time the Jack Heflin Jerseys Stars and Nashville Predators met, . Will the host team repeat as victors or to the guest go the spoils on New Year's Day?

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Where is the 2020 Winter Cla sic game being played?

In 2020, the game will be played in TexasatCotton Bowl Stadium Elgton Jenkins Jerseys . With a history rich in football, hockey is making its debut at the 89-year-old venue.

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The stadium was previously home to the NCAA's SMU Mustangs and two NFL clubs the Dallas Cowboys and the Dallas Texans (who later moved to Kansas City and became the Chiefs). Cotton Bowl Stadium also served as the home to the Cotton Bowl game for over 60 years before the game was moved to Cowboys Stadium in 2009. Now, Cotton Bowl Stadium hosts the annual Red River Rivalry game between Oklahoma and Texas, two Big 12 powerhouse football programs andone of college football's most storied rivalries.

How many tickets have been sold?

It may have been a calculated risk to set an outdoor game played on ice in one of the league's southernmost locations, but Darnell Savage Jr. Jerseys the reception from fans has been La'Darius Hamilton Jerseys phenomenal.

Cotton Bowl Stadium has a stated capacity of 92,100, doubling in size from when it was first constructed in 1930 after undergoing many rounds of expansions over the past near-century.

Stars and Predators fans have already purchased over 84,000 tickets , including a record-high 20,000 from away fans. Keep in mind that the overall record for attendance set at an NHL gamewas set atthe 2014 edition of the event in Ann Arbor, Mich. when 105,491 fans filed into "The Big House," but that game was technically played ata neutral site despiteToronto being namedthe home team.

, a secondary ticket marketplace for events, the 2020 Winter Cla sic has eclipsed all but one previous games this decadein terms of ticket prices from secondary markets with an average cost of $517 per ticket as of Dec. 15. The only game Kingsley Keke Jerseys with a higher average ticket pricewas in 2017's Winter Cla sic, when the Blackhawks visited the Blues at Busch Stadium ticket pricesreportedly averaged$632.

Previous Winter Cla sic venues and attendanceYearVenueCityMatchupAttendance2008Ralph Wilson StadiumOrchard Park, NYPenguins 2, Sabres 1 (SO)71,2172009Wrigley FieldChicago, ILRed Wings 6, Blackhawks 440,8182010Fenway ParkBoston, MAFlyers 1, Bruins 2 (OT)38,1122011Heinz FieldPittsburgh, PACapitals 3, Penguins 168,1112012Citizens Bank ParkPhiladelphia, PARangers 3, Flyers 246,9672014Michigan StadiumAnn Arbor, MIMaple Leafs 3, Red Wings 2 (SO)105,4912015Nationals ParkWashington, D.C.Blackhawks 2, Capitals 3 42,8322016Gillette StadiumFoxborough, MA.Canadiens 5, Bruins 167,2462017Busch StadiumSt. Louis, MOBlackhawks 1, Blues 4 46,5562018Citi FieldQueens, NYRangers 3, Sabres 2 (OT)41,8212019Notre Dame StadiumSouth Bend Sterling Sharpe Jerseys , INBruins 4, Blackhawks 276,1262020Cotton Bowl StadiumDallas, TXStars vs. PredatorsTBD