![]() State considering the Wolfpack's men’s basketball program shares PNC Arena, so athletics director Boo Corrigan said officials there jumped to join schools like Air Force (2020), Notre Dame (2019), Navy (2018), Minnesota (2016) and Michigan (2014) in getting exposure that comes with being an outdoor-game host. There was an existing partnership between the Hurricanes and N.C. It also marks one of the handful of outdoor games to be held in a college venue rather than a professional stadium. I’m there every day with them and they pack the place and they’re loud and they support the team in a small market as well as any in the NHL.” “I think they deserve it,” Brind’Amour said. ![]() They also have a devoted fan base known for rarely passing up the opportunity to tailgate or create the roaring, festive environments now common at Carolina's home playoff games. And after a nine-year playoff drought, they have reached four consecutive postseasons with two division titles under coach and 2006 captain Rod Brind’Amour. They hosted the 2004 draft and 2011 All-Star Weekend. The Hurricanes have hosted two Stanley Cup Final series, winning in 2006. And you get to talk about it for years and years to come.”Īt the minimum, it represents another highlight for the former Hartford Whalers franchise since relocating to North Carolina for the 1997-98 season. It’s like winning that blue ribbon, if you will. “It’s like a stamp of approval … It’s that statement of, everything’s happening in the right way. “It allows you to elevate conversations,” he said. “We’re kind of the go-to markets now, which is really nice,” Henry said. Meanwhile, the NHL brought its All-Star game earlier this month to the Sunrise, home of the Florida Panthers and held one in Tampa in 2018. And this summer, the Predators will host the NHL draft, 20 years after first hosting the event. Nashville had previously hosted the 2016 All-Star game and reached the Stanley Cup Final a year later. The Predators hosted last year’s Stadium Series game at the home of the NFL’s Tennessee Titans. Sean Henry, president and chief executive of the Nashville Predators, understands that feeling. We’re in a restaurant and the waiter or waitress comes up and they’re talking about the game, an Uber driver talking about the game, at our hotel. ![]() “I think one of the things we’ve noticed being here is just the talk everywhere we go. “This city has embraced us,” said Steve Mayer, the NHL’s chief content officer and event producer. Now it’s North Carolina’s capital city grabbing a spotlight for professional hockey in a region long associated with college football.
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