Winter Classic...

Today the NHL announced that the 2013 Winter Classic will be held in Ann Arbor, Michigan at Michigan Stadium.  The game will feature the Detroit Red Wings playing host to Origional 6 rival the Toronto Maple Leafs.  Now being from the Detroit area, I'm completely stoked for this game and I will be at that stadium but I think the NHL made a mistake.  I think playing a hockey game in a football stadium is a terrible idea.  Last year I went to the Big Chill at the Big House, and the year before I went to the Frozen Four which was held at the home for the NFL's Detroit Lions, Ford Field.  The beauty of going to a hockey game is being right up against the glass and watching the game from an intimate distance.  When a hockey game is held at a football stadium, the stands are so spread out that you lose the the intamacy of the game.  In the future if the NHL is going to continue with the outdoor games, they should always be played at a baseball stadium.  The ice surface can be put fairly close to the diamond and that brings the game a lot closer to the fans.  Hopefully someone from the NHL who selects where the Winter Classic is held is reading this.