EDMONTON-- The 2023 Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic will certainly be the 38th regular-season outdoor video game the NHL has held and the 37th that Dean Matsuzaki will have been a part of. The NHL executive vice president of occasions stated it never ever gets old. " It is remarkable the way individuals embrace these outdoor video games," Matsuzaki said Thursday, "and the enjoyment within the city that comes along with these video games has actually been wonderful. " That exhilaration is growing with the rink develop underway for the game between the Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames on Oct. 29 at Commonwealth Stadium. The only exterior game Matsuzaki was not entailed with was the first one, which happened to be the 2003 Heritage Standard, likewise at Republic Stadium. " I was absolutely watching the first video game right here and I saw the phenomenon that it was, and confess I still get goose bumps walking right into the stadium on video game day whenever we do among these video games," Matsuzaki said. "It is amazing and it will be impressive following week. " Andy Devlin/NHLI through Getty ImagesCrews are tough at the workplace installing a rink inside the 57,000-seat arena, initially built for the 1978 Commonwealth Gamings. The location has actually gone through countless remodellings over the years and is home to the Edmonton Elks of the Canadian Football League. " Every arena we most likely to has its distinct challenges," Matsuzaki claimed. "We handle weather, sunlight. The video game time is developed that if we're getting climate like today the puck decline wants the sun goes down past the edge of the arena. In terms of the different parks, it has to do with field accessibility and things like that Tyler Wong Jersey. Each is distinct. " Playing in various venues becomes part of the allure of an exterior game. Since the initial Heritage Classic, when the Oilers shed 4-3 to the Montreal Canadiens on Nov. 22, 2003, Matsuzaki has overseen games at baseball arenas such as Wrigley Field in Chicago, Fenway Park in Boston, People Financial Institution Park in Philadelphia, Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, and Yankee Arena and Citi Field in New York, to name a few, in addition to NFL and NCAA football stadiums. The highest-attended NHL outside video game was the 2014 NHL Winter Months Standard at Michigan Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan, nicknamed "The Big Home," where the Toronto Maple Leafs won 3-2 in a shootout versus the Detroit Red Wings before 105,491 fans on Jan. 1, 2014 Jonas Rondbjerg Jersey. " I tell individuals they really need to come to one," Matsuzaki stated. "If you turn up, it's always a remarkable sensation, a fantastic event and we always have wonderful home entertainment. " RELATED: Even more insurance coverage of 2023 NHL Heritage Classic The original Heritage Standard attracted 57,167 fans to Republic Stadium in spite of ice-cold temperature levels that dipped to minus 22 with the wind chill. It will not be as cold this time, with the forecast calling for a high temperature in the upper 30s. Heather Seutter, director of Republic Arena for the city of Edmonton, attended the first Heritage Classic. " The more youthful version of myself was up in the upper deck in one of the really chilly seats," Seutter claimed, "and not just did we remain for one game, we stayed for two because the alumni played first and the Oilers and played 2nd. There were a whole lot of people right here in Edmonton that were right here for the initial occasion and reach return and see it twenty years later. To be able to see exactly how the NHL has actually been able to grow and develop this occasion from just a hockey game to numerous other occasions that are taking place in this city over the next two weeks is amazing. " Along with the game, there will be shows around the city. Nickelback, the Canadian Music Hall of Popularity rock team, will certainly perform after the first intermission, and all-female Canadian band The Beaches will certainly play a pregame performance at Clarke Arena, located alongside Republic. " We understand that the weather is going to be a lot better this year with the day of the video game remaining in October," Seutter claimed. "And we're going to be able to commemorate the Battle of Alberta with the Oilers and the Flames right here in the arena Brendan Brisson Jersey. " The 2023 Heritage Standard is among four outside games arranged for this season. The Seattle Kraken will certainly hold the Vegas Golden Knights in the 2024 Discover NHL Winter Classic on Jan. 1 at T-Mobile Park, and the 2024 Navy Federal Credit Report Union NHL Stadium Collection at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jacket, will feature the Philadelphia Flyers facing the New Jersey Devils on Feb. 17 and the New york city Rangers tackling the New york city Islanders on Feb. 18. " Each year people concern us and inform us they intend to do an outside game and we evaluate a whole lot into it," Matsuzaki stated. "We attempt to suit everybody as ideal we can. The quantity of technology that has gone into rink-building and how we've gained from every one of them, it's permitted us to go a lot more areas and schedule the games around certain points. It absolutely has opened a lot more opportunities around these games. "