As hockey fever grips Los Angeles, Dodgers President Stan Kasten said he plans to explore whether the Kings could play in an NHL Winter Classic game at Dodger Stadium.
“Facility-wise, we could certainly handle it,” Kasten said.
The NHL has yet to award its New Year’s Day showcase to a warm-weather city. The Dodgers could offer baseball’s largest stadium and the iconic backdrop of the San Gabriel Mountains.
Staples Center Prepares For Chaotic Weekend
It’s quite common for professional sports franchises to share their facilities with another, but the Staples Center in Los Angeles has taken chaotic scheduling to another level during the NBA and Stanley Cup playoffs.
The National Hockey League’s Los Angeles Kings and the National Basketball Association’s Los Angeles Clippers and Lakers are all currently enjoying successful playoff runs and their respective schedules are about to intertwine, making for one extremely busy weekend in the showbiz capital of the world.
The Kings are one win away from advancing to the Stanley Cup final, while the Lakers and Clippers are in the middle of second-round series in the NBA’s Western Conference.
Take a look at this high-speed video above of what the arena will go through several times in a short period of time.
Behind the scoreboard, AT&T Park
San Francisco
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Staples Center to host 6 playoff games in 4 days - Associated Press
Staples Center is always among the world’s busiest arenas, hosting a jam-packed slate of concerts and shows crammed between games for the NBA’s Lakers and Clippers and the NHL’s Kings.
But the downtown Los Angeles venue is preparing for its craziest weekend ever. After a remarkable run of simultaneous postseason success, Staples Center’s three main tenants are combining to host six playoff games in just four days.
Starting with Game 3 of the Kings’ Western Conference final against the Phoenix Coyotes on Thursday night and concluding with Game 4 of the Clippers’ second-round series against the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday night, the building will host a noon-to-night barrage of dunks and slap shots, 3-pointers and glove saves in a succession of pressure-packed postseason games. Read More
The King’s Court
Staples Center: Home of the Los Angeles Kings
