When the Colorado Avalanche played their Stadium Series game in 2016, I spent months amassing my cold-weather gear. Even my brother-in-law, who’s a skiier, got in on kitting me out.
And then the weather was in the mid-50s for the Alumni Game and upper 50s for the Stadium Series game. We had some wind for the latter, but it wasn’t very cold.
We’re not going to be so lucky this year. As I’m writing this post, there’s a new accumulation of six inches of snow outside. Here’s what Falcon Stadium looks like as they’re building the outdoor ice rink:
That’s not fake snow like we had four years ago — that’s the real deal.