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Upon my arrival in Boston on Thursday morning, I took a complete tour of the baseball cathedral turned hockey pond. (Yeah, the Red Sox even put Babe Ruth in their Hall of Fame). Here are a few things I learned while checking out the joint.
1. The NHL Out-Did Itself: Sometimes it's way too easy to be a cynic at league-run events like Finals and All-Star games and, you know, the odd hockey match played in a baseball stadium. But once you enter Fenway Park and view the ice surface, walk the concourses and see the Green Monster, even the coldest heart is likely to melt. In fact, the league has made the place a party outside the park. Sure, there are as many temporary merchandise stands as pubs, but the festival atmosphere has turned the town for the weekend into a Winter Woodstock for hockey nuts.
2. The Green Monster Is the Star: Fenway Park will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2012, and let's face it -- what gives Friday's tilt between Boston and Philadelphia its indelible image is the backdrop of the legendary leftfield wall. The Monster has been dressed appropriately for this event; mercifully, the league didn't go nuts with corporate logos. "Flyers" and "Bruins" replaces the Red Sox and their opponent on the now-three inning scoreboard. The NHL's Northeast Division standings replace the AL East (Toronto is still near the bottom).
In fact, the best place is probably from the 235 seats and 35 standing room spots on top of the Green Monster. For Red Sox games, the prized seats go for $175 and the standing room goes for $35. I asked our tour guide Ed -- straight out of Bahston central casting -- how much the Monster tickets for the Winter Classic were going for. "I don't know, but I'm thinking a lot."
If the weather holds up, the Winter Classic at Fenway Park might be the rare regular season sporting event where the price will be worth it.
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