The Avalanche’s pre-sale ticket package for the Feb. 27 NHL Stadium Series game against the Detroit Red Wings at Coors Field will include admission to a Feb. 26 alumni game between some of the biggest names from both teams during 1996-2002. Joe Sakic, Patrick Roy, Peter Forsberg and Rob Blake will play for the Avalanche, among others, and Chris Chelios, Brendan Shanahan, Nicklas Lidstrom and Igor Larionov are among those who will suit up for the Red Wings.
The pre-sale is for full-season ticket members, suite holders and sponsors, and will go on sale Aug. 10 from $70 to $430.
“We have had an outstanding rivalry with the Red Wings during those years,” Sakic said in a release. “We are looking forward to experiencing this grand outdoor setting and a special weekend of hockey in Denver.”
The Feb. 27 game will be the first NHL outdoor game in Colorado’s history, and followed by a Feb. 20 game that will be the first of its Colorado kind in the NCAA ranks. The University of Denver will host Colorado College to begin the weeklong Coors Field activities.
Here’s the NHL’s latest release on the Coors Field event:
NEW YORK (Aug. 3, 2015) – A limited number of tickets to the 2016 Coors Light NHL Stadium SeriesTM featuring the Colorado Avalanche and Detroit Red Wings at Coors Field on Feb. 27 will go on sale the week of August 10th as part of a special offer to Avalanche Full Season Ticket Members, Suite Holders and Sponsors.Additionally, the Colorado Rockies will have an exclusive offer for their VIP Customers beginning the week of August 17th.
An exclusive offer for Red Wings season-ticket holders begins Monday, August 24.
In January, the NHL® announced the 2016 Coors Light NHL Stadium SeriesTM will be comprised of two games: The Avalanche vs. Red Wings at Coors Field on Saturday, Feb. 27 at 8 p.m. ET and the Minnesota Wild vs. Chicago Blackhawks at TCF Bank Stadium Sunday, Feb. 21, at 3:30 p.m. ET. The Avalanche-Red Wings game will be broadcast in primetime live in the U.S. on NBC and on Hockey Night In Canada and TVA Sports in Canada.
As part of the 2016 Coors Light NHL Stadium SeriesTM, two teams comprised of notable alumni from the Avalanche and Red Wings will play a special alumni game at Coors Field on Friday, Feb. 26, at 7 p.m. ET/5 p.m. MT. The alumni game will feature many of the Avalanche and Red Wings players who competed for those organizations from 1996-2002 when the teams faced each other in the Stanley Cup® Playoffs five times, and combined to win five Stanley Cup® championships.
The special pre-sale package offerings are a ticket to the 2016 Coors Light NHL Stadium SeriesTM game at Coors Field and a ticket for the Feb. 26 alumni game. Further details regarding these sales will be sent to those groups by each club in the coming days. This opportunity is available on a first-come, first-served basis, while supplies last. Information regarding ticket availability for the general public will be released at a later date.
League partner MillerCoors returns as the title sponsor of the NHL Stadium SeriesTM for its flagship Coors Light brand. As the title partner for the event, Coors Light will be provided with a number of assets in addition to incorporating its logo into the official game and event mark.
