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The 2023 Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic is set to feature the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers. It will celebrate the 20-year anniversary of hosting the first-ever NHL regular-season outdoor game in the 2003 NHL Heritage Classic, a 4-3 win for the Montreal Canadiens over the Oilers in front of 57,167 fans on November 23, 2003. Including that game, there have been 37 regular-season outdoor games played to date, attended by 1,851,642 fans. The Flames-Oilers outdoor matchup will mark the seventh NHL Heritage Classic, which includes the inaugural game in Edmonton (2003), as well as games in Calgary (2011), Vancouver (2014), Winnipeg (2016), Regina (2019) and Hamilton (2022).
This year’s NHL Heritage Classic will take place on October 29, 2023, at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, home of the Edmonton Elks of the CFL.
Tickets for the NHL Heritage Classic are available on Ticketmaster.
Nickelback will perform at the 2023 Heritage Classic. The Diamond-certified rock band, which was also recently inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, will take the stage during the second intermission.
The Beaches will also be the featured performer at the SiriusXM Canada Pregame Concert, which will be held at Clarke Stadium. The SiriusXM Canada Pregame Concert is free and open to the public, and is set to take place at 2:30 p.m. MT.
My daughter and neice were overcharged $50 for the t shirts they purchased at the game. They did not realize at the time and were not even offered a receipt at the checkout so where could they go to get money back? Seemed as if they were putting in any price at the checkout that they wanted. Very poor services for clothing that is already expensive.
Yes, of course the event was cold, but the cheeseburgers were served cold. Hot chocolate was only lukewarm.
Ticket prices were outrageous. Lineups were terrible (entrance, beer, food, washrooms), even moving around the concourse was near impossible. The view from the “cheap seats” was less than desirable. The TV was smaller than the view. Having the scoreboard at only one end was inconvinient. I definitely will not attend again.
No use going to the bathroom and get a drink it took 55 minutes could not get out of the bathroom once in there good place if 10000 fans are going
The show was good hockey and concert . Washrooms / food and beverage were third world .
Delays everywhere. Major line ups at every vendor and bathrooms had a massive crowd impeding the stadium walkway with no order whatsoever. Stadium entrance was the only line area which moved with any speed. Play was difficult to see including the jumbo tron. Didn't help the screen was on the north side of the pitch with nothing for the south side spectators. At least the fan's attitude was fun joyous.
It was a great hockey game. Not impressed that I had to bring my small purse to the white tent because we didn’t have a car there and with a sore knee I was not happy.
This place was 5,000 shy of selling out tickets. Everything had long lines including washrooms, food and drinks. Merch and some food items were sold out within the first period. The venue needs a major upgrade or at least more food/merch pop ups.
Really well done except if you wanted to walk along the concourse. Especially the end zone. The bottlenecks were obnoxious!
Aside from long merch lines and very, very slow concessions, everything was great. Great sightlines, awesome Nickelback performance. Excellent fan experience. My son’s only complaint? No Heritage Classic souvenir cup for our beverages. We’d have gladly paid extra for a cup keepsake.
Overall good experience. The product/entertainment value was great. The venue of commonwealth seems to strained. 25 min to navigate to a bathroom and back to the seat is a little much.
- Seats were great (MM2) able to see the game and felt right into it. - Details such as banners, decals on ground surrounding ice were well done - Could have used another screen , as the one by us was harder to see - wish there was more merchandise available. Commonwealth is difficult to get to and by the time we went to the booth the toques were all sold out.
Game itself was great. Very well organized. Liked Nickelback, jets after anthem, and on-ice speakers se we could hear the game better. I understand that the venue was extremely packed and expected there to be huge crowds. The problem was there seemed to be no vendors roaming on the concourse or selling in the stands. Every lineup was 45 mins long. When holding a game over dinner hour they should have thousands of hotdogs ready and vendors walking around selling them. Same goes with beer. Could not find one anywhere and it was cash only! How hard is it to have 10 guys roaming around with beer, hotdogs, and a little tap machine. Venue probably lost out on millions in revenue because of this!
Washroom situation was appalling. No excuses. Getting in was a nightmare. Terrible event.
Game and atmosphere was super fun to be a part of.
Heavy line ups. Should have opened the gates sooner
Heritage Classic event itself was alright. Venue (Commonwealth Stadium) was horrific. Line ups for bathrooms, food, drink, concourse, etc made for a horrible experience overall. Will never attend another event of any type at that Stadium EVER!
Had such an amazing time! However it was packed but such a great night and well hey the Oilers won thats all that matters!
There should of been an alumni game, a little more entertainment considering this was suppose to be a classic.
Loved the venue. Alit of hard work put in to it. Only thing that would have helped was for folks like me sitting in North end. The big screen was directly behind and had to continually turn around to see closeup of players and highlights. A few big screens between the seats and the rink would have made the day perfect. Awesone job overall. Had a ball.
