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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.
The whole reason for travelling to Canada, from Scotland. Fantastic event. Great atmosphere. Managed to get great seats which afforded us a great view of the whole surface. As hood as my friend and i hoped it would be.
It was like a fairy tail. Lights, camera, action and snow! The overtime winner just added to the night!!
The whole experience of an outdoor game was amazing and the hotel was great to us
Great atmosphere Weather was cool and snowy which is what people would expect for an oitdoor game
Good game. Easy to enter the stadium with e tickets, had fun
Outdoor NHL hockey on a snowy night inRegina. Priceless.
The setting was like a snow globe! Picturesque. A great experience all round the venue was amazing and the NHL did a fantastic job with the set up, highly recommend going if you get a chance!
The event was great. Stadium is excellent and the seats Had a great view of the rink. Only complaint-no cabs after the event.
The entertainment and experience was great, hope they have another event like this again in the future, I will definitely be supporting it again.
The security line was extremely long and a bit slow. Parking was a bit of a hodgepodge. Purchased a ticket but no attendant there to show ticket to. Didn’t know if we were parking in the right area? Would we get ticketed or towed??? Venues ran out of things before 2nd period. Game was great, atmosphere electric, organized well.
This was a true prairie hockey experience. Mosaic Stadium was electric. We absolutely loved the Trans Canada highway signs and the very appropriate "Meet me in the middle" song. The cold, windy weather and light snowfall just added to the pond hockey feel . And best of all the Flames, Jets and Rider fans were friendly and mutually respectful. Of course, the Jets' win in overtime was the cherry on the sundae. We stayed at the Temple Gardens Spa in Moose Jaw so the ride back after the game was a bit slick but all in all, it was a wonderful weekend. Congratulations to the Heritage Classic organizers, and the Jets and Flames organizations for making this a truly memorable weekend.
Had tickets in row 4 (right at field level) and was unable to see the rink as players. Moved up higher to some open seats for a better view and it was great. Bathroom lineups on the concourse were long and had people missing 12 minutes of the game in our section and many I'm sure as the start of the periods looked very different than the first period.
It was a great experience. The magic of the snow falling, the excitement of the 3rd period. Great fun. The bathroom situation for the guys was crazy and ran out of hot Chocolate the 1st period on the upper concourse though.
The game was great, the event itself was fantastic but the venue could have been better prepared. Fans had no where to go to get out of the 40k winds which made it uncomfortable for many. Although the TV broadcast never mentioned it, the stands were emptier after each period of hockey. They couldn't even serve their draft beer because something was frozen. We felt as if there could have been heaters placed around the concourse or at the top of the ramp so you could get out of the wind. We were well dressed because we were watching the weather for a few days before the event and surely the event organizers were doing the same? Even the Tim's coffee and hot chocolate were only warm being served from the big urns. So I would say the reason for the 3 star rating was mainly due to the venue.
My son and I had a great time. We would recommend going to these events and we would go to one again if given the opportunity.
Too bad the roof couldn't be open. The pre-game outside was lackluster. Musical acts were subpar. Ticket prices were too high for what you received. Hockey itself was fun to watch.
Venue 5+ stars! Just a great environment. Too bad the Canucks weren't able to live up to it. I love hockey, but the Canucks are just not a good on-ice product. Way overpriced for the value of the game/team.
I needed to pay another $224 for another ticket for my 1 year old daughter to sit in my lap!?? What, there would be an empty seat next to me? Bathroom lineups where INSANE! While to be expected with 54,000+ people, it was not pleasant. Ticket prices were outrageous for what was an indoor game. For the same cost, I can get better tickets at GM Place. I will not go to another "outdoor" game, cash grab, pure and simple.
This is a great place for an event this size.Easy to navigate. Staff are helpful, plenty of washrooms, and great food selections. I would go again.
I have enjoyed the heritage classic and stadium series games up to the one I actually attended. I found that this particular one was treated more like a regular home game in a novelty arena, versus a special event entirely. The Ottawa Senators were hardly, if at all highlighted - from the merchandise to the advertising in Vancouver to the video displays from faceoff to final horn. I am not from Ottawa, but still could not help but feel for the fans who traveled that far to be treated like second class fans and at times - the enemy. Poor form, NHL and Canucks organization (and fans), to make it all about one team for this special event. Time to pick a different team to cheer for to rid myself of the drama and misguided arrogance that has flooded the Vancouver hockey market.
