{"id":526166,"date":"2026-03-27T18:29:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T18:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/526166\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T18:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T18:29:13","slug":"canadiens-rumors-inside-montreals-push-to-host-outdoor-game-at-unique-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/526166\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadiens rumors: Inside Montreal\u2019s push to host outdoor game at unique site"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canadiens rumors: Inside Montreal\u2019s push to host outdoor game at unique site<\/a> appeared first on ClutchPoints<\/a>. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Montreal Canadiens<\/a> have played in four outdoor games, with a fifth scheduled for the 2026 Heritage Classic against the Winnipeg Jets. Despite appearing in five, the Canadiens have never hosted one of the league\u2019s marquee events, which is surprising given their status in the league. The problem has always been where to host it, and that could be solved for one of the next available dates<\/a> if they can find a way to have a game<\/a> at Parc Jean-Drapeau, according to Sportsnet\u2019s Elliotte Friedman.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe only north-of-the-49th team not to host an outdoor game is Montreal. The issue is not \u2018want,\u2019 but \u2018where?\u2019 The Canadiens are trying to solve that. TVA\u2019s Renaud Lavoie reported Wednesday the plan is to build a temporary stadium where summer music festivals are held at Parc Jean-Drapeau, near the Canadian Grand Prix site. I\u2019ve heard 42,000 seats (Renaud said 40-45K) with a target of the 2028-29 season. A women\u2019s game would be part of the festivities. Would be awesome, and we need an outdoor game in that city,\u201d Friedman wrote in his weekly column.<\/p>\n

With one of the most rabid fan bases in the league, scheduling an outdoor game for 40,000+ against a rival like the Toronto Maple Leafs or Boston Bruins<\/a> would cause a buzz in the city not seen since the last time they hosted a Stanley Cup Final. It\u2019d be a home run for the league and the sport as a whole.<\/p>\n

With the arrival of the PWHL, joining forces with that league to also have a game between the Montreal Victoire and either the Toronto Sceptres or Boston Fleet would make it a spectacular hockey weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canadiens rumors: Inside Montreal\u2019s push to host outdoor game at unique site appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":526167,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5103],"tags":[95,265,2300,5,264,21,5147,4,6153,6152,60827,16204,31,18],"class_list":["post-526166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal-canadiens","tag-boston-bruins","tag-canadiens","tag-elliotte-friedman","tag-hockey","tag-montreal","tag-montreal-canadiens","tag-montrealcanadiens","tag-nhl","tag-outdoor-game","tag-outdoor-games","tag-parc-jean-drapeau","tag-renaud-lavoie","tag-toronto-maple-leafs","tag-winnipeg-jets"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116302562643830969","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=526166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/526167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}