i know. i know. i know. i have been MIA for almost 3 weeks. but i am back. i promise. it's sunday - but this is a beautiful buffalo friday post. hope everyone had a really fabulous holiday season - happy 2008!
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waaaaaaay back in october, the hometown favorites - the buffalo sabres, were presented with the nhl presidents trophy (for the best record in the 06-07 season). the sabres were on fire last year. the team gained tons of national attention - and so did the fans.
buffalo has always been a hardcore hockeytown - but finally the fans got the recognition they've always deserved here. buffalo was officially named, HOCKEYTOWN, USA. along with this honor, buffalo got to host the nhl's largest outdoor hockey event in the united states - the Winter Classic. good, old fashioned, outdoor hockey. 71,000+ in attendance, nationally televised, tickets nearly impossible to get - and we were there. oh yeah and we were on NBC & ESPN.
fans stop at nothing to deck out their cars.....
the entire Ralph Wilson Stadium (home of the buffalo bills) was completely transformed in a mere 7 days, an ice rink in the middle of the football field...
parking lot packed, absolutely packed with tailgaters, live music and entertainment, hockey players on stilts, jugglers throwing flames, face painting for kids, and over sized vintage blow up jerseys - oh yes and i did i mention this was all on New Years day? - it was quite the party
buffalo has always been a hardcore hockeytown - but finally the fans got the recognition they've always deserved here. buffalo was officially named, HOCKEYTOWN, USA. along with this honor, buffalo got to host the nhl's largest outdoor hockey event in the united states - the Winter Classic. good, old fashioned, outdoor hockey. 71,000+ in attendance, nationally televised, tickets nearly impossible to get - and we were there. oh yeah and we were on NBC & ESPN.
fans stop at nothing to deck out their cars.....
the entire Ralph Wilson Stadium (home of the buffalo bills) was completely transformed in a mere 7 days, an ice rink in the middle of the football field...
parking lot packed, absolutely packed with tailgaters, live music and entertainment, hockey players on stilts, jugglers throwing flames, face painting for kids, and over sized vintage blow up jerseys - oh yes and i did i mention this was all on New Years day? - it was quite the party
there was an awesome energy in the stadium when the teams came out, plus it was the perfect snow throughout all the play - funnily enough - it did not snow during intermissions.
(sign reads: New years in Buffalo: Classic - our sign is not what got us on tv either) we were all certainly bundled up tight as you can see. just to give you an idea: i had on 2 hats, 2 pairs of gloves, cami tank, long john type shirt, short sleeve shirt, ski coat, sweatshirt, cuddle dud pants, sweatpants, ski pants, ski socks, boots and a nice supply of hand warmers and hot chocolate....
all in all we had an awesome time. yep. i'm pretty sure all 71,000+ fans had a pretty rockin' new years.
all in all we had an awesome time. yep. i'm pretty sure all 71,000+ fans had a pretty rockin' new years.
1 comment:
sounds like fun! the snow and cold bypassed us on new years thankfully :)
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