The home of the BC Lions will become the home of the Vancouver Canucks for one game on March 2, 2014

But wait, you're car rental in los angeles forgetting that they're going to dress it up with a fancy name. Seriously, who could resist the Heritage Classic ? It would be like turning your back on Canada to miss the Heritage Classic, wouldn't it? Then there will be ridiculous quotes from commissioner Gary Bettman talking about the greatness of the venue, BC Place Stadium, and how scenic Vancouver is -- he having sampled this many times from a quality hotel room on his trips here.
Mathieu Schneider of the NHLPA is going to say good things about the idea even though his time here in Vancouver didn't go particularly well, Alain Vigneault not being exactly his kind of guy. But hey, it's his job now and some jobs compel you to say weird things.
This is really a test, an examination of the hockey market here that everyone knows is pretty strong. They want to find out just exactly how stupid and gullible people are when it comes to NHL hockey, and it's pretty clear they are betting a fair bit of money that you fans are literally as dumb as a bag of hammers. After all, it costs money to rent the building, put in the ice surface and make arrangements for the game.
They are not content to put 18,000 fans in Rogers Arena, paying up to $315 for tickets while the same game is being shown on high-definition television in the very living rooms fans have just vacated to make their way down to the rink in the pouring rain. No, they want to further flex their marketing muscle. Now they want 50,000 of you to pay to leave your homes to assemble and view a game that will be so far away that you will need binoculars just to determine car rental in los angeles if in fact it's ice or field hockey being watched. And the NHL press release announcing the event makes it perfectly clear right up front that the game will be on your TV set at home, just to shove it right in your face exactly what you'll be doing when you buy a ticket.
What's astounding about this game is that the league and the team have arranged for earlier leaks of the possibility car rental in los angeles of such a game, and the condemnation of the money grab has been long, loud and extremely widespread. But damn the torpedoes, they're car rental in los angeles going ahead with it anyway and if nothing else, you have to admire the jam. Their thought process has to be that they don't need the local television, radio or print media as long as their paid television broadcasters say nice things about the upcoming game. That should be enough.
If they pull it off it will be a marketing tour de force, the equivalent of selling outdoor swimming pools to residents of Yellowknife in the middle of January. Never mind there is no tradition or 'heritage' of ever playing outdoor hockey here in Vancouver. Never mind that the vast majority of seats in BC Place stadium aren't even remotely close to outdoors. Even with the roof wide open in high winds and pouring rain, half the people wouldn't get wet. Never mind that this change in venue represents a kick in the groin for your season-ticket holders by moving them out of their good seats into some place where they won't be able to see nearly as well, even though car rental in los angeles they may have already paid for their seats. None of those things matter.
car rental in los angeles The collective marketing analysis here is pretty clear: 'Vancouver fans have watched the previous Heritage Classics car rental in los angeles in other cities and they surely must want their turn. This is the NHL, this is Canada, this is the Canucks and this is Vancouver. This will sell.'
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The home of the BC Lions will become the home of the Vancouver Canucks for one game on March 2, 2014, when they take on the Ottawa Senators in the Heritage Classic. Photograph by: DARRYL DYCK, THE CANADIAN PRESS       E-mail this Gallery Print this Gallery Share this Gallery
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