NHL could have outdoor game in unlikely location next season: report

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The National Hockey League may be having one of the game's best spectacles in a surprising part of the U.S. next season.

The Florida Panthers are reportedly closing in on hosting a game at LoanDepot Park, the home of Major League Baseball's Miami Marlins.

It'd be the first time an outdoor game would be played in Florida in NHL history — understandably so.

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The Miami Marlins play their home games at LoanDepot Park in Miami. (Brennan Asplen/Getty Images)

The league did host a game at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles in January 2014, and Levi's Stadium in San Francisco hosted another the following year. The Cotton Bowl in Dallas was the home of the 2020 Winter Classic.

This year's Winter Classic will be held on New Year's Eve at Chicago's Wrigley Field. It will be the second Winter Classic in the ballpark, having also hosted a game on New Year's Day in 2009. Ohio Stadium, the home of the Ohio State Buckeyes' football program, is also set to host a Stadium Series game in March, featuring the Columbus Blue Jackets in their first outdoor game.

Miami would be the southernmost city to host an outdoor game — there is a catch, though.

A Miami Marlins cap and glove rest in the dugout during the game between the Marlins and the Arizona Diamondbacks at LoanDepot Park in Miami on April 14, 2023. (Peter Joneleit/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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LoanDepot Park's roof is retractable, so there does stand the chance that the room could be enclosed.

The league has hosted 41 outdoor games, and the Panthers have yet