Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Na te rongonui o te kaupapa, kua tono nga kapa NHL katoa ki te whai waahi ki te Winter Classic hei kaihautu, hei roopu manuhiri ranei. He maha nga waahi kua whakahuatia i roto i nga papaho hei waahi pea mo nga Winter Classics a muri ake nei, i roto ranei i te NHL Stadium Series, tae atu ki te Michie Stadium (he waahi pea i whakaarohia mo te keemu 2018), FedExField (he kowhiringa taketake mo te keemu 2015), Ohio Stadium, Husky Stadium, nga waahi motupaika penei i te Canadian Motor Speedway kei te hangaia i Fort Erie, Ontario, tae atu ki nga waahi kore-hakinakina penei i te National Mall, Central Park ranei. Kua kōrerohia e te rangatira o New Sabres me Buffalo Bills a Terrence Pegula me te kaitiaki a Gary Bettman te tūponotanga o te whakahaeretanga o te Winter Classic tuarua ki Ralph Wilson Stadium (mai i whakaingoatia ai te Bills Stadium), pea kia ōrite ki te
Ko te 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, ka uru atu ki tetahi keemu o waho. I kii te Perehitini o Toronto Maple Leafs o mua a Tim Leiweke i tana hiahia ki te manaaki i te kemu 2018 i te BMO Field kua whakahoutia hei tohu i te rautau o te Leafs (i te mutunga ka whiwhi ia i te Centennial Classic).