Kammala wannan magana: Saboda shahararren taron, kowane tawagar NHL ta nemi shiga cikin Winter Classic ko dai a matsayin mai masauki ko ƙungiyar baƙo. An ambaci wurare da yawa a cikin kafofin watsa labaru a matsayin wuraren da za a iya samun damar yin amfani da Winter Classics ko shigarwa a cikin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin NHL, ciki har da Michie Stadium (wani wuri mai yiwuwa wanda aka yi la'akari da shi don wasan 2018), FedExField (wani zaɓi na asali don wasan 2015), Ohio Stadium, Husky Stadium, wuraren wasan motsa jiki irin su Canadian Motor Speedway a Fort Erie, Ontario, har ma da wuraren da ba na wasanni ba kamar National Mall ko Central Park. New Sabres da mai mallakar Buffalo Bills Terrence Pegula da kwamishinan Gary Bettman sun tattauna yiwuwar karbar bakuncin na biyu Winter Classic a Ralph Wilson Stadium (tun da aka sake masa suna Bills Stadium), mai yiwuwa ya dace da
Gasar Hockey ta Duniya ta Junior ta 2018, wacce za ta hada da wasa daya a waje. Tsohon Shugaban Toronto Maple Leafs Tim Leiweke ya nuna sha'awarsa ta karbar bakuncin wasan na 2018 a filin BMO da aka gyara don bikin cika shekaru dari na Leafs (a karshe ya sami Centennial Classic a maimakon haka).