2010 World Championship could be played before world record crowd
If the IIHF has its way, the opener to the German-hosted 2010 World Championship would be seen live by more fans than any hockey game ever.
The German Ice Hockey Association, working with the IIHF as well as the German soccer team FC Schalke 04, who would host the game, hope to push 75,976 people through the doors for the opener that will see the host team take on one of Canada, Finland, Russia, Sweden or the Czech Republic.
Apparently the idea came about when Germany hosted the World Championship in 2001 and had 80,000 requests for the first game, but obviously turned more than 75 percent of them down.
The cheapest tickets are 19 euros, but if you want to actually sit down, it’ll cost you 29. Tickets, shockingly, are on sale now even if the game is almost 18 months away.
It at least looks like the seats will be better than the ones at the Winter Classic this year, but it’d be funny if the 2009 NHL outdoor game was in an 80,000-seat stadium just to stick it to Schalke. They were Hitler’s favorite club after all.
