Editing Yankee Stadium (1923) (section)

===Ice hockey===
[[National Hockey League|National Hockey League (NHL)]] executives inquired about the possibility of using Yankee Stadium for an outdoor [[ice hockey]] match featuring the [[New York Rangers]] in the [[2008–09 NHL season|2008–09 season]] after the successful reception of both the [[2003 Heritage Classic]] and the [[2008 NHL Winter Classic]] outdoor games. If approved, it would have been the final sporting event at the current stadium.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Yankee Stadium game likely for Rangers |first=John |last=Dellapina |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2008/03/09/2008-03-09_yankee_stadium_game_likely_for_rangers.html |newspaper=Daily News |location=New York |date=March 10, 2008 |access-date=October 24, 2009 |archive-date=September 9, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090909163528/http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2008/03/09/2008-03-09_yankee_stadium_game_likely_for_rangers.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The NHL, however, decided to hold the second [[2009 NHL Winter Classic|Winter Classic]] in Chicago, at [[Wrigley Field]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=239172 |title=Blackhawks to host next season's Winter Classic |publisher=TSN |date=May 29, 2008 |access-date=May 29, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080601220625/http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=239172 |archive-date=June 1, 2008 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref> The new Yankee Stadium would end up hosting two outdoor NHL games in [[2014 NHL Stadium Series#Yankee Stadium games|2014]].