Stadium to Close With Hockey?

A report in the Post says that the NHL's second Winter Classic game will be held in Yankee Stadium in late 2008-early 2009. The Rangers will play, not the Long Island pigs. The Rangers have sought to play the Winter Classic here for a while with no avail because the Yankees were concerned how the ice would affect the baseball field. But with no baseball in 2009, it seems like a good idea. But Yankee fans, including a good friend of mine Peter Abraham say that it is not acceptable to close the stadium with hockey. 

My solution: we have the stadium closed for baseball and it will be a huge event. We have a ceremony and then we wave goodbye to baseball at the House that Ruth Built. But why not let the Rangers play? It brings revenue to New York and that is a good thing. Plus, the NHL is a great league and the Winter Classic is bigger than the All-Star game. I say let it happen and treasure the atmosphere the stadium has had for all sports, baseball, boxing, football and now hockey. And it gives us something that Shea does not have!