So we just read that the outdoor game in Buffalo yesterday drew not only 70,000 fans but the largest TV audience for a regular season NHL game since 1996, and we got to thinking: could an outdoor game be the perfect solution to all attendance and TV woes? We speak specifically here of the McLovins, who A) have about 12 people watching every night at Target Center AND on TV and B) Need to try something to get out of this rut. Why not work with St. Thomas or Macalaster or some such place and have an outdoor NBA game in the middle of February? Put in some temporary seats, play another awful NBA team and trudge around for 48 minutes on an outdoor court. What if it snows? What if some long shorts freeze to some thighs? Tell us you wouldn’t be first in line to buy tickets for an outdoor NBA basketball game. Honestly. The ball skidding off ice. A Mark Madsen free throw shattering a backboard. If there was a bigger outdoor facility here, this type of game would draw 40,000 fans, minimum, and be watched by people around the country. Let’s make this happen.

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