{"id":138075,"date":"2026-01-30T20:49:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T20:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/138075\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T20:49:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T20:49:12","slug":"cool-weather-in-tampa-helping-nhls-preparation-for-stadium-series-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/138075\/","title":{"rendered":"Cool weather in Tampa helping NHL\u2019s preparation for Stadium Series game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-events-and-attractions \">The Lightning and Bruins will play at Raymond James Stadium on Sunday as part of the NHL\u2019s Stadium Series, and league execs \u201ccouldn\u2019t have asked for better weather in preparation.\u201d Forecasts for Tampa are calling for highs in the mid-40s and lows in the 30s on Sunday. The temperature-controlled tent over the rink \u201chas been a game-changer in terms of protecting the ice from sun and humidity.\u201d However, the cooler weather has allowed the league to \u201cturn off the 12 HVAC units plugged into the tent overnight.\u201d NHL VP\/Facilities &amp; Hockey Operations Derek King said that the league potentially \u201cwill have to warm the ice\u201d before game time (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/sports\/lightning\/2026\/01\/29\/nhl-stadium-series-logos-raymond-james-stadium-tampa-bruins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TAMPA BAY TIMES, 1\/29<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-events-and-attractions \">Meanwhile, Lightning owner Jeff Vinik is \u201cunable to attend\u201d the game after suffering a \u201c\u2018major leg fracture\u2019 in a snowmobiling accident in Norway.\u201d Sunday\u2019s game against the Bruins \u201crepresents <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbusinessjournal.com\/Articles\/2026\/01\/21\/viniks-push-brings-nhl-stadium-series-to-tampa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the culmination of his years-long effort<\/a> to have the Lightning host an outdoor game&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/tampabay\/news\/2026\/01\/30\/vinik-unable-to-attend-stadium-series-game.html?utm_source=st&amp;utm_medium=en&amp;utm_campaign=BN&amp;utm_content=TA&amp;ana=e_TA_BN&amp;j=43839342&amp;senddate=2026-01-30\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TAMPA BAY BUSINESS JOURNAL, 1\/30<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Lightning and Bruins will play at Raymond James Stadium on Sunday as part of the NHL\u2019s Stadium&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138076,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[4386,5691,135,137,136],"class_list":{"0":"post-138075","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-nhl","10":"tag-tampa","11":"tag-tampa-headlines","12":"tag-tampa-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}