Today is the eve of the NHL’s Opening Day. The Blue Jackets will start their season in Nashville before returning home for a Monday night game against Detroit.
Here’s a look at some of the changes which have been made to that home: Nationwide Arena.
Team president John Davidson said the team would be built brick-by-brick. You can see that, to some extent, that is literal.
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- The Join the Battle, battle cry players pass as they take the ice
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- Entry to the rink
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- What the Blue Jackets see right before the puck drops
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- Sign to your right as you enter the dressing room
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- Entrance to the dressing room, players store their sticks in the alcove to the left
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- The Jackets dressing room
What’s with the yellow locker room?
It looks a little more like a light shade of wood in person.