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    Glenn Dreyfuss
    Dec 29, 2023, 06:04

    Kraken & Golden Knights Scheduled To Practice At Ballpark This Weekend

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    Conditions appear favorable for the T-Mobile Park roof to be open when the Seattle Kraken face the Vegas Golden Knights Monday afternoon in the NHL's Winter Classic.

    According to the National Weather Service, the New Year's Day forecast calls for "Partly sunny" conditions, "with a high near 47."

    Media on Thursday were invited to take photos as the ice crew began placing the hockey markings on the rink. 

    As the following photos from Laura Beth show, the features in and around the rink are taking shape as well.

    In the foreground of this T-Mobile Park wide shot are the piers each team will use to walk to the rink, over a simulated body of water.Center field now contains an obstacle Julio Rodriguez has never faced - a shipwreck. The black background known as the "batter's eye" has been replaced by a mencing Kraken eye. Batting averages would plunge if this remained during the baseball season.A view from the ice of Winter Classic signage and the left field bleachers.A closer view shows the boathouse on the other side of the glass. Sea captains are probably inside right now swapping stories of plunder and waxing their peg legs.An ice-level view of the rink, players benches (mid-right), bleachers and giant video board.Image