In the 2012 Winter Classic, the Rangers beat the Flyers 3-2 at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia.

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Mr Gibney said they advertised the attraction, in Matchams on the Hampshire-Dorset border, on the theme park's own website, in newspaper adverts and with flyers - with the aim of attracting as many visitors as possible.

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It's like Franklin Field in 1961, or the Spectrum with Bobby Clarke's Flyers, or Game Four of the 2009 NLCS at Citizen's Bank Park.

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