# Sports: Have Games Been Moved? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 26, 2007, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-have-games-been-moved/409455 "2007-06-26T11:57:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-have-games-been-moved/409455/21 "2007-06-26T19:11:14Z")
[QUOTE=Madd Maxx] What is the NHL? Is that some kind of sport? [/QUOTE] I’m probably being whooshed here, but the NHL is the National Hockey League – the highest profession league for hockey. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-have-games-been-moved/409455/22 "2007-06-26T19:40:10Z")
[QUOTE=cmkeller] Was that the MSG management’s discretion, or was it prior contractual obligation to the circus? [/QUOTE] Contractual obligation first; the Rangers and Knicks had to compete with the circus at least until the 70s. However, MSG owns both clubs, so they make the decision. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-have-games-been-moved/409455/23 "2007-06-26T21:01:59Z")
I don’t know if this counts, but back in the days when MMA events were still called “no holds barred” (mid 90s) and were not sanctioned, a PPV event was switched at the last minute (the day of the event). The event was supposed to take place in Canada but some of the fighters were denied entry into the country by customs. So they moved the event to some Indian reservation (in NY maybe) and held it there instead. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-have-games-been-moved/409455/24 "2007-06-26T21:23:31Z")
In January 1978 the roof of the Hartford Civic Center collapsed during a snowstorm a few hours after a New England Whalers hockey game. The damage to the arena was so severe the team had to relocate to Springfield, Mass. until 1980. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-have-games-been-moved/409455/25 "2007-06-27T02:27:43Z")
[QUOTE=RealityChuck] The 1973 New York Jets had games switched from home to away due to the World Series. The Jets were secondary tenants in Shea Stadium, so when there were baseball playoff games, they were out of luck. Because of the nature of the schedule that year, the Jets ended up with eight games on the road and only six at home; it looks like the game with Pittsburgh was the one change they couldn’t accommodate by switching home and away dates (they only played the Steelers once). [/QUOTE] Along those same lines, if memory serves because I don’t have a cite, back in the 1970s when NFL teams frequently shared playing facilities with MLB teams, the NFL tried to schedule games that might interfere with MLB playoff games as interdivisional contests, so that the NFL teams could flip flop their games. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-have-games-been-moved/409455/26 "2007-06-27T02:58:53Z")
Not the pros, but the 1942 Rose Bowl, originally planed to take place on Jan 1,1942, in Pasadena, CA, was instead played in Durham, North Carolina. No points for guessing why. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-have-games-been-moved/409455/27 "2007-06-27T03:14:02Z")
[QUOTE=Rysto] I’m probably being whooshed here, but the NHL is the National Hockey League – the highest profession league for hockey. [/QUOTE] Nope, still not ringing a bell… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-have-games-been-moved/409455.md?page=1)