2021 NHL Stadium Series
The 2021 NHL Stadium Series is an upcoming outdoor regular season National Hockey League game, part of the Stadium Series of games that is scheduled for February 20, 2021. The game will feature the Carolina Hurricanes hosting a team to be named at a later date at Carter–Finley Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina, located across the street from the Hurricanes' home PNC Arena. The league announced the game during the 2020 NHL Stadium Series game on February 15, 2020.
After he took majority control of the team in 2018, Hurricanes owner Thomas Dundon made it a goal to have his club play in its first outdoor game. In 2019, Dundon invited NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman to take a tour of Carter-Finley Stadium to see if it was feasible. Before the league could finalize the game, the Hurricanes had to seek additional funding from the local government and other organizations to help offset the cost of hosting the game.
