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Video: Setting Up Soldier Field For Prime Time Hockey

By Chuck Sudo in News on Feb 28, 2014 8:00PM

Soldier Field will look amazing before a sold out crowd and a nationally televised audience Saturday night when the Blackhawks and Pittsburgh Penguins face off in the NHL's Stadium Series. The league has been busy transforming Soldier Field's shoddy turf into a skating surface worthy of a marquee matchup.

Via NBC Chicago, here is time-lapse video of the process to set up a rink and ice for the two teams.