{"id":2247,"date":"2026-06-12T04:06:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T04:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=2247"},"modified":"2026-06-12T04:06:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T04:06:47","slug":"carolina-hurricanes-tailgaters-battle-heat-wave-ahead-of-game-5-of-the-stanley-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=2247","title":{"rendered":"Carolina Hurricanes tailgaters battle heat wave ahead of Game 5 of the Stanley Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Inside the Lenovo Center Thursday afternoon, the Carolina Hurricanes and the Vegas Golden Knights were preparing to battle it out for the series lead in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=2245\">A group formed to advise on Carolina North has some questions for UNC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Outside the arena, fans were facing a battle of their own \u2014 against the heat.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday marked the start of an early summer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/weather-news\/article316087418.html\" rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_blank\">heat wave<\/a> for the Triangle, with forecasted highs expected to hit triple digits through the weekend. It hit 100 degrees in Raleigh Thursdy, and the humidity made it feel even hotter.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from enjoying the usual assortment of cold drinks and pop-up canopy tents, Canes tailgaters were spotted bobbing for cold apples, drinking off an ice sculpture, dunking in pools, driving a robotic cooler on wheels, spraying mist and running electronic fans galore to help stay cool.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=2242\">Wake principal goes from hair to bare to reward students\u2019 success on tests<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Notably fewer fans populated the Thursday tailgate, as compared to Games 1 and 2 of the series, likely due to in part to the high temperatures. It\u2019s possible the lack of a pre-game concert with famous musicians kept the Caniacs from the outdoor festivities. Brothers Osborne performed outside Lenovo Center for Game 1, and Dan + Shay took the stage for Game 2.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Canes fans spread out across the parking lots to party, play miniature hockey, sing and enjoy their usual pregame rituals.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=2240\">NC legislature proposal could require Charlotte to repay I-77 tolls costs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Evidently, the storm can handle the heat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published <span class=\"inline-block\">June 11, 2026 at 10:10 PM<span>.<\/span><\/span><!-- --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Stanley Cup Game 5, Canes fans at Lenovo Center tailgated in record heat and figured out how to cool off ahead of Vegas Golden Knights game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-read-todays-edition"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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