It’s not simply Ilya Rozanov who is coming to the cottage.
Anyone can now go to the well-known website to which Ilya and Shane Hollander retreat within the emotional remaining episode of HBO’s “Heated Rivalry.” The cottage, the cottage, shall be listed on Airbnb subsequent month, permitting followers to get pleasure from one of many present’s most iconic, and steamy, areas.
For a brief window earlier than the property opens for normal reserving, friends will be capable of reserve it for 248.10 Canadian {dollars} ($181) a evening — a nod to Shane and Ilya’s jersey numbers. Airbnb hasn’t revealed how a lot it would value to lease the property after that interval.
Guests can have entry to a non-public dock on the lake and a dwelling health club, in addition to the property’s three bedrooms and massive, open-plan dwelling area.
Situated on the shores of Lake Musoka, about 200 kilometers (124 miles) north of Toronto, the cottage got here to represent a kind of new starting for Ilya and Shane, rival skilled hockey gamers portrayed by Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams, respectively.
After 5 episodes of the pair secretly hooking up in nameless resort rooms, remaining within the closet for concern of popping out into the hypermasculine world {of professional} hockey, the cottage’s dramatic floor-to-ceiling home windows offered a visible metaphor for an openness that had not beforehand existed.
Ilya’s announcement that he is “coming to the cottage,” comes as he and Shane are individually watching one other skilled hockey participant invite his companion onto the ice and overtly kiss him after successful a cup remaining, marking a turning level within the fictional world’s notion of same-sex relationships in sport. Previously, Ilya had refused to decide to Shane’s invitation of becoming a member of him at his summer time getaway, so merely going there represented a kind of dedication in itself.
Then, whereas there, Shane’s father stumbles upon the couple kissing. Initially panicked, Shane then comes out to his dad and mom and reveals his relationship with Ilya.
“Heated Rivalry” has turn into a popular culture phenomenon since its launch, driving new curiosity in hockey, successful reward for its nuanced depictions of closeted LGBTQ+ relationships, and making stars of its two leads, in addition to the cottage.
“We were not aware of how big it would become once it was released,” mentioned Alisha Bishop, a senior affiliate at Trevor McIvor Architect, the agency that designed the cottage.
Despite all of the glass, the cottage is “actually very difficult to spot from the lake,” she advised the Architect’s Paper in January.
“Although from an outside perspective, this seems like it would not provide privacy, once you’re inside the spaces, they are very private.”