News Article: Lebreton...UPDATE - Agreement made with NCC.

[Warh1ppy]

Canucks *fan* here and just want to say how happy I am for y'all to be getting this. I went to Carleton University from 2000 through 2004 and always loved the city but hated driving to watch games.

I know there is potential issues with the water table near nepean bay, potential (only) parking issues and the talk of needing potential pedestrian overpasses or the like. Without mentioning of course the war museum etc etc etc

But this is amazing for the city and I couldn't be happier for y'all. Hoping they can give you 18k seating before the corporate boxes because the crowds were always absolutely amazing and a new arena deserves premium seating

 

[Hale The Villain]

Excellent news.

A new arena downtown should make Ottawa a more desirable destination for players around the league.

 

[DrEasy]

You see how easy it is from Andlauer and Leeder to get this done in under a year. It makes you feel bad for Melnyk and all the politics that must have conspired against him.

Today we learned that getting an agreement done with the NCC for a billion dollar project is easier and quicker than hiring a couple of scouts.

 

[hockey20000]

good news hope the arena gets 18k seats atleast we need a move bad

 

[LuckyPierre]

Excellent news.

A new arena downtown should make Ottawa a more desirable destination for players around the league.

Direct and pretty route to Lebreton from the airport using Bronson/Airport Parkway as well. Will definitely showcase a different side of Ottawa.

The family oriented vets that set up in Carp will now have the commute though. Maybe they shift to somewhere like Chelsea.

 

[BankStreetParade]

Excellent news. Has anyone seen any kind of timeline for construction or is this like step 1 in the 25 step arena building program?

 

[DackellDuck]

Excellent news. Has anyone seen any kind of timeline for construction or is this like step 1 in the 25 step arena building program?

1/58.

 

[Silencio]

Excellent news. Has anyone seen any kind of timeline for construction or is this like step 1 in the 25 step arena building program?

Five Years of Unparalleled Arena Construction

 

[Relapsing]

Rip to all the trainyards shippers, lol

 

[AchtzehnBaby]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1837179544073068788

 

[PlayersLtd]

Unreal that they were able to expand the parcel and purchase the land. I would assume some of the planning has been baked into this deal guaranteeing that the NCC won't stimy too many of the details.

I wonder if the municipal boundary is redrawn based on this title transfer or if the NCC remains governing body? (not sure how NCC land historically falls into City OCP, regulations and zoning). If so that would mean the Sens would be dealing less with the NCC and more with the City on planning and design.

Either way, design should be exponentially more straight forward now that the NCC has less skin in the game.

 

[Loach]

Is there a link to the presser?

 

[Micklebot]

Is there a link to the presser?

it's on TSN1200 right now,

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[PlayersLtd]

The tough news here is that the Sens have played their hand and Sutcliffe now has very little reason to negotiate with them on the City pitching in.

On the flip side, the Sens will be adding immense value to adjacent NCC lands so perhaps they can leverage that throughout the negotiations and get concessions on things like decontamination, roadways, infrastructure, density and public spaces.

 

[Relapsing]

it's on TSN1200 right now,

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Also streaming on tsn website

 

[OmniSens]

It sounds like it won't be until 2030 before we likely see the grand opening of the new arena.

 

[Micklebot]

Also streaming on tsn website

I think TSN's website just links to iheartradio, because that's how I got the link I posted...

 

[Golden_Jet]

It sounds like it won't be until 2030 before we likely see the grand opening of the new arena.

That about what I expected, around 6 years.

 

[OttawaSenators11]

Even with an agreement, they’ll will be moving at a snails pace holy lol

Gotta do so many things before even thinking about shovels entering the ground.

 

[Loach]

I missed it. Was it only 5 min?

 

[Cosmix]

Tomorrow is one year to the day Andlauer took over the team, and has already landed a new stadium. Pretty tidy work.

Not exactly. We now have an agreement between the team and the NCC to allow construction of a new arena at Lebreton. Much work remains to be done including addressing the traffic and parking issues.

 

[RandR]

Overall I thought the press conference was good. The NCC agreeing to sell land and a larger piece of it is huge. Glad to hear it explicitly said that they don’t have any expectations for taxpayers to have a role in funding the arena. Lots of unknowns still, including not yet having a sale price for the land (although agreement on what the “fair market vale” is shouldn’t be too difficult), and who will pay to remediate the land.

Long way (many years) to go, but what a difference it must be for those involved to be dealing with Andlauer’s group compared to what everyone involved had to put up with negotiating with Melnyk.

 

[Cosmix]

I’ll believe it when I see a shovel hit the ground, or more like a backhoe

I'll believe it when I see a new arena on the site.

 

[Cosmix]

I don't think this is the right move. They have to think about the season ticket holder base in Carp.

There will be a lot of carping soon.

 

[Micklebot]

I missed it. Was it only 5 min?

it started at about 1:09 so probably about 30 mins. TSN1200 will likely post it eventually.