Confirmed with Link: Major Sporting Announcement Tomorrow - NY Riptide relocating to Ottawa NLL

[PoutineSp00nZ]

Meh

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

So...Ottawa Black Bears. Not a bad name. Decent logo, too.

So, what level is NLL? Is that about the top lacrosse league around, or a feeder league, or what?

National Lacrosse League announces launch of Ottawa Black Bears franchise - NLL

The National Lacrosse League (NLL) in partnership with GF Sports and Entertainment and Senators Sports & Entertainment, today announced the launch of

www.nll.com

 

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

So...Ottawa Black Bears. Not a bad name. Decent logo, too.

So, what level is NLL? Is that about the top lacrosse league around, or a feeder league, or what?

National Lacrosse League announces launch of Ottawa Black Bears franchise - NLL

The National Lacrosse League (NLL) in partnership with GF Sports and Entertainment and Senators Sports & Entertainment, today announced the launch of

www.nll.com

From my understanding it's the top pro indoor league, but that there's also an outdoor league. Not a sport I pay attention too, but I wonder if it's the sort of thing where the seasons don't overlap and can be played year round sort of like when CFL players played in the XFL back when McMahon had it for that one season.

 

[Micklebot]

I worry about this tbh,

The arrangement isn't a sale, rather they are partnering with the current owners, apparently it's a five year deal. They were saying on the radio they are aiming for 8-9K a game at the CTC, but the season overlaps with the Sens, the Ottawa PWHL team, the 67s, and the gatineau Olympic, not to mention Carlton U and Ottawa U. That's a lot of competition for peoples disposable income.

 

[starling]

I can't see how it makes financial sense to use CTC for their games.

 

[Masked]

I worry about this tbh,

The arrangement isn't a sale, rather they are partnering with the current owners, apparently it's a five year deal. They were saying on the radio they are aiming for 8-9K a game at the CTC, but the season overlaps with the Sens, the Ottawa PWHL team, the 67s, and the gatineau Olympic, not to mention Carlton U and Ottawa U. That's a lot of competition for peoples disposable income.

They're a major league team in a fringe (national) sport. That's a level of competition above everyone in the market other than the Sens.

The Olympiques I doubt draw much from this side of the river now that they've moved into old Gatineau.

University basketball doesn't draw much unless it's a big game off of campus.

They appear to be closing off the 300 level for the games and prices are pretty affordable. The CTC is also rather easy to get in and out of if there's only 6k there.

I suspect the Sens are giving them a sweetheart deal, like getting paid by the concessions and parking, to increase the number of events in the building.

I agree its a hard sell but they could catch lightning in a bottle and become the next Lynx in the market.

 

[Sun God Nika]

was low key hoping Andluer was moving the Bsens to Gatineau. Would have been hilarious if he moved two hockey clubs out of there.

 

[Oscar The Grouch]

was low key hoping Andluer was moving the Bsens to Gatineau. Would have been hilarious if he moved two hockey clubs out of there.

Glad he didnt. Belleville doesn't need this right now.

 

[frightenedinmatenum2]

They don't own the team, so they fill building dates without having to bear the losses.

Those empty dates are a sunk cost. They already pay all the fixed costs related to the building regardless of where those dates are filled. It's not as if the variable costs per event are that grizzly.

 

[Neil Patrick Harris]

I can't see how it makes financial sense to use CTC for their games.

My guess is they're hedging their bet on getting in at the ground floor wherever the new arena goes up. Suffer through a few years in Kanata, then hopefully follow the Sens to Lebreton.

Might even help the Sens negotiating position if they can cast the new arena as a multi-sport, multi-team venue. More booked dates means more people means more business for the area.

It's not as if the variable costs per event are that grizzly.

Not Grizzly, no. The team is called the Black Bears

 

[frightenedinmatenum2]

My guess is they're hedging their bet on getting in at the ground floor wherever the new arena goes up. Suffer through a few years in Kanata, then hopefully follow the Sens to Lebreton.

Might even help the Sens negotiating position if they can cast the new arena as a multi-sport, multi-team venue. More booked dates means more people means more business for the area.

Not Grizzly, no. The team is called the Black Bears

Maybe it is the opposite. With the Senators leaving Kanata, there might be a market for a substitute product that can offer a family oriented major league product at a fraction of the cost of going downtown to see the Senators?

If for whatever reason the Senators do not want to demolish the CTC right away and would rather hold on to the property, they will need tenants.

 

[starling]

NLL season has just 9 home games per year. Could actually work as a novelty attendance-wise.

 

[Golden_Jet]

NLL season has just 9 home games per year. Could actually work as a novelty attendance-wise.

Ya Leeder said yesterday can get all 9 games in first bowl for around $239