Senators and National Capital Commission have reached an agreement for a new arena at LeBreton Flats

[viper0220]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1837142362407031239

Very good news for the Senators, now go out and make the playoffs and bring joy to the great city of Ottawa.

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[piqued]

So Ottawa is finally getting an arena in Ottawa? This seems like good news.

 

[End on a Hinote]

Finally! A shame that a perfectly good, still relatively young arena (albeit in a horrible location) is going to be, I'm assuming, demolished prematurely, though.

Nonetheless, congrats Sens fans. I hope this new arena will also help build the fans base.

 

[93gilmour93]

The new arena will be 15 minutes away from my house. I'm loving this announcement

 

[cptjeff]

Good for them, that's been one hell of a mess for so long.

 

[Mike Jones]

Hopefully Ottawa has learned from Calgary's disastrous deal with the Flames and will be demanding that this be a privately funded project.

 

[Senscore]

Much easier with adults in the room

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Coming from the valley this sucks as it was so much easier to see games where it is currently

For anyone who actually lives in Ottawa, first off, sorry and Secondly you probably got home after I did, despite living 20 minutes away while I live 45 minutes away.

With public transportation to get there now it might not be too bad all around for people.

 

[benjiv1]

Finally! A shame that a perfectly good, still relatively young arena (albeit in a horrible location) is going to be, I'm assuming, demolished prematurely, though.

Nonetheless, congrats Sens fans. I hope this new arena will also help build the fans base.

Ehhh, 8th oldest building in the league and will be 30+ years old without any “major” renovations.

I’ve hear the arena might be able to be retrofitted into an indoor amusement park.

 

[Deadly Dogma]

good, their market has been massively handicapped by having an arena soo far away.

 

[njdevils1982]

i was in ottawa for work yesterday and drove right by the site...it's a fine location.

kanata is asinine. who in their right mind thought that was a good idea?

 

[Masked]

So Ottawa is finally getting an arena in Ottawa? This seems like good news.

What city do you think the Canadian Tire Centre is in?

 

[njdevils1982]

What city do you think the Canadian Tire Centre is in?

semantics.

the leafs equivalent would be if they had their arena out in oakville.

 

[tarheelhockey]

So Ottawa is finally getting an arena in Ottawa? This seems like good news.

Not to mention it’s near LeBron’s apartment. Must be a nice location.

 

[NyQuil]

kanata is asinine. who in their right mind thought that was a good idea?

When the team was awarded a franchise, the initial investors were real estate developers who were banking on driving up the land value around the arena and making profits that way.

A look at the ownership history for the Ottawa Senators

CTVNewsOttawa.ca looks at the ownership history for the Ottawa Senators.

ottawa.ctvnews.ca

 

[Golden_Jet]

semantics.

the leafs equivalent would be if they had their arena out in oakville.

lol, no
It’s 27 km (~16 miles) from the CTC to the parliament buildings
(~ 25-26 km to the new approved site from the current one).

So the distance from Air Canada centre up the Don Valley to the 401 is the equivalent.

That is the current equivalent

i was in ottawa for work yesterday and drove right by the site...it's a fine location.

kanata is asinine. who in their right mind thought that was a good idea?

They’d tried for the site they just got, and were turned down back then, by the NCC

 

[njdevils1982]

When the team was awarded a franchise, the initial investors were real estate developers who were banking on driving the land value around the arena and making profits that way.

A look at the ownership history for the Ottawa Senators

CTVNewsOttawa.ca looks at the ownership history for the Ottawa Senators.

ottawa.ctvnews.ca

so, the tail wagged the dog.

fan satisfaction and easy access was an afterthought

 

[The Management]

Congrats Sens fans.

Arena you have is very nice, my only NHL live game was there and the Leafs got rocked. That aside, a great memory, but something more central is definitely better.

 

[njdevils1982]

lol, no
It’s 27 km (~16 miles) from the CTC to the parliament buildings
(~ 25-26 km to the new approved site from the current one).

So the distance from Air Canada centre up the Don Valley to the 401 is the equivalent.

That is the current equivalent


They’d tried for the site they just got, and were turned down back then, by the NCC

more like up to the 407 but the idea is the arena is still 27 km away from the downtown area where people can get to easily and enjoy the city.

oakville and markham same old suburb whatever....shit...imagine the leafs playing in ajax!

another point is im guessing 27km of travel takes longer than in ottawa.

 

[Karl Eriksson]

Really excited for this. I work and park downtown already. Can just stay late for a game. Are we at all confident that the failed LRT will be able to move enough people East-west? The old line should have no issues getting people south

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Neat

 

[Canadiens Ghost]

Happy for Sens fans.

 

[Jack Spider]

This has to be a big quality of life for players. Should be easier to attract players right ? I'll definitely visit Ottawa more often because of that.