The Senators have come to an settlement with the Nationwide Capital Fee to assemble a downtown area and surrounding leisure district in Ottawa’s LeBreton Flats neighborhood, Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Citizen stories. The crew is anticipated to carry a press convention Friday afternoon to substantiate the settlement.
The information comes hours earlier than a memorandum of understanding between the 2 events governing a possible area deal was set to run out. It’s a serious step towards transferring the Senators out of the Canadian Tire Centre within the inconveniently positioned suburb of Kanata, which has been their dwelling since 1996.
But it surely’s not the ultimate step within the course of, Garrioch cautions. There’s nonetheless a lot to be determined about how the venture will likely be funded, a supply near the event instructed him.
Nonetheless, it’s a serious sigh of reduction for brand new majority proprietor Michael Andlauer. The Senators have been working to accumulate land in LeBreton Flats since submitting an preliminary proposal to the NCC. It’s been an extended and winding street since then, with negotiations on their present MOU, signed in 2022, heating up specifically over the previous few months.
“League sources say the NCC and the Senators made progress on the dimensions of the parcel of land, which might enable for extra on-site
parking,” Garrioch wrote. “The Senators know they will’t rely solely on the troubled [light rail] system for folks to get in or out of the world.”
Earlier this week, Wayne Scanlan of Sportsnet put collectively an expansive FAQ in regards to the remaining roadblocks forward for the Sens to really put shovels within the floor. There’s no timeline but for a potential groundbreaking or opening date.