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Originally Posted by jitterbug

I don't disagree with some of the previous posts that the CTC/Palladium should be located at Lebreton Flats. But...considering this is a private facility on private land, how exactly does the NCC, City of Ottawa, or anyone, go about forcing Melnyk to mothball a still relatively new, world-class building? How do you force the Senators to give up their monopoly on food and drink, not to mention parking fees? Won't happen.

We need to accept that the arena stays out in Kanata for the foreseeable future. Meanwhile there are plenty of good ideas for Lebreton and we should focus on those. Certainly there's room for a new museum of Science and Tech, but to really breath new life into the area there needs to be a good mix of housing types, street-level retail, attractive public squares and small urban parks. In other words, bring the urban back into urban planning.

Forcing? Nobody would be forcing Melnyk to do anything. If he's interested he'd be putting forth a proposal to build a new facility on Lebreton Flats knowing that it would attract a lot more attendees for his hockey club and other shows held there than he could possible ever get way out in the countryside. This would likely be a highly lucrative move for him if he was allowed to do it.