LeBreton Flats 2.0 (RendezVous LeBreton) | Cancelled

[acottawa]

Interesting that Firestone hired the architect of one of the few suburban arenas built anywhere in North America in the last 40 years, who then claimed a suburban location was basically necessary. Meanwhile, lots of small cities with neither subways nor the things the architect told him he needed have built downtown arenas (Winnipeg, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Nashville) or are planning them (Quebec, Las Vegas)

As someone with ticket's to tomorrow's game, trying to figure out how to get there in a snowy mess I am certainly keen for them to move, but I still don't see how Lebreton could get done. EM is either unable or unwilling to put much money into the team (Sens have the lowest payroll in the league most days). CTC probably doesn't have a lot of value (they would basically have to knock down the arena and sell the site as land unless somebody found a really creative use). Feds won't pay, province probably won't pay, city might pay, but probably not enough.