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Originally Posted by Acajack
Again, it's not a big issue to me but it's cherry-picking to say that concessions, etc. during games at CTC are not ''the Sens''. They own the arena and hire those companies either directly or indirectly. It's still all part of the ''Sens experience".
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It's not cherry-picking; it's accuracy.
The Ottawa Senators Hockey Club is a business that is distinct and separate from the Canadian Tire Centre, which is a commercial, retail, and entertainment property owned by Capital Sports Properties Inc. The fact that they are both subsidiaries of the business known as Senators Sports and Entertainment, which itself is owned by Eugene Melnyk, cannot be ignored in such a discussion. The Hockey Club is a tenant of the building.
The point I made was that everything the Senators Hockey Club does as a business is bilingual. I cannot speak for the CTC (which is responsible for contracting and staffing concessions, ticket takers, ushers, etc.), so we'll assume your feedback is accurate.
To me it's not surprising at all that the CTC staff is marginally (or hardly) bilingual; Ottawa is mostly anglo and being out in Kanata makes the CTC's staffing pool even moreso anglo. That they aren't bilingual is an indication that there isn't high enough demand to impose such a staffing requirement.
Your examples of the Robert Guertin and Montreal aren't really comparable either. The fact is that Francophones (youth, especially) must learn English if they wish to broaden their prospects, because failing to do so means they are limited to opportunities in that language. While the same is true for Anglophones, obviously just knowing English isn't nearly as limiting as just knowing French.
Anyway, those are my 2 cents in clarifying the original point, which is that the Senators offer a bilingual product.
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Originally Posted by McC
Somewhat OT, (but I think this topic has run it's course, anyway) i was under the impression that all the concessions were operated by Aramark, no matter which name is on the banner, anyone know for sure?
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You might be right, but I for one can't say for sure.
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