Let's Talk about the Sens New Arena
The NHL has made it very clear the terms of this deal will include the purchase of Canadian tire Centre, Commitment to keeping the team in Ottawa and of course a
New arena. With as many as 7 serious players bidding on the team, Interest in the sale stems from this redevelopment opportunity in LeBreton that the sens own the rights to.
Pens sold last year for 900M my guess is the Sens fetch a higher pricetag North of a billion with 2 development opportunities attached, Kanata included.
Also with Ryan Reynolds being another key player as the NHL has told any potential owners they must include him (seriously, linked it). That fixes a lot of issues in Ottawa being arena location and local hatred for the ownership.
That leads me to 2 questions
-When do we expect shovels in the ground if the sale was finalized lets say February 2023? I do believe bidding opened this week!
-Also capacity, I would only imagine they go
significantly smaller than CTC but how much smaller? Seattle has found a ton of success at 17,100. Winnipeg (comparable market) is struggling to fill at 15,400 but at times wished they had 18,000. So somewhere in between? My best guess is 17,500 with an abundance of loge and various premium seating like rogers place. One could argue they do better at 17,000 or less. Coyotes are looking at 16,000, seems to be the trend, building smaller creates ticket demand.
Either way pretty exciting time to be a sens fan. And for us to have something to post about, Remember the good old days of 2013-2016 when Canada was in a building/renovation frenzy?
Quote:
Another potential wrinkle in the sale of the Senators could come from the most prominent bidder not considered to be a major player on the financial front. As shared by Garrioch on his Question Period segment on TSN, the NHL has reportedly told bidders that they must involve Ryan Reynolds, signalling that the league is aiming to capitalize off the Vancouver native’s Hollywood cache.
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https://ca.style.yahoo.com/ottawa-se...182248904.html
also a good read about the ownership groups
https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article...ential-buyers/