lol it’s funny that people think only about that Kanata hole. There a lot of Senators fan in Gatineau and Gatineau have way much people then Kanata and Barheaven. So downtown Ottawa it’s a better choice
The issue is what you said: over saturating the option pool, elongating the process and just pie in the sky ideas Downtown has 0 options for travel and parking or expansion of bars and condos like lansdown Downtown would be a gong show for travel
I can't believe how things get done over here in Thailand a hundred times quicker than in Canada. Bridges, roads, buildings, rail systems and even stadiums. It all gets done in months to a few years. It took Ottawa over 10 years to get a third lane on the Champlain bridge for Gods sake!!. It's ridiculous how Canada has fallen behind countries even like South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam, let alone China and Japan. Very sad what is happening in Canada overall and how quickly the country has fallen behind the rest of the world
Leave it in Kanata. Build it beside the Palladium. Turn the palladium into mixed commerce. Bars restaurants. Climbing gym. A roller coaster. A shawarma palace. Add roads. Fix the parking. You already own the land.
No one talks about this when you look at all the factors, this is the obvious choice. 72% of Sens fan base come from Sittsville, Kanata, Barrhaven and the Ottawa Valley. Sens will undoubtedly do impact studies on their risk of churning their well established 30 year fan base by moving downtown. In my opinion, it's fools gold to think you will get a net gain by doing so. This city grows west and south and getting to Kanata in your own car is much easier than winding your way to LeBreton Flats and scrambling for parking. In addition, 600 high tech businesses with 25,000 employees are within two slap shots from the Palladium lands in Kanata Research Park - the biggest tech park in Canada. That's your current and future corporate base for tickets, suites and sponsorships. Downtown is a complete mess that Mayor Sutcliffe hopes a new building will help remediate. Andlauer, Leeder and his investors are wise enough to do feasibility studies to determine what drives the most revenue and allows for the greatest stability for the franchise. Slapping an arena with no parking in LeBreton on 9 acres at the mercy of the NCC is not gonna drive the revenue an Entertainment District on your own land will.
I disagree put it on labretton flats. Make it more transit accessible. Imagine being able to take LRT from Kanata to the game. So much easier than dealing with parking and post game traffic.
@@dwightbrown I think you're way off on this man. Where are you getting this 72% figure? Yeah, if you in Kanata or west of there, you can probably currently go to more games than someone in Orleans can justify, but that just goes to show what a crap location the arena is at. If it's central, that means more fans can make it to more games. While Downtown could certainly use the boost, it's already way better than Kanata. Downtown is designed so many people can go in and out every day. All those buildings around Lebreton have parking underneath. Plus it's at the nexus of the LRT, which so many people want to be able to take to games, and would more than halve the amount of folks driving to begin with.
No one discusses the fact the trend is for sports franchises to develop Entertainment Zones that drive significant revenue. See Atlanta Braves. Where do the Senators have a lot of land... 🤔
If the move is to boost attendence, I think it's based on a false premise. When the Team was great during the Spezza years and challenged for supremacy, the building was PACKED! Fans are hstting excited and now are returning to the rink. Under new Ownership, we have a renewed trust in the Team and the Franchise. Will the centralized location boist attendance...I'm not so sure. If you build it...they will come...so build an entertaing Team!
A central location would definitely boost attendance. I go to Kanata to support the team, but getting there and getting home sucks. The game itself is fun, but you go to a game in another city with a central arena, and the whole process is fun. CTC is the worst arena in the league purely based on the awful location. Most of the fanbase would go to way more games if it was centrally located. The team would sell out weekdays in the winter in stretches when the team is not good.
@@alexanderfysh410 I suspect you are probably right Akex. Very few could walk to a game in Kanata but many could downtown and at worst take a short bus or taxi ride.
@@bobbygoodman2875 Also people would have things to do after the game unlike in Kanata where all everyone's trying to do is beat the traffic, win or loss
