The barrier to holding it at Lansdowne is that the Senators can't stand OSEG, Jeff Hunt and company for a variety of reasons, including the stadium plan for Kanata that Melnyk had put together for CFL and soccer teams out there.
Hunt and OSEG won that battle and Melnyk and the Sens organization have been bitter ever since.
I assume they will all get over this tiff eventually, sit on their egos a bit, and not let the opportunity of a 2017 NHL outdoor game slip through Ottawa's fingers.
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