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Originally Posted by J.OT13
The disrespect shown by some members of Council, the Mayor and OSEG might have played in the PWHL refusing to even negotiate. Had OSEG and the City, and Council, been at least sympathetic to their grievances, explained right off the bat that increasing the capacity significantly was not an option and tried to negotiate a better deal to keep them at least until LeBreton is built. It sounds that they were instead into gaslit thinking they could discuss capacity at a later date and completely shut down by everyone involved over the last few weeks.
It's interesting that OSEG and the City pretended that they were shocked to hear capacity was an issue when, if not the league, the entire PWHL fan base has been screaming that the new arena would be too small ever since 2023.
Hoping they can work something out with the Sens. The previous article mentions that they would be a secondary tenant, so they wouldn't have primary consideration for facility branding and scheduling, but we have quite a few arenas that host both the NBA and NHL, and they seem to have figured it out.
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It's quite weird to me that they would rule out Lansdowne entirely two years in advance. They are going to be playing there for at least two, if not three more seasons, at which point they will have a better sense of their longer-term attendance, as well as where the Sens Lebreton Flats rink stands. If the rink is well underway, then why on earth would they not stay at Lansdowne for a couple of seasons and then move to Lebreton? (or stay at Lansdowne if their attendance levels out around 6K)
Worst case scenario is them moving to Kanata, seeing their attendance drop and then pulling up stakes. I don't think that is out of the question, particularly when you have someone who doesn't understand the Ottawa market calling the shots.
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