I don't think Andlauer has the balls to buy the team and keep it in Kanata tbh. Its a great way to erase a majority of the goodwill you just acquired to tell the city that the team isn't coming to play in Ottawa for the foreseeable future.
Andluer isn't the sole investor in all this either he likely paid around 500M for his ownership stake in the club less whatever he gets back from the sale of the Habs.
Claridge, Andlauer, Rocco, Yorkville Asset Management, Jeff York and Partners should have the capital and experience to get this done with the City having aligned interests as well.
Has Andlauer made one single comment about building a new arena? There is no good will to be lost because that isn't the horse he rode in on.
The media, fans, the Remington group, Bettman and the worthless MOU with the NCC have created this frenzy about an arena but Andlauer has always been about the hockey. And whether you want to believe this or not, all of the other investors are in it for the hockey as well.
Also, we will find out soon but Andlauer controls more than the 55% you're claiming.
Lastly, Kanata et al. has a high concentration of wealth, downtown Ottawa has a high concentration of people. The two are not synonymous. As much as we all hate to admit it, from a demographic perspective, for someone who just invested upwards of a billion dollars, the CTC is the safe play until depreciation forces his hand.
I'm not saying decades from now but if you put yourself in his shoes and wrap your head around the numbers you will see that there is no rush. He is in risk mitigation mode right now, big time.
The only variable against that, which few people talk about, is the value of the CTC and surrounding land. If the CTC is worth + - 40,50% of a new arena and if a highway robbery deal can be worked out with a desperate Sutcliffe then maybe there is a chance that things move quickly.
Otherwise, I'm just saying- don't get your hopes up.