Ruddy screwed him which is funny because I’m sure Melnyk would have tried to screw Ruddy. In my mind the biggest miss was Devcore. They said they would build the rink as part of their bid and would even by the team. On a multi billion dollar project they should have upped their offer on the team by a couple hundred million.
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PlayersLtd
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Get it now? I had an honest question thinking I was going to learn something I didn't know about engineering. Turns out it was just asinine humour rearing it's childish head again.
Do the community here a favour, don't pollute threads with dumb humour that can steer a legitimate discussion astray. Or if you do and have to explain it, don't be an arrogant D about it.
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What you are mentioning vis-a-vis these types of "contributions" are to be expected at this point sadly. There are other contributions that are worse and not in-line with the job description though. I expect most of the regulars in here feel that way.
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NHL arenas/stadiums built since 2000 ranked by total construction costs (in million U.S. dollars)
NHL stadiums/arenas ranked by construction costs | Statista
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AchtzehnBaby
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it is not dumb humour it is sarcastic gold.
it also has some reality as well, the building is used sparingly: less wear and tear. Don’t overreact, it is bad for the community
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Affordable housing shortage prompts Ottawa to move on LeBreton Flats
Development of the dormant land may finally be under way after decades of wrangling
www.theglobeandmail.com
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one thing that isn’t helping is constructions costs are skyrocketing, the salary cap is rising and revenues are stagnant so you just wonder where this goes - there’s barely money to run the hockey team properly you just can’t imagine Melnyck has the money for a stadium
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Affordable housing shortage prompts Ottawa to move on LeBreton Flats
Development of the dormant land may finally be under way after decades of wrangling
I sure would have liked to invest in a multi-million dollar condo development in downtown Ottawa back in 2018. You're probably looking at a 2.0x return given housing prices.
Melnyk could have used a windfall like that.
Egan: A new arena? — NCC to provide update on LeBreton 'major event' centre
There's a good deal of chatter around town about the fresh possibility of an NHL arena at LeBreton Flats. It's nearly Easter, after all, when thoughts turn to resurrecting the dead.
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Everyone in Ottawa and the NCR knows an arena at Lebreton makes sense. That's never been the problem. Who's going to pay for it? That's the sticking point since the request for proposals and environmental studies started.
AchtzehnBaby
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I can’t wait for “Not on my dime!” whining to begin again.
The circle continues.
Good to hear that things are moving though. Definitely we’ll be hearing good things this summer.
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can you clarify what the sticking point has been. Isn't whoever wins the bid paying for it? Euge and Rudy would have had some internal "how do we finance this thing", but they were paying for it. I can imagine a ticket surcharge for sens games. As far as I recall, all the bidders who took part indicated no public money was included in their plans.
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There will definitely be public money put into the arena. And to be expected. You don’t ask for an arena to be built and not expect to have to pay your part
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perhaps there will be public money in the future and it will become a sticking point, but the original post suggested there has been and ongoing sticking point since this all started, so I assumed there would have been some back and forth over the past several years from the interested parties, but I don't recall any such reports and that's what I was looking to see.
the closest I recall is the application for that city supplied soil remediation money. But that wasn't a sticking point. It is available money to any developer and designed for this purpose.
if the NCC (or city or whoever) is "demanding" that there be a rink downtown because they see it as an anchor feature that will give the project a higher profile and bigger chance of being seen as a success, the owners of the team would be kind of stupid not to see what they could be offered in order to pack up the team in the u-haul and saunter down to the flats.
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The good thing is there will be some new faces in place. It remains to be seen if a new owner can make it happen, but the chances seem better than they have these last few years.
Any buyer will know that the long term future of the Senators in Ottawa requires a downtown arena, so it can probably be assumed that they're at least coming in with some shell of a plan to make it happen if they're prepared to buy the team. Should be interesting, it's a pretty exciting time to be a Senators fan even though it's on a somber note.
Any buyer will know that the long term future of the Senators in Ottawa requires a downtown arena, so it can probably be assumed that they're at least coming in with some shell of a plan to make it happen if they're prepared to buy the team. Should be interesting, it's a pretty exciting time to be a Senators fan even though it's on a somber note.
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If they act like normal billionaires they will try and get every level of government to pay for as much as they can.
The mayor did say he would put in money to help the build, so expect some type of government payment
Calgary cancelled an entire arena build over a $6 million dispute: Calgary flames have face planted so hard on their arena negotiations they’ll probably have to make their new arena the “Nenshi Center”
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Until a disruptive technology makes them obsolete. The Montreal Forum and Maple Leaf Gardens might have lived on if not for the invention of luxury suites.
Assen na yo!
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I dont mind public funds going into so as long as when Ottawa residents purchase any event tickets they get them discounted as opposed to non residents, until any public funds are paid back.
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Looks like we aren’t getting a major update tomorrow according to Bruce’s article . It is believed that sens placed an expression of interest
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