I'm still holding onto my pipe dream of the Senators building a rink on the DND site at 101 Colonel By. An actual downtown arena, in easy walking distance from the ByWard Market, Elgin St, the Rideau Centre and Parliament Hill....plus fans could literally skate to the games.
I think the prospect of an arena is still too appealing to not leave temporary vacant land in whatever project they choose.
Only non locked LeBron thread I could find for this.
I'm still holding onto my pipe dream of the Senators building a rink on the DND site at 101 Colonel By.
I can tell you with absolute certainty that this scenario won't happen in your lifetime.
I can tell you with absolute certainty that this scenario won't happen in your lifetime.
No shot, if it does it will be at Lebreton which is a way better location as thats where the o train and lrt meet. Plus an opportunity to build an entire entertainment district that is brand new, on the water its absolutely perfect. Plus the Zibi development is happening right beside it connecting Gatineau directly to the site.
Not big enough.I'm still holding onto my pipe dream of the Senators building a rink on the DND site at 101 Colonel By. An actual downtown arena, in easy walking distance from the ByWard Market, Elgin St, the Rideau Centre and Parliament Hill....plus fans could literally skate to the games.
Imagine owning a pro sports team and not communicating or collaborating with the group that wants to set aside a massive piece of land in the perfect location for your team to play.
Wouldn't that be crazy?
Imagine owning a pro sports team and not communicating or collaborating with the group that wants to set aside a massive piece of land in the perfect location for your team to play.
Wouldn't that be crazy?
The land was being cleaned by NCC so that is completely false. There was another firm with the financial means and desires to easily develop the site in to something the city could be proud of. Somehow the rendezvous bid was selected over the superior and more stunning DCDLS which also didn’t rely upon massive amounts of condos to fund the arena. Melnyk also signed on to the deal fully willing with the expectation he’d eventually get a free arena out of it. Unfortunately he wasn’t able to come up with the money up front and ended up being sued for a billion dollars.Take the current owner out of what is going on.
This ‘group’ wants to sell toxic land to a private party and have this party invest 400 million out of pocket(money that will never be returned) in a world class downtown attraction.
Seems like crazy is on the other end of these plans. It’s a pipe dream with unrealistic expectations.
The entire project was a scam to set Rudy up for the rest of his life. They are now doing the right thing and selling the land in proper sized parcels people can afford to develop
The land was being cleaned by NCC so that is completely false. There was another firm with the financial means and desires to easily develop the site in to something the city could be proud of. Somehow the rendezvous bid was selected over the superior and more stunning DCDLS which also didn’t rely upon massive amounts of condos to fund the arena. Melnyk also signed on to the deal fully willing with the expectation he’d eventually get a free arena out of it. Unfortunately he wasn’t able to come up with the money up front and ended up being sued for a billion dollars.
Your entire post is pretty well fiction
Well at least no matter what, Melnyk came out looking like the villain as far as public perception goes, so it helps to tarnish his poor reputation a little further. Good news either way.No the NCC will reimburse the people who clean up the land, meaning they buy toxic land and fix it.
rendezvous was selected so Rudy could get all the control,
DCDLS was going to use condo money to build the arena the only difference was instead of EM taking loses and Rudy taking profit it was one company so the numbers justified paying for the arena.
No one will buy one parcel for an arena it would be a serious waste of capital now that the land is being split up and there is no battle for control of the entire project.
No fiction in my post.
Well at least no matter what, Melnyk came out looking like the villain as far as public perception goes, so it helps to tarnish his poor reputation a little further. Good news either way.
Well at least no matter what, Melnyk came out looking like the villain as far as public perception goes, so it helps to tarnish his poor reputation a little further. Good news either way.
A new arena with Melnyk still the owner was always bittersweet anyways.Melnyk is an idiot everyone knows this, all this did was make people’s dreams of a new arena vanish, there is zero good news in this cluster@&#*
The NCC is cleaning the land right freaking now....take a drive by. The cost will be part of the negotiated price. It’ll be cleaned so yes that is entirely false.No the NCC will reimburse the people who clean up the land, meaning they buy toxic land and fix it.
rendezvous was selected so Rudy could get all the control,
DCDLS was going to use condo money to build the arena the only difference was instead of EM taking loses and Rudy taking profit it was one company so the numbers justified paying for the arena.
No one will buy one parcel for an arena it would be a serious waste of capital now that the land is being split up and there is no battle for control of the entire project.
No fiction in my post.
They should have done what was originally the deal, if rendezvous fails to meet expectations it’s handed to DCDLS.I still have faith it will happen. When? Who knows.....
The NCC is cleaning the land right freaking now....take a drive by. The cost will be part of the negotiated price. It’ll be cleaned so yes that is entirely false.
One was building 2,500 housing units, the other was building 4,000 which one do you figure is more dependent upon condo subsidy? One bid was all about creating a showcase in the city and had to go outside the initial group to get deep pocketed investors to fund it. The other had a small group that doesn’t even amount to the net worth of one member of DCDLS when all their money is combines.
It’s a farce that rendezvous was chosen at all. One is something the entire country could have been proud of, one was melnyk, more or less condos a park and a rink
DCDLS: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/otta...ld-look-like-if-dcdls-bid-is-chosen-1.3420698
RendezVous: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/otta...ke-if-ottawa-senators-bid-is-chosen-1.3420826
It’s a farce that rendezvous was chosen at all. One is something the entire country could have been proud of, one was melnyk, more or less condos a park and a rink