Love it. Just a shame that the new arena being pitched is about half the capacity. Is that best value for taxpayers and team? - ThreadSky

toondreessen.bsky.social • 7 days ago

Love it. Just a shame that the new arena being pitched is about half the capacity. Is that best value for taxpayers and team?

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The energy in TD place is electric! L’ambiance au TD Place est électrique! #TeamOttawa showed up for our @ottawacharge.bsky.social ! go charge go !

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allcaps.bsky.social•7 days ago

Smaller capacity and I’m certain tickets will be significantly more expensive. Amazing combo for success. On the plus side: will be great for fundraiser dinners for Sutcliffe.

watersoilair.bsky.social•7 days ago

That's all this guy cares about.

gotu.bsky.social•6 days ago

Win-win for Sutcliffe.

Doesn't have to mix with the plebs at games, less traffic congestion, easier to find parking, less obvious how badly he's failed on public transport.

hockeyinottawa.bsky.social•7 days ago

Well the Charge will move to Lebreton, so it won't be an issue.

mhbvickers.bsky.social•5 days ago

So why are City taxpayers building a new arena, ostensibly in part for them?

hockeyinottawa.bsky.social•5 days ago

To make OSEG whole for the shitty deal they signed last time. It's a total financial risk swap.

toondreessen.bsky.social•6 days ago

Not according to OSEG plans, as far as I know.

hockeyinottawa.bsky.social•6 days ago

I dont think OSEG would have a say in it.

mhbvickers.bsky.social•5 days ago

I just assumed that the Charge were another team OSEG had invented to justify the City's continued support of the Lansdowne white elephant. But turns out it, and the other PWHL teams, are all owned by a US billionaire.

So he can Lucy-pull the puck on us Charlie Brown's anytime.

613bike.bsky.social•7 days ago

#AskADeveloper

blmac48.bsky.social•6 days ago

I hope the messages resonate with Mayor Sutcliffe.

toondreessen.bsky.social•6 days ago

It will not. But I have hope that council will see the light and vote in the public interest.

blmac48.bsky.social•6 days ago

A councilor (Jeff Lieper, I believe)who sits next to us at Charge games wants 2.0 revisited. But one is not enough.

mhbvickers.bsky.social•5 days ago

I'm sure that Menard, Troster, Kavanagh and maybe King and Brockington, would also support a revisit. But the rest seem to be fully in OSEG's pocket, no matter how sketchy the voodoo economics of Lansdowne Part Deux are. 🙄

toondreessen.bsky.social•6 days ago

We need to show the broader impact this project will have. Some of us are trying but it’s an uphill battle. @jleiper.bsky.social needs all the support he can get on this. A couple pieces of mine on this. 1/ https://bit.ly/3tWgyk0

toondreessen.bsky.social•6 days ago

From a CBC article: 2/ https://www.architectsdca.com/news/lansdowne-2-0-up-for-thorny-vote-that-could-define-project-vote-on-procurement-model-one-of-the-last-checkpoints-419m-project-will-face-at-council/

toondreessen.bsky.social•6 days ago

Audio clip of interview on CFRA: 3/ https://www.instagram.com/architectsdca/reel/DHpG8PpRAfY/?locale=maxwin%2Bslot%E3%80%90GB999.bet%E3%80%91.fupg&hl=en

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