05-20-2021, 10:51 AM
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First Line Centre
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Maybe he can put some of his yacht lawsuit money into a new building.
I find it hard to take this guy's side on anything.
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05-20-2021, 10:59 AM
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Pent-up
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Plutanamo Bay.
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An arena in downtown Ottawa would put that city on another level. They have a lot of funky downtown areas, not having an arena is underutilization.
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05-20-2021, 11:00 AM
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Taking a while to get to 5000
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lmao the building is fine (by all accounts) the location is awful. So he wants to build brand new in the same location? I wish I could be that rich. I'd accept the stupid. Maybe.
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05-20-2021, 11:00 AM
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Franchise Player
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Gatineau is really wild. It's just across a bridge from Ottawa but no one there speaks English
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05-20-2021, 11:01 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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Gatineau makes a lot more sense geographically. It's closer to downtown Ottawa than Kanata.
The problem is that there is a Sens/Habs divide right along the river. For all the time I lived in Gatineau, almost everyone I met were Habs fans, so the gate sales would still be driven from the Ontario side.
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05-20-2021, 11:53 AM
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Franchise Player
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An arena near the Casino du Lac-Leamy would make way more sense to me than in Kanata
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05-20-2021, 12:02 PM
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Jordan!
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Chandler, AZ
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This guy makes no sense at all.
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05-20-2021, 12:39 PM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Gatineau makes a lot more sense geographically. It's closer to downtown Ottawa than Kanata.
The problem is that there is a Sens/Habs divide right along the river. For all the time I lived in Gatineau, almost everyone I met were Habs fans, so the gate sales would still be driven from the Ontario side.
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Most the people I know my age (50s) in Ottawa are either Habs or Leafs fans. The Sens have not caught on that much.
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05-20-2021, 12:40 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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IIRC (I lived in Ottawa in 1995-96) the Quebec side has bars open an hour or two later. I don't think rooting interest matters - the fans will cross the bridge. If they get concessions to build there I can fully see it.
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05-20-2021, 12:41 PM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: the middle
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Quote:
Originally Posted by troutman
I though they had their eye on LeBreton Flats, close to downtown?
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Developers realized they didn't want anything to do with Melnyk, IIRC. The plan for the area is viable with or without an arena.
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05-20-2021, 12:41 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2020
Location: Dallas
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Gatineau is actually closer to Ottawa than Kanata
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05-20-2021, 12:44 PM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Flamesfan05
Gatineau is actually closer to Ottawa than Kanata
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What kind of tax problems would that present, playing in Quebec?
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05-20-2021, 12:46 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2020
Location: Dallas
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Geeoff
Gatineau is really wild. It's just across a bridge from Ottawa but no one there speaks English
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Lol, I had no problem speaking English in Gatineau
Maybe because I don’t look English
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05-20-2021, 12:47 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2020
Location: Dallas
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Quote:
Originally Posted by troutman
What kind of tax problems would that present, playing in Quebec?
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I don’t know… couldn’t that be negotiated?
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05-20-2021, 12:52 PM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: North of the River, South of the Bluff
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I never appreciated the distance Kanata is to Oattawa.
I guess it would be like the Flames in Airdrie?
I wouldn't ever go to a game either, and I am inner city, let alone people in the deep south.
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05-20-2021, 12:53 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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Quote:
Originally Posted by troutman
What kind of tax problems would that present, playing in Quebec?
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I imagine corporately, the team would have to pay Quebec taxes.
For players, you pay to the province where you live. I lived in Quebec and worked in Ontario, so I paid Quebec taxes.
And do not ever do this. It was a huge mistake. Although real estate is a bargain on the Quebec side, unless you are buying a home there, the taxes suck and are unnecessarily complicated.
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05-20-2021, 12:54 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Auckland, NZ
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I thought the thread title said the Gaudreau Senators, and got scared there for a sec.
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05-20-2021, 12:58 PM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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Can the existing bridges handle the traffic on game nights? I'm thinking how busy the bridge in Kelowna is in the summer.
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