The Gatineau Senators??

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by troutman

Can the existing bridges handle the traffic on game nights? I'm thinking how busy the bridge in Kelowna is in the summer.

I think it would be a huge challenge for the Alexandra bridge right downtown. Especially on the Ottawa side were the streets near the bridge are narrow and short, with a lot of traffic lights. There isn't much of a runway. The Gatineau side isn't much better.

The MacDonald-Cartier Bridge could handle more traffic, but as soon as you get off onto any side streets, there would be gridlock.

I see no way around creating some major infrastructure changes for it to work.

[Nufy]

meh..Legault will petition to move the provincial borders and add Ottawa to Quebec.

They should be running the country anyways...why not have the Nation's Capital under Quebec control as well.

[corporatejay]

Gatineau is a dump. It's no better than Kanata other than maybe a bit closer.

[Jordan!]

Melnyk should just sell the team to Quebec City and move on with his life

[BlackRedGold25]

Originally Posted by Flamesfan05

Gatineau is actually closer to Ottawa than Kanata

Since Kanata is part of Ottawa, your statement is actually wrong and stupid.

[troutman]

Originally Posted by BlackRedGold25

Since Kanata is part of Ottawa, your statement is actually wrong and stupid.

???

It is further from downtown Ottawa to Kanata than Gatineau, by a large margin.

[The Familia]

I bet Ottawa/Kanata/Gatineau has a new arena before we do....

[transplant99]

Im old enough to remember when Gatineau was called Hull.

Thats all I got.

[CalgaryFan1988]

Originally Posted by transplant99

Im old enough to remember when Gatineau was called Hull.

Thats all I got.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Hu...!4d-75.7133658


It used to be called Hull, just wanted to point out that part of it still is.

[mennoknight]

Originally Posted by Geeoff

Gatineau is really wild. It's just across a bridge from Ottawa but no one there speaks English

not even close to true. I try to practice my French every time we go over the bridge and I am always answered back in English.

I live on the east side of ottawa and it's 45 minutes for me to get to Kanata in moderate traffic, and that's all highway.

[TheScorpion]

Gatineau is way closer than Kanata. I lived in Ottawa for over a year.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

Gatineau is way closer than Kanata. I lived in Ottawa for over a year.

Google maps has the arena 25 minutes from parliament hill but I say no way. It’s more like 45-50 minutes.

The other option would be somewhere near the football stadium I guess.

[Scroopy Noopers]

Originally Posted by BlackRedGold25

Since Kanata is part of Ottawa, your statement is actually wrong and stupid.

Well this is hilariously unnecessary while being wildly incorrect.

Yes it’s a suburb of Ottawa, but it’s twice the distance from downtown as Gatineau is.

[gt4flames]

Originally Posted by troutman

Can the existing bridges handle the traffic on game nights? I'm thinking how busy the bridge in Kelowna is in the summer.

More reason to spend time in and around Kelowna in the summer vs than reasons to support the Sens...

[Strange Brew]

Originally Posted by transplant99

Im old enough to remember when Gatineau was called Hull.

Thats all I got.

Im old enough and been out of Canada long enough to not realize it had changed.

[Dogbert]

Originally Posted by Strange Brew

Im old enough and been out of Canada long enough to not realize it had changed.

The current city of Gatineau resulted from the amalgamation of five separate towns - Hull, Gatineau, Aylmer, Buckingham, and Masson-Angers. Even though Hull was the largest and most central of these, they retained the Gatineau name because of Gatineau Park.

On-topic - the rumoured parcel of land that Melnyk may be looking at is immediately across the Chaudière bridge from the LeBreton Flats. I think he’s trying to get his arena near his preferred location without having to deal with the LeBreton developers.

[BlackRedGold25]

Originally Posted by troutman

???

It is further from downtown Ottawa to Kanata than Gatineau, by a large margin.

Who said anything about downtown? Did people forget how to read on here?

Here's the address for the Canadian Tire Centre:

1000 Palladium Drive
Ottawa, Ontario K2V 1A5

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

Gatineau is way closer than Kanata. I lived in Ottawa for over a year.

I lived in Gatineau and could walk to downtown Ottawa in 20 minutes.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by BlackRedGold25

Who said anything about downtown? Did people forget how to read on here?

Here's the address for the Canadian Tire Centre:

1000 Palladium Drive
Ottawa, Ontario K2V 1A5

My mailing address says Calgary. However, I live 11 KM outside the City limits, in Springbank, part of Rockyview County. Don’t ask me why.

Also, the arena is only “in Ottawa” because Kanata amalgamated in 2001. Originally it was a different town. It’s Midnapore.

[troutman]

Originally Posted by BlackRedGold25

Who said anything about downtown? Did people forget how to read on here?

Here's the address for the Canadian Tire Centre:

1000 Palladium Drive
Ottawa, Ontario K2V 1A5

There is farmland between Ottawa and Kanata. The majority of people in Metro Ottawa live closer to Gatineau, by far.