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    Stadium Updates

    Ottawa planning to unveil new drawings this afternoon.
    http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/La...788/story.html

    Also found some news on the potential Halifax Stadium.
    http://thechronicleherald.ca/editori...RY8Qwg.twitter
    http://thechronicleherald.ca/busines...JN6Eak.twitter

    New Lansdowne planned unveiled. http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technol...545/story.html

    Here are the new photos for the Lansdowne plan. http://ottawa.ca/en/city_hall/planni...plan/index.htm

    another url for the detailed Lansdowne Park pictures. http://www.obj.ca/Slideshow/5887/Det...k-site-plans/1

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    great to see the stadium updates for the argos!

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    Can't wait to go to the first Ottawa vs. Argos game when Ottawa returns to the CFL. That's going t0 be a great road trip.

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    Quote Originally Posted by T-Bone View Post
    Can't wait to go to the first Ottawa vs. Argos game when Ottawa returns to the CFL. That's going t0 be a great road trip.
    I wonder if the Argos would organize a bus trip to help some of the Toronto-based fans commute. Maybe they could make some sort of "Ultimate Road Trip Experience", setting up other Ottawa-based events for Argos fans attending.

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    According to this article, new Frank Clair Stadium will only expand to 40,000 seats, not the previously mentioned 45,000.

    Should also bring up that the Gee Gee's will not be playing at the redeveloped Lansdowne and will be building there own stadium.http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/11/09/...football-field

    Carleton University will be using Frank Clair though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SnowRogue View Post
    Should also bring up that the Gee Gee's will not be playing at the redeveloped Lansdowne and will be building there own stadium.http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/11/09/...football-field

    Carleton University will be using Frank Clair though.
    I am pretty sure that Carleton will be playing their games on campus rather than at Lansdowne.
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    You are correct Ravi, only the Panda Game will continue at Lansdowne.

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    Yah that'll be great when I'm living near Peterborough and we want to drive to Ottawa for a game. Do we park outside city limits and take a bus. DUMB IDEA!! Some politicians are taking this green think a bit over the top.

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    This new Ottawa franchise will be around long after we are all gone. They have always had a decent fan base there but now they have solid, connected, local ownership for the first time since the 1970s and will have a beautiful new stadium. There never has been a large amount of parking there and I don't see that as being a huge factor considering that Montreal does just fine without any parking. Just allow people to park nearby like at Carleton and walk the ten minutes from there and have additional OC Transpo buses running. As long as you make that new stadium a place to be - and I am confident that they will do just that - people will find their way there without much trouble and the franchise will thrive. Traffic in that area is nothing like it is in southern Ontario.

    I lived in Ottawa for over a decade and it is still my favourite place to live in so I am very partial to that city (although the Argos have always been #1 to me). As I said before, the fans have always been there - I believed that Ottawa was a much better market than Hamilton was during the 1980s and 1990s - but lousy ownership sunk the previous two franchises along with a run down stadium. Both of those problems will be rectified by the time that they take to the field in 2014.
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    The new stadium will be very key IMO. I only attended one Renegade game and a bunch of Gee Gee games. I didn't realize how run down the stadium was, although I'm sure its amenities were stripped down quite a bit for CIS football versus CFL football. I never realized the Gee Gee average attendance was that high. I always remember support being an issue for them when I was at the University of Ottawa, mind you perhaps efforts have been taken to reverse that since I graduated in 2009.
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    Ottawa approves new updates........ and a bit more about the parking. http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technol...899/story.html
    "Friends" of Lansdowne appeals still might not be over, have one more ace in the hole. http://www.ottawacitizen.com/sports/...736/story.html
    Last edited by R.J; 03-14-2012 at 08:15 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SnowRogue View Post
    Ottawa approves new updates........ and a bit more about the parking. http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technol...899/story.html
    "Friends" of Lansdowne appeals still might not be over, have one more ace in the hole. http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technol...899/story.html
    Here is the link to the column about the Friends of Lansdowne potentially delaying things further: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/sports/...736/story.html
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    A tweet of some interest.
    CTV Ottawa ‏ @ctvottawa
    The Ontario Court of Appeal is set to release its decision in the Friends of #Lansdowne vs. City of Ottawa case Monday morning. #ottnews

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    Quote Originally Posted by SnowRogue View Post
    A tweet of some interest.
    Hopefully the absurdity is over and they can start breaking ground to be ready for '14.

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    Joanne Chianello ‏ @jchianello
    BREAKING NEWS: Friends of Lansdowne loses appeal against #ottcity over #Lansdowne Park redevelopment. #ottpoli
    The "Friends" of Lansdowne still have one ace in the hole, they can make one last appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada. I really hope this is the end and the stadium rebuilding can start in June, so that we finally have a 9th team again in 2014.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SnowRogue View Post
    The "Friends" of Lansdowne still have one ace in the hole, they can make one last appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada. I really hope this is the end and the stadium rebuilding can start in June, so that we finally have a 9th team again in 2014.
    If they do not appeal, shovels can be in the ground this summer and the stadium can be ready for the 2014 season. They may very well appeal as much out of pettiness as anything else though. They are a well-heeled group financially so they can afford to appeal to the Supreme Court and I will be surprised if they don't.

    EDIT: Here is more information from the Ottawa Citizen: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/busines...729/story.html

    To appeal this to the Supreme Court, the Friends of Lansdowne would have to get that court's permission as this most recent decision by the Ontario Court of Appeal was a unanimous one.
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    I'm so sick of this!! It must just piss Ottawa CFL fans off bigtime.

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    Good News!


    Friends of Lansdowne is going to release a statement at 2. Should be a funny read

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    I could understand if this area was a beautiful heritage park that the city all of a sudden wanted to turn into a stadium. However it's an old broken down stadium that has been around forever. These friends of landsdowne folks are fools. They wouldn't complain if the city was putting in an opera house or playhouse. Time for them to get their heads out of the clouds or out of their asses and move on with life.

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    Things are looking bleak for the Friends of Lansdowne: http://www.cfra.com/?cat=1&nid=85951
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