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The long painful process of finding a new home for the Gatineau Olympiques hockey club appears to have taken another step forward, according to media reports.
The team and a group known as Vision Multisports Outaouais are said to have an agreement in principal to move forward on a new arena complex that would replace the Robert Guertin arena, according to a report in Le Droit.
The newspaper quotes the president of the junior hockey club confirming the plan. The development follows a rebuff by the provincial government to an entreaty by Gatineau for the funds needed to build a new rink.
The aging Guertin arena, popularly known as “The Bob, is now scheduled for eomolition after the 2017-18 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League season.
The role of the Ottawa Senators in the development of a new complex in Gatineau continues to be of interest. The team’s name is being mentioned in these latest reports but Cyril Leeder, Senators president and alternate governor, has told the Citizen in the past that recreational rinks are more the focus for the team’s activities in Gatineau for the time being.
“We’ve been talking to the city (of Gatineau) about their municipal arena situation,” Leeder said in a recent interview.
“They’ve got some rinks they need to replace, more of a Sensplex model. In casual conversation, they’ve also said they’ve got the Guertin they’re trying to rebuild” with the implication that maybe the club could help with that, Leeder told Citizen columnist Wayne Scanlan.
“We haven’t really done a lot,” Leeder says. “Because that’s predicated on the business deal between the city and the Olympiques. I’m not sure we can add a lot until they sort out what they’re doing between the two parties.”
Once the municipal council and the hockey club agree on what should be built, the Senators could get involved in “design, managing it, bringing in events,” if Gatineau is interested in the NHL organization’s expertise in that area.
Leeder said he hopes to get the go-ahead for a Sensplex-style facility from Gatineau council this month. The building of five outdoor rinks in Gatineau should get started this year, he said.
In June, Gatineau council voted to scrap plans to build a new Robert Guertin Arena after countless hiccups and an investigation by Quebec’s anti-corruption squad stalled the project for almost 10 years. The multi-purpose centre under discussion would have included a performing arts space.
The vote to cancel the project after already having invested $7 million came only a few months after the city renewed its call for bids, increasing the initial estimated cost of $63.5 million to $74.4 million.
The issue has made it into the federal election campaign, with late-arriving Hull-Aylmer Conservative candidate Etienne Boulrice saying the first thing he would do if elected (and the Tories are returned to power) would be to convince the government to re-establish a $15-million grant for the Guertin Arena that had been promised by former MP and cabinet minister Lawrence Cannon.
The offer, under the Conservatives Canada Works, was specifically to modernize the Guertin but Boulrice says he would fight to have the money applied to any “clear and viable” project.
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The team and a group known as Vision Multisports Outaouais are said to have an agreement in principal to move forward on a new arena complex that would replace the Robert Guertin arena, according to a report in Le Droit.
The newspaper quotes the president of the junior hockey club confirming the plan. The development follows a rebuff by the provincial government to an entreaty by Gatineau for the funds needed to build a new rink.
The aging Guertin arena, popularly known as “The Bob, is now scheduled for eomolition after the 2017-18 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League season.
The role of the Ottawa Senators in the development of a new complex in Gatineau continues to be of interest. The team’s name is being mentioned in these latest reports but Cyril Leeder, Senators president and alternate governor, has told the Citizen in the past that recreational rinks are more the focus for the team’s activities in Gatineau for the time being.
“We’ve been talking to the city (of Gatineau) about their municipal arena situation,” Leeder said in a recent interview.
“They’ve got some rinks they need to replace, more of a Sensplex model. In casual conversation, they’ve also said they’ve got the Guertin they’re trying to rebuild” with the implication that maybe the club could help with that, Leeder told Citizen columnist Wayne Scanlan.
“We haven’t really done a lot,” Leeder says. “Because that’s predicated on the business deal between the city and the Olympiques. I’m not sure we can add a lot until they sort out what they’re doing between the two parties.”
Once the municipal council and the hockey club agree on what should be built, the Senators could get involved in “design, managing it, bringing in events,” if Gatineau is interested in the NHL organization’s expertise in that area.
Leeder said he hopes to get the go-ahead for a Sensplex-style facility from Gatineau council this month. The building of five outdoor rinks in Gatineau should get started this year, he said.
In June, Gatineau council voted to scrap plans to build a new Robert Guertin Arena after countless hiccups and an investigation by Quebec’s anti-corruption squad stalled the project for almost 10 years. The multi-purpose centre under discussion would have included a performing arts space.
The vote to cancel the project after already having invested $7 million came only a few months after the city renewed its call for bids, increasing the initial estimated cost of $63.5 million to $74.4 million.
The issue has made it into the federal election campaign, with late-arriving Hull-Aylmer Conservative candidate Etienne Boulrice saying the first thing he would do if elected (and the Tories are returned to power) would be to convince the government to re-establish a $15-million grant for the Guertin Arena that had been promised by former MP and cabinet minister Lawrence Cannon.
The offer, under the Conservatives Canada Works, was specifically to modernize the Guertin but Boulrice says he would fight to have the money applied to any “clear and viable” project.
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