Lebreton Flats new development plans unveiled without NHL arena

Lebreton Flats vision: no plan for NHL arena There is space, but no design to build an arena at Lebreton Flats, CTV's Katie Griffin reports.

OTTAWA - The National Capital Commission unveiled its master plan for redevelopment at Lebreton Flats Thursday, which does not include an NHL arena at this point in time.

The plan does include potential for an event centre or sports complex. Thursday’s unveil comes months after public consultations and meetings with stakeholders about what they wanted the land to look like.

The plan proposes seven features:

This latest plan comes after the NCC ended its deal with RendezVous Lebreton in Dec. 2018. Partners in that development group, which included Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk and developer John Ruddy, sued one another for hundreds of millions of dollars and failed to reach a mediated agreement.

More to come…