![]() A team struggling to sell tickets this season, the Senators would instantly have a focal point to next season, an emotional boost for fans, and a potential hook for season ticket sales. To this point, there have been no discussions between Melnyk and OSEG about having the game at TD Place next December, and the clock is ticking.Īs a businessman, Melnyk doesn’t have to be told what a boost this game would be for his organization and the entire region. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. OSEG, which owns the CFL Redblacks, soccer Fury and OHL Ottawa 67’s, would also receive a fee to help cover the cost of temporary seating. With temporary seating of an extra 12,000 or so, the bulk of that revenue goes to the NHL. In other words, the NHL buys the game from the local NHL team. Outdoor games are considered NHL property, meaning the league comes in and runs the show, and takes most of the extra profits beyond what would be the club’s normal gate for a sellout of 20,000 or so fans, in Ottawa’s case. Nor would it be for the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG) that owns and operates TD Place. The event is not a “cash cow” for the hockey club. Cam Cole: Title of the NHL’s player safety department has become ironic since it refuses to protect star players.Despite injury-riddled lineup, Kings find cure-all against free-falling Oilers.Yet, he never addressed the issue at hand: What about TD Place? Recommended from Editorial ![]() In a letter to the Citizen penned earlier this week, Senators owner Eugene Melnyk chastised the paper for an editorial chiding him for not hustling over to TD Place as an obvious Plan B, after the Parliament Hill plan was denied. ![]()
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