A potential move to LeBreton Flats for the Ottawa Senators is still years away, but questions and concerns are already being raised about what to do with the Canadian Tire Centre. Being a massive building with wide open parking lots surrounding, Kanata South councillor Allan Hubley has grand ideas for the space. "There was talk about turning this area into an entertainment district.
There was some discussion that it could become a theme park,” Hubley told CTV News on Saturday. “Ottawa is over a million people, we could use a theme park in this area, it would be well supported. Picture a waterslide coming off the fourth level.
" "I'd like to see it maybe get turned into a casino or a concert venue,” said Sens fan Robbie Williams. “Or you can even do festivals and stuff like that in the parking lot.” Currently, the Ottawa Senators say they do not have a plan for the CTC if or when they leave the area.
“We know that this is an important site for the city. We have had those conversations, and it's been clear to us by councilors in this area and the mayor that if and when we vacate this site, we're going to need to do something special with these lands,” said team CEO Cyril Leeder at Friday’s press conference. “So that'll be part of the process for the work that will go on now, that we'll be able to get into what we will do with this site as we move forward.
” At this time, Hubley believes there is no desire to tear down the CTC if the Senators were to move out. .