Report: Senators eyeing TD Place Stadium as 2017 outdoor game venue
An outdoor game on Ottawa's Parliament Hill is no longer in the cards after the Canadian government shut down the idea, but the Senators still have designs on braving the elements in 2017.
The Senators and the NHL are planning for an outdoor game to be played at TD Place Stadium - home of CFL Grey Cup champions the Ottawa RedBlacks - on Dec. 19, 2017, reports the Ottawa Citizen's Bruce Garrioch.
The game would be part of the NHL's 100th season celebrations, with the Montreal Canadiens the visitors.
In early November, it was reported that an outdoor game at a football stadium in Ottawa was "unlikely," as the Sens "wanted to go big or go home." It appears the club's had a change of heart.
Discussions between the league and the Senators are continuing, TSN's Darren Dreger wrote Friday.
TD Place Stadium is set to host the 2017 Grey Cup, and capacity for that game - and the Senators' outdoor game, if it happens - is 35,000.