Ottawa pair organize bid for Ottawa franchise

Courtesy Winnipeg Free Press:

Two sources said Wednesday that the CFL continues to negotiate with an Ottawa group headed up by Jeff Hunt, the owner of the OHL’s Ottawa 67s. Neither source would confirm a report in Wednesday’s Globe and Mail that a deal to award Hunt’s group a conditional expansion franchise for 2010 was close, but each agreed that talks have progressed since Hunt confirmed in September he was heading up a group of local investors that was interested in a CFL expansion franchise.

CFL spokesman Jamie Dykstra said the league had no comment on the negotiations with the Ottawa group.

One hurdle remaining is a stadium. Last year, the city of Ottawa recommended the lower tier of the south-side stands at Frank Clair Stadium be demolished due to structural concerns.

Read More…

Tags: , ,

Leave a Reply

XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>