It's not clear if the Great Lawn will be suitable for the popular music festival after the construction of a new, 6,600-seat arena on the site.

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The proposed redesign of Lansdowne Park would displace Ottawa’s long-running CityFolk festival during construction and may force it to find a new home , says the organizer of the annual event. Article content

Mark Monahan, who heads the festival-organizing team that looks after Bluesfest, CityFolk and the Festival of Small Halls, said it’s not clear if the Great Lawn at Lansdowne Park will be suitable for CityFolk after the construction of a new, 6,600-seat arena on the site. Article content Article content

Plans show the new arena would be a separate building, situated outside the eastern end zone of TD Place stadium.

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