'You don't build an (NHL) arena with a championship final in mind. You build it for the 42 home games a year.'

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The heated debate over the size of the arena scheduled for construction as part of the Lansdowne 2.0 project is very familiar to Jeff Hunt. Article content

And just as he did more than a decade ago when he was a co-owner of the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG), Hunt strongly maintains that smaller is better. Article content Article content

During the transformation of the old Frank Clair Stadium into what became the new home of the Ottawa Redblacks in 2014, OSEG received negative feedback over the elimination of about 4,000 seats.

“There was a perception that we were planning for some version of failure,” Hunt said Wednesday. “By replacing a

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