The NHL's Ottawa Senators have an agreement to build a new arena downtown in Canada's capital. The team and the National Capital Commission announced it at a news conference Friday to beat the deadline to make a deal.

It went down to the deadline, but the National Hockey League's Senators have an agreement to build a new arena in downtown Ottawa. The Senators and the National Capital Commission announced an agreement at a joint press conference Friday that would see the Senators purchase a 10-acre plot at the downtown LeBreton Flats site for the development of a multi-purpose facility,

So Friday’s announcement that the NCC and Senators have reached an agreement whereby the club will purchase just over 10 acres of land at LeBreton Flats is a welcome and significant step. It is, though, just a step in what will be an extremely long process, and one in which few details have yet been made available.

The Ottawa Senators reportedly have a deal with the National Capital Commission (NCC) to build a new NHL arena – technically an events centre – at LeBreton Flats. Today was the deadline for the two sides to agree on a deal and, according to Wayne Scanlan at Sportsnet, they managed to get things done.

Agreement to build a new NHL arena at LeBreton Flats has been reached between the Ottawa Senators and the National Capital Commission (NCC), sources tell CTV News Ottawa.

The National Hockey League's Senators have reached an agreement in principle with the National Capital Commission to build an arena in downtown Ottawa.

It went down to the deadline, but the National Hockey League's Senators have an agreement to build a new arena in downtown Ottawa.

The Ottawa Senators and the National Capital Commission (NCC) have reached an agreement in principle regarding the sale of a 10-acre parcel of land in Ottawa on Friday, the next step toward building a new downtown arena for the team in the LeBreton Flats district.