News came down this afternoon from Canadian Heritage that the NHL and Senator’s bid to host an outdoor game on Parliament Hill in 2017 was dead.
Aide to minister Melanie Joly says full-stadium NHL game “was not deemed feasible and is no longer one of the options being considered"
— Don Butler (@ButlerDon) November 4, 2016
This shouldn’t come as a huge surprise - the number of logistical hurdles involved was very large. Hosting a game there was always a long shot, and the process of trying to make it happen seemed to go further than many had expected it would when the idea was first floated last year.