This will most definitely be a “work in progress”.  I’ve done a quick bit of research, and confirmed that last Friday’s Ottawa Business Journal (OBJ) article on the Ottawa Stadium Group’s proposal is indeed their third on the subject.

(Businessman reveals ambitious plans for Lynx Stadium)
(Developer hopes to help settle dispute between Lynx, city)
(Lynx stadium roof project and Can-Am baseball to co-exist: proponent)

In my post on Saturday, I hinted that the OBJ appears to have a bit of an editorial bias away from baseball.  Certainly the “Time to employ a little creative destruction” piece strengthens my argument.  If you take a quick look at their archives, it seems that a lot of business people share the “anything but baseball” view - convention space, casinos, big-box retail, and perhaps not surprisingly, soccer.  But the soccer angle seems to go back a little further than I first realized - and this is where I’d like to recruit some investigational assistance.  For example, here’s a story I dug out of the OBJ archives from January of this year.  Money quote:

The EODSL has made no secret of its interest in making Ottawa the future home of a premiere regional soccer facility, possibly by converting Lynx Stadium into a modern but cozy soccer venue.

But Mr. Troy is keeping speculation to a minimum, for now. Toronto, not Ottawa, has the big money to invest.

“It would be really nice to have a smaller, modern stadium,” he said. “Toronto FC, and (owners) Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, put a significant investment in the sport. Ottawa’s not there yet.”

It would be interesting to find out just how far back all of this goes.  And of course, there’s always the parking lot issue that was never (in my opinion) sufficiently investigated by the press. 

Wanted:  Anyone with a computer, “Google” and a little spare time.