A venue with a capacity between 5,000 and 8,000 seats "is what every market needs," one local promoters says.

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While the Lansdowne 2.0 proposal received mixed reviews from public delegations over a 10-hour committee meeting, music industry experts gave the new event centre a standing ovation. Article content

“ This is exactly what Ottawa needs ,” said Ken Craig, the venerable local concert promoter whose career has spanned more than four decades as the driving force behind some of the biggest names in the music business performing in the nation’s capital. Article content Article content

Craig received the Order of Ottawa a year ago and told the finance and corporate services committee that about half of his career was tied to Lansdowne Park.

“I have done so many

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