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Ottawa Charge Shifts Home Arena to Canadian Tire Centre, Home of NHL’s Senators
The PWHL team is expected to announce it will play home games at the Canadian Tire Centre after averaging 13,416 fans there in the playoffs.
- On Thursday, the Ottawa Charge announced a move to the Canadian Tire Centre, where the Professional Women's Hockey League team will share the arena with the NHL's Ottawa Senators. Senators president and CEO Cyril Leeder joined the announcement.
- Capacity constraints at TD Place Arena prompted the departure, as planned renovations would have reduced seating to less than 6,000. The Charge also rejected the new Lansdowne Park arena, citing insufficient capacity compared to their previous home's 9,500-seat availability.
- Attendance data substantiates the relocation: the Charge averaged over 13,000 fans during four playoff games at the CTC this spring and drew 17,114 spectators to a regular-season game against the Montreal Victoire on April 3, 2026.
- Lansdowne Park becomes available for the Ontario Hockey League's Ottawa 67's, who appear poised to become the primary sports tenant at the new arena under construction. The Charge's departure reshapes Ottawa's sports venue landscape.
- Meanwhile, the NHL's Senators continue exploring a potential move to a new downtown arena at Lebreton Flats, though construction has not yet begun. The Charge's relocation sets the stage for evolving arena dynamics in Ottawa.
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Ottawa Charge shifts home arena to Canadian Tire Centre, home of NHL's Senators
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Charge are moving to the Canadian Tire Centre.
·Winnipeg, Canada
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It is now official: an agreement has been reached for the Ottawa Charge to evolve at the Canadian Tire Centre in the long term. It is not only the games that will be played in Kanata, but also the trainings. The Charge also wants to attract future independent players and opens the door to future collaborations, including double programs. This agreement stems from a desire of the Charge to move since the new arena planned for the Lansdowne 2.0 pr…
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