If you’ve walked past Lansdowne Park this year, you’ve seen the cranes. Phase one of Lansdowne 2.0, the City’s $418.8-million redevelopment approved by council in 2025, started construction in January 2026.
The first piece is a new 6,600-seat event centre on the east side of the stadium, meant for concerts, sports and community events. By the middle of the year, excavation was nearly finished, new underground services were in, and much of the event centre’s foundation had been poured. It’s expected to be done in 2028.
Phase two is the rebuilt north-side stands, with about 12,400 seats, targeted for substantial completion by the end of 2030. The plan also includes two residential towers north of the stands, to be developed by Mirabella Development Corporation, but their timing hasn’t been set.
In the meantime, most of Lansdowne keeps working as usual. The shops and restaurants, the internal roads and the underground parking garage are open, and so are the playground, skate park, basketball court, skating court and water plaza.
The project hasn’t been without controversy. The Glebe Community Association opposed parts of the plan, and many residents raised concerns about cost and the scale of the towers. That debate has now moved from whether it happens to how construction is managed.
For Glebe homeowners, the next few years mean construction noise and traffic on the streets closest to Lansdowne, especially along Holmwood and the Queen Elizabeth Driveway side. Longer term, a new event centre and more residents at Lansdowne should mean more activity on Bank Street. If you’re buying near the park, visit on an event night to see what it’s like.
Sources: Ontario Construction News, the Glebe Report and CBC News Ottawa.
Photo by Municipal Affairs and Housing, licensed under CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.