Arena lease battle for storied Ontario junior hockey club back (again) at council [Video]

The lease arrangements at the Tribute Communities Centre between the Oshawa Generals hockey club and the City of Oshawa will be the subject of a closed-door session of council Friday morning, with councillors being asked to “reconsider” parts of a two-year-old decision made on the club’s future in Oshawa.

In 2023 Generals owner Rocco Tullio threatened to move the storied franchise out of downtown Oshawa when the lease expires in 2031 and throw all his chips in with the man behind Durham Live and the Pickering Casino Resort development.

Multiple news reports at the time had Tullio expressing frustration with Oshawa Council for not meeting a list of demands he had provided, with the Windsor-based businessman claiming he had a “deal” with Steve Apostolopoulos, the billionaire entrepreneur and Managing Partner of Triple Group of Companies to move the team to a still-to-be-built arena as part of the casino development.

Apostolopoulos, …