Ottawa Redblacks
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| Founded | 2010 |
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| Based in | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Home field | TD Place Stadium |
| Head coach | Rick Campbell |
| General manager | Marcel Desjardins |
| Owner(s) | Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (Jeff Hunt, majority owner) |
| League | Canadian Football League |
| Division | East Division |
| Colours | Black, white and red |
| Mascot(s) | Big Joe/Grand Jos |
| Grey Cup wins | 2016 |
| Website | www.ottawaredblacks.com |
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The Ottawa Redblacks (stylized by the Ottawa ownership group in all-caps as REDBLACKS) (French: Le Rouge et Noir d'Ottawa) are a professional Canadian football team based in Ottawa, Ontario. The team plays in the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
The Redblacks are the third CFL team to play in the city. The Ottawa Rough Riders, formed in 1876, were a founding member of the CFL in 1958 and played until 1996. A new Ottawa franchise was formed as the "Renegades" in 2002 and lasted until the end of the 2005 season. The Redblacks won the 2016 Grey Cup Championship, which ended a 40 year Grey Cup championship drought for the City of Ottawa.
The Ottawa Renegades abruptly ceased operations prior to the 2006 CFL season. The league liquidated the Renegades roster in a dispersal draft and placed the Ottawa CFL franchise up for sale, with the intent of eventually returning to the city.
On March 25, 2008, Jeff Hunt, the owner of the Ontario Hockey League's Ottawa 67's spearheaded a group that was awarded a franchise. The team planned to begin play in 2010, but cracks in the concrete structure in the south stands of Frank Clair Stadium led to the demolition of those stands and delayed the start of team operations. The league then set a new date of 2013 for the team's debut, but lawsuits forced the delay of reconstruction of the stadium to be pushed back even further. The team and league then announced plans to play at a remodelled Frank Clair Stadium—now called TD Place Stadium—by 2014 if construction remained on schedule. In 2008, the franchise was conditionally awarded the right to host the 2014 Grey Cup game, but the owners preferred to postpone the game for a few years to give the franchise a better chance to play in the championship game. In any event, after lawsuits and delays, the stadium renovations were not completed until 2014. Hosting the Grey Cup is a condition included in the agreement of franchise ownership. A C$7-million franchise fee was reported to have been paid to the CFL.
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