The group proposing a massive redevelopment of Lansdowne Park is adjusting the football stadium plan to accommodate a United Soccer League franchise.
USL officials in Florida have confirmed they hope to place a team in the capital for the 2011 season.
The Canadian Football League has already awarded a tentative expansion team to Lansdowne Live, which will unveil its design to city council on Sept. 2.
The Lansdowne Live bid currently includes plans to build a multi-use, open-air stadium at Lansdowne Park, which would bring a CFL franchise to Ottawa. It also promises to redevelop the area into a "people place" and includes plans for a refurbished arena, exhibition space, formal gardens and ponds and commercial buildings.
Instead of accepting the plan as it stands, the city is working with the group to reach an agreement on how to move forward with reshaping Lansdowne Park.
Plans for the city to provide 30-acres of land and $10 million in cash to help Eugene Melnyk in his bid to build a soccer stadium in Kanata have been put on hold until council votes on the final Lansdowne Live proposal.
Melnyk sought to attract a Major League Soccer franchise to the new stadium.
