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The National Capital Commission could determine later this month what’s next for the Senators’ bid to build an arena downtown at LeBreton Flats.

Awarded the right to negotiate to build on the site by the NCC’s board of directors in April, the RendezVous LeBreton group — led by Senators’ owner Eugene Melnyk — submitted responses to questions on portions of their bid before a deadline that was set for Monday.

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The Senators had no comment when contacted by Postmedia, but this was a significant hurdle because it allows the negotiations to move to the next stage.

Now, the NCC will study those responses and then decide during its board of directors meeting on Nov. 24 in Ottawa what the next step in the negotiation process will be for the RendezVous bid.

It’s believed the RendezVous group had to provide more details for its proposals — including some planning designs and the economics of the stadium — but everybody is being tight-lipped because there’s still plenty of hurdles to overcome before this is a reality.