OTTAWA -- Ottawa football fans will have to wait to see the face of the new CFL franchise.

With the Lansdowne Live and Frank Clair Stadium project delayed by legal battles, the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group has put its search for a GM on hold until the redevelopment is official.

The team was supposed to hit the field in 2013, but OSEG partner Jeff Hunt recently admitted that will likely be pushed back to 2014 because the first shovel isn’t due to hit the ground at Lansdowne until early next year.

However, Hunt and business partners Roger Greenberg, John Ruddy and Bill Shenkman have spoken with potential GM candidates.

“If we’re going to hire a general manager, that person is going to want to know that we’re going to play and we haven’t got that absolute certainty. We hope to have that soon,” said Hunt. “In the last reincarnation (of the CFL in Ottawa with the Renegades in 2002), I think they had nine months (to prepare) with a weaker expansion draft.