Calgary Event Centre

• Calgary prepares to relocate street, building and tree for new event centre

  The city plans to remove the tree that currently sits in the middle of a surface parking lot, but not without preserving some of its history.

  Canada

  Mar 18
  
• What you need to know about the City of Calgary’s event centre agreements

  The agreements between the City of Calgary, Flames ownership, Calgary Stampede and provincial government were made public Thursday after they were signed in October.

  Canada

  Feb 1
  
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• Calgarians question event centre spending as council mulls proposed tax increase

  City officials said the money for Calgary's new event centre is already accounted for and is unrelated to the potential increase to property taxes.

  Canada

  Nov 15, 2023
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• New Calgary event centre deal finalized, construction expected to begin in 2024

  After multiple starts and stops in the road to replacing Calgary’s aged Scotiabank Saddledome, the city and province announced an agreement has been finalized.

  Canada

  Oct 5, 2023
• How the new Calgary event centre deal plans to handle cost overruns, naming rights, long-term lease

  More details on the deal to replace the aging Saddledome in Calgary came to light in a Monday meeting of the city’s event centre committee.

  Canada

  Jun 5, 2023
• Calgary arena deal splits voters: poll

  In an online survey, 43 per cent of provincewide respondents approved of the new Calgary event centre deal and 50 per cent disapproved. For Calgarians, those numbers flipped.

  Canada

  May 1, 2023
• Flames arena may not sway votes in upcoming provincial election

  A political scientist says it's too early to say how a Calgary NHL arena project could play into this spring's provincial election.

  Canada

  Apr 27, 2023
• Will a new event centre improve Calgary’s tourism, concerts?

  “The best way to describe this, this opportunity is holistically because it's beyond just being an arena,” Calgary Chamber CEO Deborah Yedlin said.

  Canada

  Apr 26, 2023
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• Smith hopes event centre doesn’t become election issue, Notley wants deal details

  Alberta NDP leader Rachel Notley said the details of the event centre deal, including exposures to risk for the province, aren't scheduled to be released until after the election.

  Politics

  Apr 26, 2023
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• Global News Hour at 6 Calgary: April 25

  The city has reached an agreement in principle with Calgary Sports and Entertainment on a new event centre, the latest on the search for justice in connection with a fatal collision in Cochrane last summer and a Calgary woman renting an affordable housing unit says there aren’t enough of them available for people struggling to...

  Politics

  Apr 25, 2023