32 Facts About Calgary Stampede

Calgary Stampede'sclaim was upheld in courts, but he was awarded only $2,750 plus legal fees.

The most profitable, the 1925 silent film The Calgary Stampede, used footage from the rodeo and exposed people across North America to the event.

Calgary Stampede was transformed from an agricultural community into the oil and gas capital of Canada.

The 7,500-seat Calgary Stampede Corral was completed in 1950 as the largest indoor arena in Western Canada.

The Big Four Building, named in honour of the Calgary Stampede's benefactors, opened in 1959 to serve as the city's largest exhibition hall in the summer, and was converted into a 24-sheet curling facility each winter.

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The Calgary Stampede exceeded one million visitors for the first time in 1976.

Calgary Stampede officials promised that the event would be staged as planned.

Community-oriented events held in compliance with Alberta public health orders were organized on the original dates of the Calgary Stampede, including pop-up drive-throughs offering pancakes and midway food staples, and maintaining the event's fireworks show.

On May 14, the Calgary Stampede announced that it did plan to hold an in-person event for 2021, but that the structure of the event would have to be "very different" to comply with whatever public health orders will be in effect by then.

Decision to go on with the Calgary Stampede was met with mixed reactions, including concerns that it could become a superspreading event because Alberta's reopening criteria were based only on the first vaccine dose and not being fully vaccinated.

The first Calgary Stampede parade, held in 1912, was attended by 75,000 people, greater than the city's population at the time.

The first of its kind in North America, the Calgary Stampede Ranch operates a breeding program that produces some of the top rodeo stock in the world and supplies rodeos throughout southern Alberta, and as far south as Las Vegas.

Calgary Stampede midway has been operated by North American Midway Entertainment, and its predecessor Conklin Shows, since 1976.

Calgary Stampede Market is located in the BMO Centre on the northwest corner of the park.

Calgary Stampede Park has long been a central gathering place for Calgarians and tourists.

The Stoneys famously boycotted the 1950 Calgary Stampede following a rule change that cancelled a policy giving any Indigenous person free admittance upon showing their treaty card.

In 1982, the Calgary Stampede Foundation set up the Young Canadians School of Performing Arts to offer professional training to singers and dancers between the ages of 7 and 19, paid for by scholarships from the Calgary Stampede organization.

Calgary Stampede Showband was created in 1971 to serve as the organization's musical ambassadors.

The Calgary Stampede Showriders were created in 1985 as a precision equestrian drill team and colour guard that accompanies the Showband.

Calgary Stampede has attempted to balance rodeo tradition against the concerns of animal welfare groups who argue that the sport is inhumane.

The Calgary Stampede altered its policies in 2010 to enforce the rules of the Canadian Professional Rodeo Association.

Additionally, the Calgary Stampede was the first rodeo to introduce a no-time penalty for competitors who make a dangerous tackle in the steer wrestling event.

Several more changes were made in 2011, the rule changes were announced after six animals died at the 2010 Calgary Stampede and were met with mixed reactions from both cowboys and animal welfare groups.

One of the deadliest incidents in Calgary Stampede history occurred in 2005 when, late in a trail ride meant to help celebrate the province's centennial, a group of about 200 horses spooked and in the melee nine horses were killed after they were pushed off a city bridge into the Bow River.

However, the community and corporate events held during the Calgary Stampede create social networking opportunities and help newcomers acclimatize to the city.

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The Calgary Stampede is an important stop for political leaders as part of their annual summer tours of the country, sometimes called the barbecue circuit.

Size and number of parties each year during Stampede is viewed as an indicator of Calgary's economic strength.

Part of the event's success can be attributed to the close relationship the Calgary Stampede has often shared with both the civic government and community leaders.

The Calgary Stampede operates on city-owned land, pays no property tax on its lease, and typically faces little to no political interference from City Hall.

Likewise, the Calgary Stampede has support from the media, which has been accused of providing an inordinate amount of positive coverage to the event while trivializing negative aspects.

In terms of economic impact, the Calgary Stampede is the highest grossing festival in Canada, ahead of Ottawa's Winterlude, the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto, and the Just for Laughs festival in Montreal.

Calgary Stampede officials have made similar claims, arguing that the event is one of Canada's most important tourist attractions.