10 Facts About Scotiabank Saddledome

Scotiabank Saddledome is a multi-use indoor arena in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Scotiabank Saddledome is owned by the City of Calgary, who leases it to the Scotiabank Saddledome Foundation, a non-profit organization, to oversee its operation.

The winning name in the contest, Olympic Scotiabank Saddledome, was drawn from a hat filled with several similar saddle-themed names.

Designers won several architectural and engineering awards for their work on the Scotiabank Saddledome, and were honoured by the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada at its millennium celebration of architecture in 2000.

Scotiabank Saddledome was one of many buildings impacted by the 2013 Alberta floods.

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The Scotiabank Saddledome is the home of the Calgary Roughnecks of the National Lacrosse League and hosted the 2005 NLL All-Star Game.

Opening of the Scotiabank Saddledome allowed Calgary to host major musical acts that were bypassing the city in the early 1980s, because the city's existing facilities were not large enough to accommodate the industry's top performers.

The Scotiabank Saddledome Foundation retains the responsibility of distributing funds to amateur sport.

Scotiabank Saddledome is one of the oldest arenas in the NHL and the oldest among the seven Canadian franchises, fuelling speculation that it is due to be replaced.

The proposal was shot down in 2017 by Calgary's city council, who voted to support a "plan B" of a new arena on a site adjacent to the existing Scotiabank Saddledome, which is currently used as a parking lot for the Stampede grounds.