Calgary confirmed as X Games host for next 3 years
Photo via Tourism CalgaryPhoto via Markus Keller
Hey pro-Olympics bidders! All hope is not lost. Well, it is for the Olympics, but we’re talking about bigger picture here, since The X Games are (probably) coming to Calgary!
Ol’ Cowtown just secured the exclusive rights to host the X Games over the next three years. What does that mean? Well, a whole lotta amazing snowboarding, skiing, and snowmobiling will be coming our way faster than you can say “shred it, brOooOo!”. (That is, assuming we can snag some corporate sponsorships.)
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If everything does go as planned, this would be the first X Games hosted on Canadian snow. Crazy, since our country is literally known for its winters, but whatever. We’re not that salty about it.
A successful games here could result in a $75 million boost annual economic activity, roughly 75K total spectators for each year, and over 10K out-of-region visitors… so basically, this could be really, really good for us.
Everything would be starting late February/early March 2020, which really isn’t so far at all. Fingers crossed that the City of Calgary and Government of Alberta pull through on this one!
Calgary X Games
When: 2020 to 2022
Where: Calgary Stampede and WinSport Canada
