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The Calgary Stampede is an annual rodeo, exhibition, and festival held every July in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.The ten-day event, which bills itself as "The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth", [2] attracts over one million visitors per year and features one of the world's largest rodeos, a parade, midway, stage shows, concerts, agricultural competitions, chuckwagon racing, and First Nations ...
Ponoka Stampede in Ponoka being Canada's largest 7-day Pro Rodeo. Raymond Stampede in Raymond being Canada's first and oldest rodeo, started in 1902. Strathmore Stampede in Strathmore Canada's 3rd largest rodeo. Wildrose Rodeo Finals in Barrhead; Stavely Pro Rodeo in Stavely, Alberta being the world's first indoor rodeo.
The Peavey Mart Centrium (formerly ENMAX Centrium) is a two-tier 7,111-seat multi-purpose arena in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. The arena is a multi-use facility accommodating national events, concerts, hockey, rodeo, trade shows, and even graduations. It was built in 1991 and is the home arena of the Red Deer Rebels hockey team. The arena can ...
Knight is considered a pioneer of rodeo in Canada, having coined the terms "stampede" and "stampeding," which are now widely used to refer to rodeo events. In 1903, Raymond Knight financed the construction of Canada's first permanent rodeo grounds, which featured an oval track, a single bucking chute, and a covered grandstand.
GMC Stadium is a 17,000-seat, plus 8,000 more with standing room, stadium in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.It annually hosts the rodeo, the chuckwagon races and the evening grandstand show portions of the Calgary Stampede.
Calgary Stampede rodeo champions have won their respective events in one of the largest rodeos in the world; the rodeo is the heart of the Calgary Stampede. [1] With a prize of $50,000 to the winner of each major discipline, it offers one of the richest payouts in rodeo competition. [2]
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The Bar U Ranch National Historic Site, located near Longview, Alberta, is a preserved ranch that for 70 years was one of the leading ranching operations in Canada.At its peak, the ranch extended over 160,000 acres (65,000 ha) with 30,000 cattle and 1000 Percheron horses.