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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 ...
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.
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.
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]
The Canadian Finals Rodeo (CFR) is the national championship professional rodeo in Canada, currently held in Edmonton, Alberta; the host site from its 1974 inception through 2017, after being held in Red Deer, Alberta, from 2018 through 2023.
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Raymond is a town in southern Alberta, Canada that is surrounded by the County of Warner No. 5. It is south of Lethbridge at the junction of Highway 52 and Highway 845. Raymond is known for its annual rodeo during the first week of July and the large population of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). [7]