City secures Canadian rights to bring X Games to Calgary

Calgary has the opportunity to become the first Canadian city to join the X Games lineup if corporate sponsorship can be secured to bring the event to the city. The province, city and tourism officials are gathering at the Stampede grounds on Wednesday morning to make the announcement. Officials say exclusive Canadian rights have been secured by the city to host X Games for a minimum three year run and the city is hoping to hold events in 2020, 2021 and 2022. The deal is contingent on securing c