05-04-2023 23:47 via calgary.ctvnews.ca

Vancouver's the show-stealer, not Edmonton: Project Calgary regarding arena replacement plans

As discussion continues around the future of the aging Saddledome, one group says having a new arena comparable to Edmonton's Rogers Place isn't necessarily going to improve Calgary's music scene. The urban advocacy group Project Calgary is challenging a commonly held belief that many concerts and arena tours skip Calgary in favour of Edmonton, saying Vancouver is the bigger draw for major acts. "Even if we had the state-of-the-art arena, no doubt more modern and better than the Saddledome, the
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