Calgary Event Centre
Province: Alberta
City/Region: Calgary
Image Credit: DIALOG + HOK
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Project Rank
Project Start: 2021
Project End: 2024
Project Type: Public Spaces
Industry Sector: Buildings
Project Amount: $608.5 million
Date of Completion: 2024
Funding Source: Public/Private
Municipal Funding: $277.5 million
Private Funding: $321 million (Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corp.)
Previous Rankings
| 2022 | 84 |
| 2021 | 82 |
About The Project
In July 2019, the City of Calgary and Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corporation, agreed to fundamental terms and conditions for the development and construction of a new public sports and entertainment event centre. The new centre will be home to the city’s NHL, NLL, and WHL sports teams, as well as serve as a venue to attract top-tier music concerts, family shows, televised Award shows and international sporting competitions. The project also includes outdoor plaza infrastructure enhancements along Stampede Trail. Construction is scheduled to get underway in 2022 and wrap up by the end of 2024.
Project Owner: City of Calgary
Project/Construction Manager: Calgary Municipal Land Corporation; CANA Construction, Mortenson (construction mgmt.)
Engineer: Entuitive, Thornton (structural); DIALOG, ME, Designcore (electrical); Remedy, ME (mechanical)
Other Key Players: DIALOG, HOK (prime design team); EY (financial advisor to the authority)
Key Players
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Gold (15-19 Projects)
Silver (10-14 Projects)
Bronze (5-9 Projects)
- ACCIONA Infrastructure Canada
- Accuracy
- Alstom
- Associated Engineering
- Black & McDonald
- Blake, Cassels & Graydon
- Cartel Communication Systems
- COWI
- Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
- DECAST Ltd.
- DIALOG
- EBC Inc.
- FlatironDragados
- GeoVerra
- HDR
- Hemmera
- Infrata
- Kasian
- Lakeland Consulting Inc.
- Lavery, de Billy
- LRI Engineering
- McMillan LLP
- Montrose Environmental
- Mott MacDonald
- Mulvey & Banani
- NORR Architects & Engineers Ltd.
- Osler
- Parkin Architects Ltd.
- Plenary Americas
- R.V. Anderson
- STRABAG Inc.
- Tiree
- Torys

