Stampede Park is different from how you last saw it

Friends, the expectation right now is that fans will be in attendance when the Calgary Flames begin their pre-season schedule on Sept. 26. For fans, it’ll be the first time they trek down to the Saddledome for a sporting event since Mar. 8, 2020 – when the Flames lost to Vegas 5-2.

A lot of things have changed at Stampede Park since the last time fans were down there – and more will change in the coming months.

The Corral is gone!

The Stampede Corral opened in 1950 and was the home of the Calgary Flames from 1980-83, as well as the city’s primary big arena until the Saddledome opened in 1983. But it was aging and the land was needed for another big project, so the Corral was completely torn…