Calgary Stampede closes in on all time attendance record

The Calgary Stampede is closing successful connected its all-time attendance grounds group much than a decade ago.

During a property convention connected Sunday, officials pinch nan Greatest Outdoor Show connected Earth announced aft 9 days, nan Stampede has welcomed 1,331,280 guests to nan stampede grounds.

The largest stampede attendance ever was group backmost successful 2012, pinch 1,409,371 during its centennial celebration.

Calgary Stampede CEO Joel Cowley said while these numbers are thing to celebrate, he doesn’t group attendance goals.

“I group acquisition goals,” said Cowley.

“If everyone who comes (to) Stampede Park during nan Calgary Stampede, and rather frankly passim nan twelvemonth pinch our burgeoning convention, Advanced Business, if everyone has a awesome experience, we are successful.”

Will Osler, president of nan Calgary Stampede and chair of nan board, said while nan “attendance numbers are great,” it’s nan impermanent acquisition that is astir important.

“When we get it correct and I deliberation we did this twelvemonth … and we connection those impermanent experiences, those awesome experiences past they’re gonna come,” he said.

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The 2024 version of nan stampede group attendance records during Tim Horton’s family time connected July 7, erstwhile 201,260 guests were successful attendance. During TC Energy day, 141,053 visitors went done nan park’s gates.

As well, much than 350,000 group lined nan streets of Calgary for nan yearly Calgary Stampede parade.

During its last time connected Sunday, nan Calgary Stampede said it would request 78,091 visitors to participate nan parkland to break nan all-time record.

The Calgary Stampede will return to nan metropolis connected July 4, 2025.