Calgary Stampede

About

The Calgary Stampede is a not-for-profit community organization that runs Stampede Park in Calgary, Alberta, including the annual July rodeo and western festival, an agriculture and western events program, concerts and shows, a powwow, and a meetings and events venue business. It describes itself as being supported by more than 2,500 volunteers and 1,200 year-round employees, governed by a volunteer board of directors, and contributing over $721 million in annual economic impact to the Alberta economy. The organization dates to 1886 and receives public support from the City of Calgary and the …