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Originally Posted by Barnes
I agree, Calgary severely lacks space for these types of conferences where smaller rooms are required for talks/presentations. In terms of exhibition space, Stampede is just ok. The GO Expo in June has 20,000 attendees and the Global petroleum Show is 63,000 but the conference side of both shows is really small in comparison.
Aside from what has been posted here in terms of hotel development, there are plenty of plans for even more.
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Just to clarify the Go Expo, Global petroleum Show and Comic show type numbers. Those are entries cumulatively totaled over the length of the event. It does not mean 63,000 people would be in the BMO centre for the global Petroleum Show. The space cannot hold those type of numbers - not even close.
I've been to an event, for example, with 35,000 attendees, but over the course of about 5 days, they would have been counted as ~300,000. Big difference between how the numbers are presented and the real number of people.
Anyway, next time I see Ken I'll asking him about the full breadth of what is being contemplated.
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