Pengrowth Saddledome

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The Saddledome and Calgary skyline

The Pengrowth Saddledome is the main indoor arena facility in Calgary, Canada and is situated on the east end of the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede grounds. It is also known simply as the Saddledome or even the 'Dome.

It is the home of the following teams:

Architect: Graham McCourt Architects
Engineer: Jan Bobrowski and Partners
Contractor: CANA Construction
Cost: $100,000,000 CAD
The distinctive saddle-shaped roof is an inverted hyperbolic paraboloid. It was a design borrowed from Washington D.C.'s defunct US Airways Arena. However, the roof's saddle motif tied in well with Calgary's Western heritage. Constructed using pre-cast concrete panels suspended by post-tension cables, the roof has an unobstructed 122 meter span covering 12,000 m², but is only 60 centimeters thick.
Depending on the event configuration, the facility seats up to 20,100 spectators, and includes 72 luxury suites, 2 super suites, and 6 restaurants and bars.

History

When it opened on October 15, 1983, it was known as the Olympic Saddledome as it would host the indoor ice events for the 1988 Winter Olympics. This was the first major arena in North America capable of hosting ice hockey matches on the international standard size ice sheet. The building was later renamed the Canadian Airlines Saddledome when the Calgary-based airline became the building's sponsor. This was controversial among many Calgarians who opposed the facility losing the "Olympic" name, and who were also opposed to the decision to cover the Dome's massive roof with the Canadian Airlines logo. In 2000, another company, Pengrowth Management Ltd., took over sponsorship of the complex when Canadian Airlines was acquired by Air Canada and the facility was renamed the Pengrowth Saddledome. Unlike Canadian, Pengrowth chose not to put its logo on the roof of the facility.

Ice hockey, rodeo events, dog shows, basketball, monster truck events, circus events, music concerts, tapings of Wheel of Fortune and the 2006 ISU World Figure Skating Championships have all been held at the Saddledome in its 20+ year history.

It hosted the 16th WWF In Your House pay-per-view in 1997.

The Saddledome hosts the championship game of the Mac's World Invitational AAA Midget Hockey Championship every year on January 1.

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Current arenas in the National Hockey League
Eastern Conference		Western Conference
Air Canada Centre \| BankAtlantic Center \| Bell Centre \| Continental Airlines Arena \| HSBC Arena \| Madison Square Garden \| Mellon Arena \| Nassau Coliseum \| Philips Arena \| RBC Center \| St. Pete Times Forum \| Scotiabank Place \| TD Banknorth Garden \| Verizon Center \| Wachovia Center		American Airlines Center \| Arrowhead Pond \| Gaylord Entertainment Center \| GM Place \| Glendale Arena \| HP Pavilion \| Joe Louis Arena \| Nationwide Arena \| Pengrowth Saddledome \| Pepsi Center \| Rexall Place \| Savvis Center \| Staples Center \| United Center \| Xcel Energy Center

Current arenas in the Western Hockey League
Eastern Conference		Western Conference
Art Hauser Centre \| Brandt Centre \| Centennial Civic Centre \| Cranbrook Recreational Complex \| Credit Union Centre \| ENMAX Centre \| ENMAX Centrium \| Keystone Centre \| Medicine Hat Arena \| Moose Jaw Civic Centre \| Pengrowth Saddledome		CN Centre \| Everett Events Center \| Interior Savings Centre \| KeyArena \| Memorial Coliseum \| Pacific Coliseum \| Prospera Centre \| Prospera Place \| Rose Garden Arena \| Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena \| Toyota Center

Current arenas in the National Lacrosse League

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