{"id":514558,"date":"2026-03-04T21:41:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T21:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/514558\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T21:41:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T21:41:12","slug":"tourism-calgary-confirms-city-has-submitted-a-bid-for-the-2028-world-cup-of-hockey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/514558\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourism Calgary confirms city has submitted a bid for the 2028 World Cup of Hockey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The World Cup, slated to be played in February 2028, will assemble the world\u2019s top hockey players under their national banners for a best-on-best tournament. <\/p>\n<p>\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/indicator-big.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The NHL has said it will happen in locations in North America and Europe, but host cities are undetermined. <\/p>\n<p>When asked Tuesday whether Calgary and Edmonton were putting in a joint bid, Bettman said he was \u201caware of the bid\u201d but would not provide details including whether it was a joint or independent effort and from whom.<\/p>\n<p>The tourism organization in Edmonton did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters on Monday at an unrelated news conference, Calgary Mayor Jeromy Farkas said the \u201cprospect of hosting events like this are very exciting,\u201d and that he was \u201cvery much in support of a potential bid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said his support would hinge on whether it\u2019s a good business decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you can show me the value for money, I\u2019ll be the first cheerleader,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Alberta government has said it would pitch in up to $15 million to help host the tournament if one of its cities is awarded the bid.<\/p>\n<p>A successful bid would mean breaking in Calgary\u2019s new arena with an international tournament. <\/p>\n<p>The $800-million facility, Scotia Place, is a part of a larger entertainment district expected to be completed in fall 2027. It\u2019s expected to seat about 18,400 people. <\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 4, 2023. <\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The World Cup, slated to be played in February 2028, will assemble the world\u2019s top hockey players under&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":514559,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-514558","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-calgary","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-calgary","10":"tag-canada"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=514558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/514559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}