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<\/p>\n\u201cWe are working with our local partners\u2014the Edmonton Oilers and Explore Edmonton in Edmonton, and the Calgary Flames and Calgary Tourism in Calgary\u2014to present the best bid to bring the event to our province and our cities,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n
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NHL commissioner Gary Bettman was hesitant to lay out details about any potential bids during a media availability Tuesday at Scotiabank Saddledome, although he suggested there was interest.<\/p>\n
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
The NHL has said it will happen in locations in North America and Europe, but host cities are undetermined. <\/p>\n
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
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
He said his support would hinge on whether it\u2019s a good business decision.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you can show me the value for money, I\u2019ll be the first cheerleader,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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
A successful bid would mean breaking in Calgary\u2019s new arena with an international tournament. <\/p>\n
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
The Oilers play at Rogers Place, which has a capacity of 18,347 for hockey. It opened in 2016 at a cost of $613.7 million.<\/p>\n
This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 4, 2026.<\/p>\n
The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cWe are working with our local partners\u2014the Edmonton Oilers and Explore Edmonton in Edmonton, and the Calgary Flames…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":515882,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[879,49,2798,48,2467,2461,2468,2460,2462,2463,44,2464,2465,2466,82],"class_list":["post-515881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-breaking-news","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada","tag-central-vancouver-island","tag-nanaimo","tag-nanaimo-breaking-news","tag-nanaimo-news","tag-nanaimo-news-now","tag-nanaimonewsnow","tag-news","tag-oceanside","tag-parksville","tag-qualicum","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515881","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=515881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/515882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=515881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=515881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}