{"id":623813,"date":"2026-04-23T18:17:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T18:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/623813\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T18:17:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T18:17:16","slug":"cebls-calgary-surge-to-host-games-in-red-deer-lethbridge-in-may-and-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/623813\/","title":{"rendered":"CEBL\u2019s Calgary Surge to host games in Red Deer, Lethbridge in May and June"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7fd5d9b9-b981-4d68-90be-f051dcd208de-scaled.jpg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(Image Credit: rdnewsNOW\/Ian Gustafson)<\/p>\n<p>By Ian Gustafson<\/p>\n<p>Professional basketball in Alberta<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tApr 23, 2026 | 10:46 AM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The Calgary Surge, a professional team in the Canadian Elite Basketball League, announced they\u2019ll play two out-of-market games this regular season in Red Deer and Lethbridge.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was made by REAL Entertainment &amp; Culture Inc., which added that the Surge will also play a game on July 9 at the Scotiabank Saddledome during the Calgary Stampede.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTens of thousands of Albertans have embraced the Surge and the CEBL, and we take seriously the responsibility that comes with that support,\u201d said Jason Ribeiro, Co-Chairman &amp; President of REAL Entertainment &amp; Culture Inc., in a media release. \u201cAs live events operators and community builders, we believe these marquee games do more than showcase great basketball \u2014 they create energy, drive economic impact, and help strengthen communities across our province. We are deeply grateful for the partnerships we\u2019ve formed with venues, municipalities, and fans that have enabled us to scale the growth of basketball across Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The first of the three will be the team\u2019s return to Red Deer for the second edition of the Surge 2 Red Deer game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Image Credit: rdnewsNOW\/Ian Gustafson) By Ian Gustafson Professional basketball in Alberta Apr 23, 2026 | 10:46 AM The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":623814,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-623813","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\/623813","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=623813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/623814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}