{"id":679271,"date":"2026-05-19T08:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T08:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/679271\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T08:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T08:36:11","slug":"edmonton-elks-fan-day-kicks-off-in-spruce-grove-at-fuhr-sports-park-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/679271\/","title":{"rendered":"Edmonton Elks Fan Day Kicks Off in Spruce Grove at Fuhr Sports Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/img-9145-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Football fans where invited to Fuhr Sports Park in Spruce Grove for the 2026 Edmonton Elks Fan Day. The event featured player meet-and-greets, family activities, flag football, entertainment and a chance for fans to celebrate the upcoming CFL season.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Morris, President and CEO of the Edmonton Elks spoke with CFWE on the connections fans make with the players, while inspiring youth within the community.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media-cdn.socastsrm.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/3142\/files\/2026\/05\/edmonton-elks-fan-day-audio-clip-01.mp3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/media-cdn.socastsrm.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/3142\/files\/2026\/05\/edmonton-elks-fan-day-audio-clip-01.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40649\" class=\"wp-image-40649 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779179770_237_img-9135-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Morris, President and CEO of the Edmonton Elks at Fan Day in Fuhr Sports Park in Spruce Grove\" width=\"649\" height=\"433\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-40649\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chris Morris, President and CEO of the Edmonton Elks at Fan Day in Fuhr Sports Park in Spruce Grove<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Morris speaks on the Youth Flag football games that took place inside the Fan Day event, giving youth the inspiration to continue their passion for the sport of football.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media-cdn.socastsrm.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/3142\/files\/2026\/05\/edmonton-elks-fan-day-audio-clip-02.mp3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/media-cdn.socastsrm.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/3142\/files\/2026\/05\/edmonton-elks-fan-day-audio-clip-02.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Elks kick off their preseason on May 23rd in BC, when they take on the Lions<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cfweradio.ca\/2026\/05\/18\/edmonton-elks-fan-day-kicks-off-in-spruce-grove-at-fuhr-sports-park\/701290635_122323678550010492_2782076684826838085_n\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40663 nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-40663\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/701290635-122323678550010492-2782076684826838085-n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"880\" height=\"587\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Football fans where invited to Fuhr Sports Park in Spruce Grove for the 2026 Edmonton Elks Fan Day.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":679272,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[901,32920,49,48,32921,32927,4398,23752,32919,32924,32922,32923,32926,32918,7607,32925],"class_list":["post-679271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edmonton","tag-alberta","tag-alberta-radio","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canada-radio","tag-classic-country","tag-country-music","tag-edmonton","tag-edmonton-radio","tag-first-nations","tag-fort-mcmurray","tag-grande-prairie","tag-hot-country","tag-indigenous","tag-media","tag-radio-advertising"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679271","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=679271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/679272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=679271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=679271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=679271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}