Jay McNeil<\/a>. \u201cWe also thank our partners at the City of Calgary, the Province of Alberta and Tourism Calgary for their support in this endeavour and we look forward to working together to host a spectacular Grey Cup.<\/p>\n\u201cCalgary has a longstanding tradition of hosting world-class events and we know the city will rise to the occasion in 2026 and deliver an incredible experience for fans from across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTourism Calgary is thrilled to have partnered with the Calgary Stampeders to bid and win the 2026 Grey Cup,\u201d said Tourism Calgary CEO Alisha Reynolds. \u201cThis event will not only deliver upwards of $50 million economic impact driving big business for our hotels, restaurants and retailers, it will also bring together our love for Canadian football and showcase our Blue Sky City hospitality. We can\u2019t wait to welcome fans of all ages from across the country to experience this memorable event.\u201d<\/p>\n
This will be the sixth time Calgary hosts the Grey Cup \u2013 the game was previously played at McMahon in 1975, 1993, 2000, 2009 and 2019.<\/p>\n
The Grey Cup game is part of a week-long festival featuring activities for fans of all ages, parties and top-class entertainment. <\/p>\n
About the Calgary Stampeders<\/p>\n
The Calgary Stampeder Football Club was founded in 1945. The team has finished first in their division 21 times, has made 17 Grey Cup appearances and has won the championship on eight occasions. The Stampeders are proud members of the Calgary and Southern Alberta communities and are actively involved in a number of causes, with amateur football and health and wellness programs being particular areas of focus.<\/p>\n
About the Canadian Football League<\/p>\n
Built on a foundation of more than 110 years of football tradition and history, the Canadian Football League features nine teams, millions of fans, and a commitment to service to the community, as well as elite sport. <\/p>\n
About Tourism Calgary<\/p>\n
Tourism Calgary works to bring large conferences and events to Calgary as part of its mandate to increase visitation to the city. In 2023, we hosted more than 170 meetings and events that created $227 million in economic impact for our community. In 2023, Calgary saw an estimated 8.4 million visitors and a resulting visitor spend of $3.1 billion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Canadian Football League on Friday announced that the Calgary Stampeders will host the Grey Cup in 2026.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77712,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-77711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77711","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=77711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}