{"id":829977,"date":"2026-07-27T21:14:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T21:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/829977\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T21:14:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T21:14:12","slug":"calgarys-olympic-oval-is-getting-an-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/829977\/","title":{"rendered":"Calgary&#8217;s Olympic Oval is getting an upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Calgary\u2019s Olympic Oval is getting an upgrade.<\/p>\n<p>The federal and provincial governments are equally splitting a $52-million contribution to the renewal of the speedskating facility built for the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.<\/p>\n<p>The oval on the University of Calgary campus has served as a community, university and high-performance athletic facility and the home of the national speedskating team for almost four decades.<\/p>\n<p>The oval\u2019s ability to make ice is nearing the end of its life, however, because of brine leaks in aging pipe connections in its floor.<\/p>\n<p>The federal government announced an additional investment of $7.67 million into ski and snowboard facilities in Quebec, Yukon, Alberta and B.C.<\/p>\n<p>The feds also announced a $3-million top-up to the Athletic Assistance Program, which provides Canada\u2019s high-performance athletes monthly cheques to help pay their bills.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Calgary as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=calgary.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784110070_915_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Calgary\u2019s Olympic Oval is getting an upgrade. The federal and provincial governments are equally splitting a $52-million contribution&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":829978,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":["post-829977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829977","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=829977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/829978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=829977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=829977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=829977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}