{"id":872572,"date":"2026-08-26T21:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T21:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/872572\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T21:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T21:38:10","slug":"flames-to-wear-patch-to-commemorate-final-season-at-saddledome-in-2026-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/872572\/","title":{"rendered":"Flames to wear patch to commemorate final season at Saddledome in 2026-27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/hockey\/nhl\/teams\/calgary-flames\/\" class=\"sn-team-post-link\" target=\"_self\" data-team=\"calgary-flames\" data-league=\"nhl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Calgary Flames<\/a> are celebrating their one last ride at the Saddledome. <\/p>\n<p>The Flames are set to wear patches on their jerseys for 2026-27 to commemorate the final season at their longtime arena, according to Sportsnet&#8217;s Eric Francis.<\/p>\n<p>The shoulder patch features the years 1983 and 2027 to mark the span of time the organization spent playing at the Saddledome.<\/p>\n<p>It also includes its nickname, &#8216;the Dome,&#8217; and reads &#8220;farewell season&#8221; underneath.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Flames, the patch&#8217;s shape is intended to resemble the banners hanging from the rafters. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, its upper border is meant to mimic the Saddledome&#8217;s iconic roofline.<\/p>\n<p>Calgary&#8217;s new arena, Scotia Place, is scheduled to open in the fall of 2027 ahead of the 2027-28 NHL season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It has more bathrooms. It has more amenities. It\u2019s just going to be incredible. This building has been well thought out and as a result, it\u2019s going to work very well for its intended purposes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scotia Place will play host to six round-robin games and one elimination game for the World Cup of Hockey in February 2028.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Calgary Flames are celebrating their one last ride at the Saddledome. The Flames are set to wear&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":872573,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-872572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872572","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=872572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/872573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=872572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=872572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=872572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}