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Stampede Corral
The Stampede Corral was a multi-purpose venue (ice hockey, professional wrestling, rodeo, tennis) in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Located on the grounds of Stampede Park, the arena was completed in 1950 at a cost of C$1.25 million ($ million today) to replace Victoria Arena as the home of the Calgary Stampeders minor professional hockey club (not to be confused with the present-day Canadian Football League team of the same name), which hosted their Western Hockey League games for years. The Corral was built and owned by the not-for-profit Calgary Exhibition & Stampede organization, which leased the underlying land at $1/year from the city of Calgary. Seating 6,475, plus standing room, it was used during the annual Calgary Stampede, with a variety of entertainment events in each year's daily ENMAX Corral Show. In March 2016, the Calgary Stampede organization announced plans to demolish the Stampede Corral to make way for a $500 million expansion of the adjacent BMO Centre. Stampe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calgary
Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, making it the third-largest city and fifth-largest metropolitan area in Canada. Calgary is situated at the confluence of the Bow River and the Elbow River in the south of the province, in the transitional area between the Rocky Mountain Foothills and the Canadian Prairies, about east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies, roughly south of the provincial capital of Edmonton and approximately north of the Canada–United States border. The city anchors the south end of the Statistics Canada-defined urban area, the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor. Calgary's economy includes activity in the energy, financial services, film and television, transportation and logistics, technology, manufacturing, aerospace, health and wellness, retail, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmonton Flyers
The Edmonton Flyers are a defunct ice hockey team that was based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The team existed from 1940 until 1963. The Flyers played in the Edmonton Gardens. The Flyers were nominated by W. G. Hardy to represent Canada at the 1947 Ice Hockey World Championships, but the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association ultimately did not to send a team due to funding issues. The Flyers won the 1948 Allan Cup as Canadian senior hockey champions. The Flyers later won three Lester Patrick Cups as Western Hockey League champions. The Flyers were a minor league affiliate of the National Hockey League's Detroit Red Wings during their tenure in the WHL. During this time, many future NHL stars passed through the Flyers organization. Among them were Al Arbour, Johnny Bucyk, Glenn Hall, Bronco Horvath, and Norm Ullman. Season-by-season record The Flyers played in the following leagues: *1940-41: Alberta Senior Hockey League (amateur) *1941-45: Did not operate (World War II) *194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stampede Wrestling
Stampede Wrestling was a Canadian professional wrestling promotion based in Calgary, Alberta. For nearly 50 years, it was one of the main promotions in western Canada and the Canadian Prairies. Originally established by Stu Hart in 1948, the promotion competed with other promotions such as NWA All-Star Wrestling and Pacific Northwest Wrestling and regularly ran events in Calgary's Victoria Pavilion, Ogden Auditorium and the Stampede Corral between 1948 and 1984. Bought out by promoter Vince McMahon, the company was briefly run by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) before being sold back to the Hart family the following year. Run by Bruce Hart until January 1990, he and Ross Hart reopened the promotion in 1999 and began running events in the Alberta area. Along with its wrestling school known as " The Dungeon", many of the promotion's former alumni becoming some of the most popular stars in the World Wrestling Federation and other American promotions during the 1980s and 1990s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stu Hart
Stewart Edward Hart (May 3, 1915 – October 16, 2003) was a Canadian amateur and professional wrestler, wrestling booker, promoter, coach, trainer, football player and sailor. He is best known for founding and handling Stampede Wrestling, a professional wrestling promotion based in Calgary, Alberta, teaching many individuals at its associated wrestling school " The Dungeon" and establishing a professional wrestling dynasty consisting of his relatives and close trainees. As the patriarch of the Hart wrestling family, Hart is the ancestor of many wrestlers, most notably being the father of Bret and Owen Hart as well as the grandfather of Natalya Neidhart, Teddy Hart and David Hart Smith. Hart was born to a poor Saskatchewan family but became a successful amateur wrestler during the 1930s and early 1940s, holding many national championships, as well as engaging in many other sports. He began wrestling for show in 1943 with the Royal Canadian Navy while serving in World War II as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Davis Cup Americas Zone
The Americas Zone is one of three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2008. Group I Group II *Bolivia and El Salvador relegated to Group III in 2009. *Ecuador promoted to Group I in 2009. Group III *Venue: Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras (hard) *Date: 16–20 July Scores in ''italics'' carried over from groups *Guatemala and Jamaica promoted to Group II in 2009 *Aruba and Panama relegated to Group IV in 2009 Group IV *Venue: Country Club, Tegucigalpa, Honduras (hard) *Date: 16–20 July *Withdrawn: Trinidad and Tobago *Costa Rica and Haiti promoted to Group III in 2009. See also *Davis Cup structure {, class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;" , -style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#98FB98" , colspan="3", 2008 Davis Cup , -bgcolor="#B0E0E6" , rowspan="2", ← 2007 Americas Zone , style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#B0E0E6", 2008 Asia/Oceania Zone , rowspan="2" bgcolor="#B0E0E6", 2009 Americas Zone → , -style="text-align:center;" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico Davis Cup Team
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The Mexico national tennis team represents Mexico in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Federación Mexicana de Tenis. Mexico finished as runners-up in 1962 losing with Australia 5-0 in Melbourne. They currently compete in the World Group I Play-Offs. They last competed in the World Group in 1997. History Mexico competed in its first Davis Cup in 1924. Current team (2022) * Gerardo López Villaseñor * Alan Fernando Rubio Fierros * Luis Carlos Álvarez Valdés * Miguel Ángel Reyes Varela * Santiago González (''Doubles player'') See also *Davis Cup *Mexico Fed Cup team External links Davis Cup teams Davis Cup Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada Davis Cup Team
The Canada men's national tennis team represents Canada in Davis Cup tennis competition since 1913. They are overseen by Tennis Canada, the governing body of tennis in Canada. The team won their first Davis Cup in 2022, beating Australia 2-0 in the final. In its first appearance in 1913 it had reached the World Group final, losing to the United States Davis Cup team, United States 0–3. History 1913–2010: Moderate success Canada competed in its first Davis Cup in 1913. The team won its first tie, played in June at the Queen's Club, London over South Africa Davis Cup team, South Africa by a score of 4–1. The team consisted of just two players, Robert Powell (tennis), Robert Powell and Bernard Schwengers. Canada then in July easily defeated Belgium Davis Cup team, Belgium in the semi-finals 4–0. In the playoff final however, played a week later, they lost all three matches to the Americans in straight sets. (The Americans went on to defeat Great Britain in the challenge roun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988 Winter Olympics
The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games (french: XVes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Calgary 1988 ( bla, Mohkínsstsisi 1988; sto, Wîchîspa Oyade 1988 or ; cr, Otôskwanihk 1998/; srs, Guts’ists’i 1988; kut, ʔaknuqtapȼik’ 1988; den, Klincho-tinay-indihay 1988), was a multi-sport event held from February 13 to 28, 1988, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to be held for 15 days, like the counterpart Summer Olympic Games. The majority of the contested events took place in Calgary itself. However, the skiing events were held west of the city at the Nakiska ski resort in Kananaskis Country and the Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park in the town of Canmore, Alberta, Canmore. In 1988, a record 57 National Olympic Committees (NOC) sent a total of 1,423 athletes to these Games. These Winter Olympics would be the last attended one for both the Soviet Union at the Olympics, Soviet Union and Eas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ice Hockey At The 1988 Winter Olympics
Ice is water frozen into a solid state, typically forming at or below temperatures of 0 degrees Celsius or Depending on the presence of impurities such as particles of soil or bubbles of air, it can appear transparent or a more or less opaque bluish-white color. In the Solar System, ice is abundant and occurs naturally from as close to the Sun as Mercury to as far away as the Oort cloud objects. Beyond the Solar System, it occurs as interstellar ice. It is abundant on Earth's surfaceparticularly in the polar regions and above the snow lineand, as a common form of precipitation and deposition, plays a key role in Earth's water cycle and climate. It falls as snowflakes and hail or occurs as frost, icicles or ice spikes and aggregates from snow as glaciers and ice sheets. Ice exhibits at least eighteen phases ( packing geometries), depending on temperature and pressure. When water is cooled rapidly (quenching), up to three types of amorphous ice can form depending on it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Figure Skating At The 1988 Winter Olympics
Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics took place at the Stampede Corral, the Olympic Saddledome and the Father David Bauer Olympic Arena in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Medal table Participating NOCs Twenty-five nations sent figure skaters to compete in the events at Calgary. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Results Men ;Free skating final standings (top 8) Referee: * Sonia Bianchetti Assistant Referee: * Benjamin T. Wright Judges: * Elfriede Beyer * Janet G. Allen * Linda Petersen * Alexander Vedenin * Jacqueline Itschner * Junko Hiramatsu * Günter Teichmann * Jean Matthews * Gerhardt Bubník * Maria Zuchowicz (substitute) Ladies Katarina Witt became the first woman to repeat as champion since Sonja Henie. ;Free skating final standings (top 8) Referee: * Donald H. Gilchrist Assistant Referee: * Jürg Wilhelm Judges: * Peter Moser * Lucy C. Brennan * Sally-Anne Stapleford * Kazuo Ohashi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Figure Skating Championships
The World Figure Skating Championships (''"Worlds"'') is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the categories of single skating, men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Generally held in March, the World Championships are considered the most prestigious of the ISU Figure Skating Championships. With the exception of the Olympic title, a world title is considered to be the highest competitive achievement in figure skating. The corresponding competition for junior-level skaters is the World Junior Figure Skating Championships, World Junior Championships. The corresponding competition for senior-level synchronized skating is the ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships, World Synchronized Skating Championships and for junior level the ISU World Junior Synchronized Skating Championships, World Junior Synchronized Skating Championships. History The Internationale Eislauf-Vereinigung (Internat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tegan And Sara
Tegan and Sara () are a Canadian indie pop duo formed in 1998 in Calgary, Alberta. The band is led by identical twin sisters Tegan Rain Quin and Sara Keirsten Quin (born September 19, 1980). Both musicians are songwriters and multi-instrumentalists. The duo has released 10 studio albums. They have earned a Grammy nomination in 2012 for their video album '' Get Along''. Their 10th album ''Crybaby'' was released on October 21, 2022. Tegan and Sara's memoir ''High School'' was released on September 24, 2019. The TV series of the same name based on the memoir was released on Amazon Freevee in the fall of 2022. History 1995–2002: Background and early work Tegan and Sara started writing songs at 15 years old, using an old guitar they found in their basement, once owned by their then-stepfather. One of the first songs they wrote was "Tegan Didn't Go To School Today", which was written by Sara. They later sang and recorded the song on a cassette tape. The band was first called Plu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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