The Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corporation (CSEC) is a privately owned

professional sports In professional sports, as opposed to amateur sports, participants receive payment for their performance. Professionalism in sport has come to the fore through a combination of developments. Mass media and increased leisure have brought l ...

and entertainment company based in

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, Canada formed in 2012 and owned by

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, Allan Markin, Jeffrey McCaig,

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, and Byron Seaman. It succeeded the Calgary Flames Limited Partnership (CFLP), which represented the group that has owned the

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of the

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(NHL) since 1980. CFLP subsequently acquired ownership of the

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of the

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(WHL), the Calgary Roughnecks of the

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(NLL), the

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of the

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(CFL), and the

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of the

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(AHL). The group also manages the

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arena in Calgary. It formerly owned the

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of the

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until selling it to a local ownership group. CSEC is privately owned by the six owners that formed the CFLP, minus

, who died in 2018, and is chaired by

. Ken King was the chief executive officer until his death in 2020.

Assets

Calgary Sports and Entertainment owns and operates five franchises based in Calgary including the Flames' minor league affiliate, the Calgary Wranglers. Additionally, CSEC has a management agreement with the City of Calgary to operate the

arena which serves as the home venue of the Flames, Hitmen and Roughnecks. In August 2015, the CSEC proposed a new multi-purpose sports venue in Calgary.

References

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