Architect: Populous
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Completion Date: 2024
Each July, over one million people descend on Western Canada for the Calgary Stampede, one of the largest rodeos in the world. The event is hosted in Stampede park, a sprawling venue along the Elbow River home to the Scotiabank Saddledome, GMC Stadium, the Calgary Stampede Stadium, and a recently re-designed BMO Centre, the city’s premier convention center.
Designed by Populous, the new BMO Centre is clad in composite metal panels in a range of copper tones, evoking associations to barn siding and belt buckles. Likewise, the building’s sweeping form draws from a bevy of nature-inspired metaphors, referencing Alberta’s rolling hills and the Elbow and Bow Rivers that bisect Calgary.
