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Originally posted by SaskScraper
When international artists do concerts in Canada, they usually do a loop through Western Canada doing stops in Vanc, Cal, Edmo, Sask, Winn. In the East usually stops in Tor, Ott, Mtl.
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Originally Posted by north 42
^ Oh please! International touring acts and concerts stop in more than 3 eastern cities. London, Windsor, And halifax get many acts as they move across the country!
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The reason why i used the word 'usually' in my post is that there is of course an exception to every rule, It's just that more often than not, if there are a list of ten tour dates in Canada it's almost always Vanc, Cal, Edmo, Sask, Winn, Tor, Ott, Mtl plus with a couple other locations from other cities too.
For example:
http://www.stevemillerband.com/tour.html
http://www.hahaha.com/en/kevinhart
http://www.stomponline.com/tickets_tour.html
http://www.rodstewart.com/2017/10/30...anada-in-2018/
I really really hope that once that Maritimes arena is built that they will get at least a portion of the tours that go to Canada as well.
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Originally Posted by Calgarian
Calgary just feels like the bigger, more cosmopolitan city to me, and we get much more international travel than Edmonton and have the far busier airport as a result. Outside of the downtown core Calgary and Edmonton do feel pretty similar, there isn't really anything in one that there isn't in the other. The proximity to the mountains is a lifestyle choice and makes it a no-brainer to me, it also adds quite a bit of tourism that Edmonton doesn't get.
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I think a couple of the reasons Calgary over shadows Edmonton in the eyes of Canadians is that Calgary has the AC and Westjet hub at YYC and Calgary has the Stampede, a lot more of the head offices and of course with things like the Olympics Calgary has more of an international recognition.
For me Edmonton has always been the place where my parents would take me for weekends to visit family, go to WestEdMall/World Water Park/Galaxyland etc.
These days Edmonton's arts scene is quite prominent with one of the World's largest Fringe festivals, If only one city in Alberta is on a concert tour date it's almost always Edmonton.
Plus Sports like World Track & Field, or Canada's only host for World University Games, a host for Commonwealth games, FIFA Women's World Cup, Oilers & Eskimos Dynasties etc. Edmonton has quietly done it's thing but succeeding to punch above it's weight.
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Originally Posted by MolsonExport
Saskatoon....well that city seems to be poised for takeoff, despite Brad Wall.
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Brad Wall is no longer premier of Saskatchewan fyi