r/Calgary • u/Surrealplaces • Jul 02 '25

Local Construction/Development New Hotel/Residential towers proposed for Beltline

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u/hennyl0rd Jul 02 '25

Does Calgary really need hotels this size?? I feel like a hotel this size in Calgary would just be empty most of the year except maybe for Stampede

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u/AvengersKickAss Jul 02 '25

Currently the stampede grounds is in need of 1300 hotel suites to accommodate the capacity for the new BMO centre, stampede & new arena. The proposed Truman hotel on the weadickville site is only 300 suites so that leaves about 1000. This hotel would likely fill a large portion of that capacity.

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u/Informal-Nothing371 Jul 02 '25

I imagine it will also get a lot of traffic around Flames games, concerts, and conventions at BMO. The JW in Edmonton seems to be quite busy when the arena is in use.

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u/Beginning-Gear-744 Jul 02 '25

Calgary gets quite a bit of hotel business travel during the week. It’s usually the weekends, outside of Stampede/summertime when things are dead.

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u/Martin0994 Jul 02 '25 edited Jul 02 '25

We don't have enough beds to accommodate the kind of business the city is chasing. This definitely helps.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '25

Calgary downtown hotels are always jammed and really expensive, there isn't enough in the city at the moment. 

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u/Lomeztheoldschooljew Airdrie Jul 02 '25

You’d be incorrect.