Calgary: A City of Wealth and Culture

Calgary hosts the largest outdoor rodeo on the planet. The Calgary Stampede attracts over one

million visitors every July and pumps more than three hundred million dollars into the

local economy in just ten days. The city was named after a beach in Scotland,

not anything cowboy related like most people assume. Calgary has the highest number of

millionaires per capita in Canada, with the oil and gas industry creating massive wealth.

The town was actually dry until nineteen sixty seven, meaning no alcohol could be legally

sold for decades. Today Calgary boasts more restaurants per capita than any other Canadian

city. The Calgary Tower can withstand earthquakes and winds up to one hundred sixty