[3] Calgary hosted the highly successful 1988 Winter Olympics and posed the bid as "a catalyst to renew the legacies of 1988".
[5][6][7][8] A Calgary Bid Exploration Committee was established and returned a report to Council and the public.
The city partnered with Banff for its third bid and looked set to win the 1972 games, but environmental worries about plans for the development of parts of the Banff National Park meant it finished second to Sapporo, Japan.
[citation needed] Calgary won the right to represent the Canadian Olympic Association for the 1988 games, defeating a rival bid from Vancouver.
[23] Planned venues included a medium-sized arena for ice hockey with a capacity of 5000 (intended to serve as a replacement of the Stampede Corral) and a multi-sport complex for figure and short track speed skating with a capacity of 10,000.