Red Deer: Olympic city?

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With Red Deer’s hot streak of hosting major sporting events like the Memorial Cup and Canada Winter Games in mind, rdnewsNOW asked Red Deer Mayor Tara Veer if our city could hypothetically play a role if the Olympics came back to Alberta.

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“It would depend on the terms and conditions and based on our community’s capacity to mobilize around it. I certainly think that we would have a duty to responsibly explore the opportunity if Calgary did formally approach us,” which Veer adds hasn’t happened.

“As a central city and corridor city, I would fully expect they would be approaching Red Deer if that was an area of interest for them.”

Veer also says the momentum Red Deer has garnered, as well as interest from fellow Canadians about what’s going on here has been incredible.

“Obviously Red Deer is proving itself in terms of our national and international abilities to host major sport events, so I think our community would certainly be open to that conversation,” she says.

“I think Red Deer would stand a very good chance if Calgary wanted to explore that.”