Attendees at the Calgary Stampede on July 5th, 2019. (Supplied by Bill Marsh / Calgary Stampede)

By David Opinko

Huge Crowds at Calgary Stampede

Calgary Stampede had second-best attendance ever in 2019

Jul 15, 2019 | 11:45 AM

CALGARY, AB – 1,275,465 people made their way to this year’s Calgary Stampede over the last 10 days.

According to official numbers by the group, this was the second-highest attendance in their history behind only the 2012 centennial event. A publication from CBC seven years ago reported that more than 1.4-million went to that festival.

This year’s event was around 4,224 people higher than in 2018.

The five-year average for Stampede attendance is 1,201,238.

“We’d like to thank Calgarians, our neighbours, guests and international visitors from around the world,” reads a press release from the Calgary Stampede.

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The festival generated as much as $250-million in total economic benefit to local businesses and the local, provincial, and federal governments.

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