A major transformation is well underway on the Calgary Stampede grounds, with the 565,000 sq. ft. BMO Centre expansion project just a year away from completion. 

Journalists got a tour of the interior of the massive building on Thursday, showing off the site’s progress amid a mass of activity. 

“The team didn’t sit around during the pandemic and just wait and ponder and see what was going to happen,” said Kate Thompson, the president and CEO of the Calgary Municipal Land Corporation. 

“They drove, and because they drove we’re here today and able to say it’s on time and on budget.”

The budget is $500 million and the expected opening date is next June — in time for the 2024 Stampede. 

More than 600 workers are on-site each day, six days a week. At this stage, they’re putting up about 30,000 square feet of drywall every day.  

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