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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
Uh, that is kind of surprising, but I wasn't really talking about people from western Canada.
The Stampede trumps it up as this big family affair with tourists from all over the world. If that is true, well, I just know some of them are just a little disappointed. If Otto from Hamburg bundles up his wife and kids and comes all the way here for the Stampede, I gotta think he looks around at the Stampede grounds and says "vee picked dis over Dissneyland"?
Maybe I'm wrong. Or maybe because since I've seen it all my life, I don't understand why anyone would choose a "Stampede Vacation" when there are so many other things to do in the world.
Could be that I'm just like the kid with the swimming pool. I've gone swimming a million times, I'm sick of swimming.
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I agree with you on this. The actual fair and rides part of stampede actually goes all over the place doesn't it? Doesnt the same crew end up at klondike days in Edmonton and PNE in Vancouver? And the stuff in the roundup centre is basically late night infomercials in person.
The only thing that can be considered distinct is the rodeo and western themed stuff. But then again you can go to Nashville any time if you're a country music fan. And i'm sure there's rodeo in numerous other North American cities, probably more frequent than in Calgary.
As far as Calgary's history and culture goes, doesn anyone go to stampede and really think about Calgary's heritage? Its a big commercial fair with really generic western themes. There doesn't seem to be any genuine culture or history involved in the Stampede anyways.