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Originally Posted by Daradon
Edmonton is the arts hub of Alberta? When did that happen? I know they tried to rebrand themselves as The Festival City a few years back, but I think I remember reading that a little research showed Calgary actually had more (and generally larger) festivals.
Like the City of Champions sign, just because you say it, doesn't make it true.
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Anecdotally, I think calgary and Edmonton spend more per capita on the arts than any of the major cities in Canada, but I think it's the diversity of offerings in Edmonton that makes the art scene stronger than ours - and the stampede skews a lot of stats. I think they've got better music scene, for example (in terms if concerts) but to be fair I can't name one band that hails from Edmonton off the top of my head.
And the city of champions slogan came from the disaster response from the tornado that hit in 1987, it had nothing to do with their sports teams.
Some of the rips on the new slogan has made this a 5 star thread.