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Originally Posted by Dion
IIRC there was a contest to name the Dome after it was built. Some guy thought the roof looked like a saddle and hence the name. The guy won a pair of ST's.
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Actually, about 60% of the entries for the name the building contest contained the word "saddle" - even though the architects never made the connection themselves. The guy who got the tickets won them in a random draw.
That is itself a marked difference from when the Stampede Corral opened in 1950. The public hated the 'hick' nature of it and some members of the media absolutely refused to refer to the arena by name until the Calgary Stampeders threatened to pull their media credentials.