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curves2000 · 09-29-2018, 04:38 PM

Is anybody else noticing that Calgary these days really doesn't have much action when going out anymore? I have noticed it more and more lately with everything from bars, restaurants, clubs, movie theaters and even Flames games.

For a city of almost 1.3 million people, the youngest city in the country and a city where the income average is still much higher than others, we seem to be very blah on the entertainment front in terms of business.

Pubs and bars seem fairly slow unless its happy hour or a weekend and than even than not a lot of action later on in the evening (after midnight)

Restaurants are slow, not much action and nothing really exciting and the worse part are that a lot of them are closing earlier now too. Some of my favorite places have started closing their kitchens at like 9:30 pm so that everybody has eaten and left around 11.

I recently went to see a few movies and all 3 times the theaters were dead. Granted this was a weekday and was 9:30 and 10 pm but still?? What got me the last time was the theatre was Chinook, which used to ALWAYS be busy.

I was born in this city but I recall growing up that a lot of the bars were busy, there were a TON of nightclubs where young guys could go and hangout, even on weekdays etc. I'm 33 now and a lot of my friends have been complaining about Calgary being a dead town for a while and I would always defend it but I am starting to see more and more of it. I don't know if the city is just very blah due to the economy, the jobless recovery, the political situation the lack of excitement event wise or what. It just seems that everybody wants to work their shift at work and then go home and watch tv after grocery shopping.

Thoughts?

09-29-2018, 04:38 PM	#1
curves2000 First Line Centre Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Calgary, Canada Exp:	Is Calgary becoming a dead town? Is anybody else noticing that Calgary these days really doesn't have much action when going out anymore? I have noticed it more and more lately with everything from bars, restaurants, clubs, movie theaters and even Flames games. For a city of almost 1.3 million people, the youngest city in the country and a city where the income average is still much higher than others, we seem to be very blah on the entertainment front in terms of business. Pubs and bars seem fairly slow unless its happy hour or a weekend and than even than not a lot of action later on in the evening (after midnight) Restaurants are slow, not much action and nothing really exciting and the worse part are that a lot of them are closing earlier now too. Some of my favorite places have started closing their kitchens at like 9:30 pm so that everybody has eaten and left around 11. I recently went to see a few movies and all 3 times the theaters were dead. Granted this was a weekday and was 9:30 and 10 pm but still?? What got me the last time was the theatre was Chinook, which used to ALWAYS be busy. I was born in this city but I recall growing up that a lot of the bars were busy, there were a TON of nightclubs where young guys could go and hangout, even on weekdays etc. I'm 33 now and a lot of my friends have been complaining about Calgary being a dead town for a while and I would always defend it but I am starting to see more and more of it. I don't know if the city is just very blah due to the economy, the jobless recovery, the political situation the lack of excitement event wise or what. It just seems that everybody wants to work their shift at work and then go home and watch tv after grocery shopping. Thoughts?