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More on the future of the Corral:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...sion-1.3497989

The venue is no longer up to code and renovating it would be uneconomical, said Stampede spokesman Kurt Kadatz.

"It's really at this point no longer an efficient arena or event space, the ice-making equipment is at the end of its lifespan and is expensive to replace," he said.

"It's a massive chunk of concrete, and cinder block, and there are no real architectural features that I would call historic," he said.

"Certainly, the uses and the nostalgia of what was in the building is important to the Stampede and obviously important to our community."

Kadatz says the Stampede would look at ways to preserve the memorabilia in the old building, such as the many photos of past performers that line the walls.