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Originally Posted by blankall
I was going to say this.
The team plays in a stadium (for now anyways) named after and shaped like a horse saddle. You're not going to get away from Western Heritage with the Flames, and a horse logo isn't going to change that.
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Calgary's Western Heritage is fake. It wasn't a real thing. It was a marketing gimic for stampede when it started and continues to be. There is a difference between the real ranching and farming lifestyle and the Stampede myth.
Also the building was not designed to be shaped like a saddle. It was an ultramodern hyperbolic paraboloid which created a large freed standing roof without supports. It was then co-opted into the western mythology because it looked like a saddle.
I like snotface as a logo on hats and shoulder patches. Was never a fan of the jersey as when blown up the detail just doesn;t work for me.