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Originally Posted by Freeway
Calgary had a Great Fire prior to World War I that was used as a pretense to keep the name. The Great Fire is why all downtown buildings had to be made of sandstone.
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Originally Posted by Funkhouser
Unfortunately. every city has pretty much had a 'great' fire in their history. They were probably just not creative people and couldn't be bothered.
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Flames is a pretty generic name anyway. Like Kings or Bruins or Predators.
And you could easily tie it to oil and gas - you used to see gas flares everywhere (that's what every source I see references versus the 1886 fire). Then the Olympics were announced within a year of that first season.