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That Big Copper Canopy at Calgary's BMO Centre.

Posted by Devon Dhaliwal in Surrey on November 11, 2026. Two days in a row from me because I found my Calgary trip photos! Walking past the Saddledome in Stampede Park, the 565,000-square-foot addition on the expanded BMO Centre pushed it past a million square feet with a wild copper-toned steel canopy over the plaza (photo by DXR).

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