8 Responses to 'Calgary Tower'

1. 1. caknuck says: April 25th, 2005 at 8:21 am

   During the 1988 Winter Olympics, they mounted a huge gas torch at the top of the tower (symbolic of the Olympic Flame). According to the site, they still fire it up on occasion.

   I wonder what that would look like from space!

2. 2. Timban says: April 27th, 2005 at 8:42 pm

   Probably not all that special - It’s not a very huge flame, though it’s visible around town quite easily. I think the statistic is that it costs $10,000 a minute to run the flame, but it’s still lit up a few times a year, especially around Stampede!
   ~Timban, Calgarian

3. 3. Calgary Cowboy says: April 30th, 2005 at 8:16 pm

   That was $10,000 a minute back when natural gas was much cheaper. I wonder what the cost is at today’s resource prices?

4. 4. cowtown cowboy says: May 10th, 2005 at 11:53 pm

   they still light the torch for hockey games (NHL and well this year non NHL) and some lacross games and other such events happing in town.
   just to the south west is the calgary stampede grounds with the saddle dome

5. 5. Nscafe Unleaded says: July 30th, 2005 at 2:08 am

   10K / minute… yeah… right.

   I believe the actual amount, if you are a corporate customer who wishes to light up the Calgary Tower for any number of reasons, you can acquire that service for about 400$ and hour.

6. 6. Jeff says: January 17th, 2006 at 2:04 pm

   nope thats correct, its extremly expensive to run it, i guess you can’t understand how big the flame actually is

7. 7. Mark says: March 3rd, 2006 at 4:05 pm

   On the radio today they were talking about lighting the flame on the tower in memory of the 4 Mounties slain in Mayerthorpe.

   The owner of the tower said it cost $1200/hour to keep it lit.

8. 8. Babaganoosh says: March 12th, 2006 at 12:47 am

   I can confirm what Mark said, $1200/hour