Comments on: Calgary Tower

By: Babaganoosh

Babaganoosh — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 00:47:01 +0000

I can confirm what Mark said, $1200/hour

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 16:05:51 +0000

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.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 13:04:31 +0000

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

By: Nscafe Unleaded

Nscafe Unleaded — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 01:08:29 +0000

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.

By: cowtown cowboy

cowtown cowboy — Tue, 10 May 2005 22:53:40 +0000

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

By: Calgary Cowboy

Calgary Cowboy — Sat, 30 Apr 2005 19:16:17 +0000

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

By: Timban

Timban — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 19:42:37 +0000

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

By: caknuck

caknuck — Mon, 25 Apr 2005 07:21:45 +0000

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!