Our proud history
Since its official opening in 1974, Calgary TELUS Convention Centre is proud to have grown along with Calgary. Here are a few highlights of our dynamic history.
August 2008
South Building renovations are complete with four new meeting rooms, appropriately named the Chinook Rooms.
February 2007
Renovations are complete on the Glen Rooms, South Building.
September 2006
Renovations are complete on Exhibition Halls A&B, South Building. Four flexible meeting rooms are incorporated into the design along with a pre-function area.
June 2000
The World Petroleum Congress is the first convention to utilize the new exhibit space after expansion. Over 3,000 delegates from 80 countries attend.
May 2000
On May 30, the North Building opens, adding 68,000 square feet of column-free exhibit space, multi-purpose meeting rooms, loading dock, food service area, retail space, an underground parkade and a new Plus 15 bridge to connect the South and North Buildings. Total cost is over $69 million.
Initial funding provided by Telus Corporation makes them the exclusive telecommunications provider and gives them naming rights to the facility: Calgary TELUS Convention Centre.
1998
The Calgary Planning Commission grants permission for a 350-room Hyatt Regency Hotel to be built and connected to the Convention Centre.
1997
Approval comes from Calgary City Council to build an expansion across the street (North Building).
1995
Renovations to the South Building include six new meeting rooms, business centre, and connections to the Plus 15 indoor walkway.
Calgary Convention Centre is the first facility in Canada to install CAT6 cabling.
1974
On November 14, former prime minister John Diefenbaker officially opens the Calgary Convention Centre (now known as the South Building). It is the first full service convention centre in Canada. In the first year of operation, the Calgary Convention Centre holds 350 events and accommodates 90,000 visitors.
1972
The Calgary Convention Centre Authority becomes an incorporated entity.
1967
Calgary City Council approves the building of a convention centre, hotel (Calgary Marriott Hotel) and museum (Glenbow Museum) at a cost of $32 million. The Calgary Convention Centre costs $8.8 million.