when was the 2012 calgary stampede?
1988 Winter Olympics
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 = = Beginning of the stampede ( July , 1897 ) = = 

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 Stampede ( 2010 ) 

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 Severe flooding in Calgary two weeks before the July 5 opening of the 2013 Stampede caused significant damage to the grounds . Stampede officials promised , however , that the event would be staged as planned . Some of the main events , and all concerts , scheduled for the Saddledome were cancelled due to flood damage to the facility , while other events were relocated to other locations . 

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 Attendance continued to grow throughout the 1960s and 1970s , topping 500 @,@ 000 for the first time in 1962 and reaching 654 @,@ 000 in 1966 . Organizers expanded the event from six days to nine in 1967 and then to ten the following year . The Stampede exceeded one million visitors for the first time in 1976 . The park , meanwhile , continued to grow . The Round @-@ Up Centre opened in 1979 as the new exhibition hall , and the Olympic Saddledome was completed in 1983 . The Saddledome replaced the Corral as the city 's top sporting arena , and both facilities hosted hockey and figure skating events at the 1988 Winter Olympics . 

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 At least seven movies were filmed at the Stampede by 1950 . The most profitable , the 1925 silent film The Calgary Stampede , used footage from the rodeo and exposed people across North America to the event . Hollywood stars and foreign dignitaries were attracted to the Stampede ; Bob Hope and Bing Crosby each served as parade marshals during the 1950s , while Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip made their first of two visits to the event as part of their 1959 tour of Canada . The Queen also opened the 1973 Stampede . 
