Western Standard - January 16, 2024


All eyes on Alberta for winter sports


Episode Stats

Length

1 minute

Words per Minute

147.54099

Word Count

243

Sentence Count

1


Summary

The announcement is just one chapter in our commitment to showcase our province as an attractive destination for sporting excellence, and we're thrilled to share that more funding for world-class events will be announced in the coming months.


Transcript

00:00:00.000 Alberta has a tremendous story to tell and a large part of that comes through culture and through sport
00:00:06.400 and that's why Alberta is so proud to support through the major cultural and sporting events
00:00:11.480 so far this year six major sporting events beginning with the FIS ski cross world cup
00:00:18.160 also we're sporting the snowboard halfpipe world cup the cross country world cup across your skiing
00:00:25.960 world cup the speed skating championships scotties tournament of hearts and international
00:00:31.480 biathlon union world cup these events will welcome 800 athletes from 25 different countries and have
00:00:40.300 an estimated eyes viewing these athletes in the tens of millions from 80 countries around the world
00:00:46.060 all of these world-class sporting events bring enormous benefits to our burdens from economic
00:00:53.200 growth expanding tourism and generating jobs to lasting the feeling of lasting pride in our
00:01:00.340 province the athletes and the communities that host these events it also can leave a legacy of
00:01:05.920 world-class sporting infrastructure that can benefit future generations of Alberta athletes with the
00:01:12.080 world coming to Alberta our province will be able to share our unique story of the diverse landscapes
00:01:19.020 that captivates visitors from around Canada and around the west the rest of the world today's announcement
00:01:25.560 is just one chapter in our commitment to showcasing our province as an attractive destination for sporting
00:01:31.980 excellence and we're thrilled to share that more funding for world-class events will be announced in the
00:01:38.160 coming months