The Saddledome's Final Season, 2026-27

The 2026-27 NHL season is the last one ever played at the Calgary Saddledome. From October 2026 to spring 2027, every Flames home game is the last time you'll see something at this address. After spring 2027 the building hosts its final concerts and alumni events. By summer 2027, demolition begins. Forty-three years of Calgary memory ends here. This page tracks how to participate in the goodbye.

What's ending

On the spring 2027 final game, the Calgary Flames will play their last NHL game at the Saddledome. After that game, the building will host its scheduled remaining concerts (a final summer concert series is expected) and any alumni or closing events. Then demolition. The full demolition timeline is at calgarysaddledome.com/demolition.

The team is moving to Scotia Place, a new arena being built immediately adjacent on the Stampede grounds. Scotia Place opens fall 2027. It's a different room. The atmosphere will be new. The memories will start over.

The 2026-27 NHL season at a glance

• First home game: October 2026 (exact date set by NHL schedule, typically released July).
• Last regular-season home game: April 2027.
• Possible playoff games: April to June 2027 if the Flames qualify.
• Final NHL game at the Saddledome: Whichever home game ends Calgary's 2026-27 NHL run. Could be the regular-season finale, a first-round elimination, or a deep playoff run.
• Last hosted event: Summer 2027, type to be determined.

What to do during the final season

Several things make the final season worth experiencing in person, even if you haven't been to a Flames game in years.

Go to one home game. The Saddledome will not exist in eighteen months. If you have any nostalgic attachment to the building, going to one game during the 2026-27 season is the last chance to see your seat, walk your concourse, hear your section, sit in the building you sat in as a kid. Seat map is at calgarysaddledome.com/seat-map.

Take the photos. The Saddledome's exterior, the saddle roof, the iconic Calgary skyline view including the Saddledome roof, will all become a different photograph after demolition. Walk the perimeter. Photograph the building from the typical Calgary angles. Stand on the Stampede pedestrian bridge looking at the Saddledome roof. Photograph the seat numbers, the concourses, the small details.

Bring the kids. Calgary parents who grew up at the Saddledome have been bringing their kids to one or two games per year for decades. The 2026-27 season is the last one where Calgary kids will experience the building their parents experienced as kids. The continuity of that experience ends here.

File a memory. We're collecting Calgary Saddledome memories at the bottom of our homepage. The big and the small. The 1989 Cup parade. The 1988 Olympics. The Hip 2016. Your first concert. The seat your grandmother had season tickets for. The night you proposed in section 220. The night you said goodbye to your dad after a Flames game. Whatever the memory, file it.

The closing programming, expected

Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corporation has indicated, through public communications since 2023, that the Saddledome's final-season programming will include alumni events and a closing ceremony. Specific events have not been formally announced as of May 2026.

Likely additions include:

• An alumni game featuring 1989 Stanley Cup-era players (Lanny McDonald, Joe Nieuwendyk, Mike Vernon, Jim Peplinski, Joel Otto, others) and 2004-era players (Jarome Iginla, Robyn Regehr, Miikka Kiprusoff, others).
• A final-night ceremony before or after the building's last NHL game with on-ice tributes, banner unveilings, and historic-moment retrospectives.
• A separate alumni and historical celebration for non-hockey events (Stampede legacy, 1988 Olympics, concert tour memorabilia).
• Possible final concert series in summer 2027 featuring Canadian and international acts who have played the Saddledome multiple times.

The full schedule is being developed by CSEC, the City, and the Stampede board collaboratively. As programming is announced, this page is updated.

The history that stays with the building

What's leaving with the demolition isn't just a building. It's the room where specific things happened. The Saddledome's defining moments are documented across calgarysaddledome.com:

• Lanny McDonald, the captain who lifted the only Cup, scored his 500th in this room, has the rafters banner.
• The 1989 Stanley Cup, won at the Forum, celebrated at the Saddledome.
• The 1988 Olympics, Soviet hockey gold, Battle of the Brians, Battle of the Carmens.
• The Battle of Alberta, the rivalry that defined Canadian hockey.
• The 2013 flood, the river to row 14, the recovery.
• The Tragically Hip's 2016 farewell, the building's most emotional concert ever.
• Theo Fleury, 5'6" of fury, the slide-on-stomach goal.
• Jarome Iginla, the longest captaincy in franchise history.
• The C of Red, the playoff tradition.

What about Calgarians who can't make it

Not everyone who has memories of the Saddledome lives in Calgary anymore. Many people who grew up here have moved away, and the 2026-27 season is happening fast. If you can't make it back for a game in person, you can still file a memory at the bottom of our homepage.

The memories will be preserved on this site after the building comes down. The site will continue. The building won't.

The first Saddledome game was October 15, 1983. The last NHL game will be sometime in spring 2027. Forty-three full seasons. One Stanley Cup. Three Cup Final runs (1986, 1989, 2004). One Olympic hockey gold (Soviet, 1988). Two Battle of Alberta playoff series (1986, 1991, 2022). Tens of thousands of Flames games, Hitmen games, Roughnecks games. Over a thousand concerts. The Hip's last Calgary show. The first time you brought your daughter to a hockey game. The first time you stood for the anthem at a playoff game. The Saddledome was where Calgary's biggest moments happened, and after summer 2027 it won't be anywhere.

How to get tickets to the final season

Single-game tickets typically go on sale in August 2026 for the 2026-27 NHL season. Demand is expected to be unusually high; many games will sell out within hours. The full tickets guide has practical advice on Ticketmaster, the box office, secondary market resale, and how to spot scams.

For the final-night game, expect ticket prices to escalate sharply, both in primary and resale markets. The 2027 final game has the potential to be among the most expensive single Calgary Flames games in franchise history. Setting alerts in late winter 2027 and watching for primary-release tickets is the practical strategy.

Practical info for the final season

• Parking on event nights: $25 to $40 official lots; cheaper alternatives include Tuscany and Somerset Park-and-Ride.
• CTrain: Erlton/Stampede or Victoria Park/Stampede stations, both one block from the building.
• Seat map: 100s closest, 200s best value, 300s steep with surprisingly good sightlines.
• Tickets: Ticketmaster for primary, official Saddledome resale or StubHub for secondary, the box office for walk-up.

After demolition

Scotia Place opens fall 2027. The Flames play their first home game there in October 2027. The retired-number banners (Lanny's 9, Iginla's 12, Mike Vernon's 30) move from the Saddledome rafters to Scotia Place during a planned ceremony. The full comparison of what Scotia Place will and won't have from the Saddledome is at calgarysaddledome.com/scotia-place-comparison.

This page (calgarysaddledome.com/final-season/) will continue to exist after the demolition as a memorial to the final season. It won't be updated with future Flames programming after Scotia Place opens, but the memories filed during the final season will remain accessible here permanently.