Behind the Stampede Tour | Sam Centre

Behind The Stampede, located at Sam Centre in Calgary, offers a guided Stampede Park tour that brings over a century of stories to life. Guests begin at Sam Centre, then climb aboard a nostalgic trolley to explore historic corners of Stampede Park. Along the way, they hear tales of thrills, spills, characters and champions that shaped the Calgary Stampede and the city around it. Highlights include the Tipi sculpture in Community Park East, where visitors learn about the deep connections between the Stampede and the First Nations People of Treaty 7, plus exclusive stops at the chuckwagon track and rodeo chutes, with a few surprises that reveal how Calgary’s history and Stampede’s legacy are forever intertwined.