The Flames, though now a source of prides for so many Albertans, didn’t actually originate in Calgary. The team was originally the Atlanta Flames, having been founded in Atlanta in 1972 (only a few states away… I’ll tell you all about in my post about the Caroline Hurricanes). They relocated to Calgary in 1980 when a group of entrepreneurs from Calgary acquired the Atlanta team and decided to move them up north to Calgary. Making the move was an adjustment for everyone, it was kind of like doing professional vacation rental management services near me then moving to a barren wasteland in the middle of nowhere. Luckily the team’s first home was the Stampede Corral, where they played the first three seasons of their career, before moving into the larger and more suitable Scotiabank Saddledome in 1983.