Additional fireworks planned for New Year’s Eve
Exhibition Park is planning on seeing out 2017 with a bang, celebrating Canada’s 150 and their own 120th anniversary with a New Year’s Eve fireworks show. While the traditional New Year’s Eve events at Exhibition Park won’t be happening this year, such as last year’s Rockfest Trooper concert, or Family Fest — which ended its run two years ago — lighting off a surplus supply of fireworks from Whoop-Up Days during the fire ban was felt to be a great way to thank the community for their support over the past year.
“We’ve got some extra stock here that we’re holding on to so why don’t we just have a nice New Year’s celebration and say thank you to southern Alberta for supporting Exhibition Park at WhoopUp Days and all our events for that matter,” said Exhibition marketing manager Doug Kryzanowski.
That and some extra fireworks purchased to supplement the supply should make for a spectacular show, said Kryzanowski.
Exhibition Park’s 120th anniversary celebration spilled over into a lineup of successful events over the past year, including Ag Expo, the Home and Garden Show, Farmers’ Market and, of course, Whoop-Up Days, which this year uncharacteristically experienced favourable weather for the entire event.
“We just stepped everything up a little bit and I think some of that energy got into some of the shows and we had a pretty good year with everything,” said Kryzanowski.
“There was this excitement in the city and southern Alberta that coupled with the 150 was just a fun, good, happy year.”
Plans are already underway for Exhibition Park’s 125th anniversary, as well as the lineup for the events for 2018 which are scheduled to be announced later in January.
Exhibition Park’s New Year’s Eve fireworks show is free of charge and is being made possible with support from West Coast Amusements, the City and the Province. The show is scheduled for 17-20 minutes beginning at 9 p.m. with viewing and parking on the Exhibition grounds south parking area.
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