CALGARY—One of the world’s top action and extreme sports events could soon come to Calgary, as the city has secured exclusive rights to host the Winter X Games for a three-year run.

Calgary will host the four-day event, hosted and broadcast annually by ESPN, from 2020 to 2022, subject to securing corporate sponsorship. The Winter X Games are one of the most high-profile annual international events for snowboarding, skiing and snowmobiling competitions. It’ll bring more than 200 athletes from around the world to Calgary to compete, with the events held on the Calgary Stampede Grounds and at WinSport.

The Winter X Games tests its athletes’ best tricks in these sports with signature events like Big Air, which launches competitors off a large jump to perform tricks, and superpipe, where snowboarders and skiers travel along a large halfpipe, performing tricks along the way.

This will mark the first time a country outside of the United States has hosted the original Winter X Games, though spinoff European X Games events have been held in the past in France and Norway. The Winter X Games were first held in 1997 and have been hosted by Aspen, Colo. since 2002.

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The announcement was made by Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi and Alberta Minister of Culture and Tourism Ricardo Miranda on Wednesday morning. The provincial government has committed $13.5 million in the next three years to secure the X Games. A provincial government news release said the event would bring $75 million and the equivalent of 540 jobs to the province’s economy.

The Winter X Games have seen top athletes perform at the event in the past like American snowboarder Shaun White and Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris. The event also hosts major musical performances — the 2019 edition in Aspen saw artists like The Chainsmokers and Lil Wayne perform.

The 2019 Winter X Games from Jan. 24 to 27 this year drew a total attendance of around 117,000 people. Canada finished in second place behind the USA in the standings with 10 total medals.

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