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Calgary won’t be hosting the X Games until next year, at the earliest, after a multi-million dollar funding commitment made by the previous government was dropped in the first United Conservative Party budget.

Alberta’s NDP government announced a $13.5-million commitment over three years to the extreme sports festival shortly before the provincial election was called in the spring.

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Considering the circumstances of that announcement, Justin Brattinga, spokesperson with Alberta’s Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Tourism, said the province’s first priority was getting Alberta’s fiscal situation back on track, and that will mean that pledge is no longer on the table.

“While we support putting Calgary on the map as an international sport and tourist destination, our current fiscal situation does not allow for the funding of X Games. However, we are willing to consider future requests,” he said.