Scotiabank Saddledome

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entertainment venue ice hockey arena indoor arena sports venue

Scotiabank Saddledome is a distinctive saddle-shaped indoor arena in Calgary, Alberta, best known as the longtime home of the NHL’s Calgary Flames and a major venue for sports and entertainment events.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Olympic Saddledome	4
Scotiabank Saddledome canonical	4
Pengrowth Saddledome	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1132510 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Scotiabank Saddledome
Context triple: [Calgary, hasAttraction, Scotiabank Saddledome]

A. Scotiabank Arena
Scotiabank Arena is a major multi-purpose sports and entertainment venue in downtown Toronto, serving as the home arena for the NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs and the NBA’s Toronto Raptors.
B. Rogers Place
Rogers Place is a modern multi-purpose indoor arena in downtown Edmonton, Alberta, best known as the home of the NHL’s Edmonton Oilers and a central venue for major concerts and events.
C. Bell Centre
The Bell Centre is a major indoor sports and entertainment arena in downtown Montreal, best known as the home venue of the NHL’s Montreal Canadiens.
D. BC Place
BC Place is a large multi-purpose stadium in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, best known as the home of the BC Lions and Vancouver Whitecaps FC and for hosting major sporting and entertainment events.
E. Tim Hortons Field
Tim Hortons Field is a multi-purpose stadium in Hamilton, Ontario, best known as the home of the CFL’s Hamilton Tiger-Cats and a venue for major sporting and entertainment events.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Scotiabank Saddledome
Target entity description: Scotiabank Saddledome is a distinctive saddle-shaped indoor arena in Calgary, Alberta, best known as the longtime home of the NHL’s Calgary Flames and a major venue for sports and entertainment events.

A. Scotiabank Arena
Scotiabank Arena is a major multi-purpose sports and entertainment venue in downtown Toronto, serving as the home arena for the NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs and the NBA’s Toronto Raptors.
B. Rogers Place
Rogers Place is a modern multi-purpose indoor arena in downtown Edmonton, Alberta, best known as the home of the NHL’s Edmonton Oilers and a central venue for major concerts and events.
C. Bell Centre
The Bell Centre is a major indoor sports and entertainment arena in downtown Montreal, best known as the home venue of the NHL’s Montreal Canadiens.
D. BC Place
BC Place is a large multi-purpose stadium in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, best known as the home of the BC Lions and Vancouver Whitecaps FC and for hosting major sporting and entertainment events.
E. Tim Hortons Field
Tim Hortons Field is a multi-purpose stadium in Hamilton, Ontario, best known as the home of the CFL’s Hamilton Tiger-Cats and a venue for major sporting and entertainment events.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	entertainment venue ⓘ ice hockey arena ⓘ indoor arena ⓘ sports venue ⓘ
architecturalStyle	saddle-shaped ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Calgary Stampede ⓘ
city	Calgary ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
countrySubdivision	Province of Alberta ⓘ linked to: Alberta
formerName	Olympic Saddledome ⓘ linked to: Scotiabank Saddledome Pengrowth Saddledome ⓘ linked to: Scotiabank Saddledome
hasDistinctiveFeature	curved saddle-shaped roof ⓘ
hasSeatingType	indoor seating ⓘ
hasSurface	ice ⓘ
homeArenaOf	Calgary Flames ⓘ
leagueOfTenant	National Hockey League ⓘ National Lacrosse League ⓘ Western Hockey League ⓘ
locatedInNeighbourhood	Stampede Park ⓘ linked to: StampedePark
location	Alberta ⓘ Calgary ⓘ Canada ⓘ
namingRightsHolder	Scotiabank ⓘ
notableEvent	1988 Winter Olympics figure skating ⓘ linked to: 1988 Winter Olympics 1988 Winter Olympics ice hockey ⓘ
opened	1983 ⓘ
openedAs	Olympic Saddledome ⓘ linked to: Scotiabank Saddledome
operator	Calgary Flames ⓘ
owner	City of Calgary ⓘ linked to: Calgary
primaryUse	concerts ⓘ entertainment events ⓘ ice hockey ⓘ indoor sports ⓘ
roofShape	saddle-shaped ⓘ
sponsor	Scotiabank ⓘ
sport	figure skating ⓘ ice hockey ⓘ lacrosse ⓘ
tenant	Calgary Flames ⓘ Calgary Hitmen ⓘ Calgary Roughnecks ⓘ
usedFor	box lacrosse ⓘ family shows ⓘ junior ice hockey ⓘ live music concerts ⓘ professional ice hockey ⓘ

How these facts were elicited