City owned and managed facilities

City-owned and managed facilities

Lead time for requests: minimum 10 business days

The City of Calgary owns and operates a wide range of buildings and spaces, including recreation centers, arenas, decommissioned offices, depots and more. The Film Friendly Team works closely with productions and City departments to understand production’s goals and needs, assess requests for access and help find City locations to make filming possible.

City facility guidelines and considerations

  • The City’s building portfolio evolves frequently, particularly with vacant buildings. Facility availability is subject to change.
  • Some facilities will have specific conditions to allow for filming. The Coordinator will help assess these, guide options analysis and clarify final requirements that must be complied with.
  • The use of special effects will require additional permits and approvals. 
  • Due to the nature of the work carried out in some locations, filming requests may not be accommodated.

Planning Stage - Scouting of City facilities or properties

For more information on scouting City-owned and managed facilities, please visit the Location Scouting page.

Fees relating to City-owned and managed facilities

All fees are subject to change

Facility rental rates vary based on the impact of the booking on other complex amenities and the length of booking. Approximate daily rates are listed below. Please contact the Film Friendly Team for facility specific costs. 

Each recreation facility application will incur a non-refundable $26.25 administrative fee upon processing the application. 

A $5.75 risk management fee is applied to all bookings/rentals.

Recreation facility type Approximate base fee

Arena – Single surface

(ice or dry pad)

$4,500.00 per day

Arena – twin surface

(ice or dry pad)

$7,800.00 per day

Aquatics – Flatwater

(lane pool)

$1,400.00 per day

Aquatics – Leisure centre

(wave pool)

$3,500.00 per day
  • A minimum $5 million insurance coverage is required when booking exclusive use of most City facilities.
  • For most other facilities, fees and security deposits will be negotiated with the location manager and the Film Friendly and Facilities Teams' representatives.
  • If access to buildings or grounds is granted, all associated costs including service staff and City security will be charged to the production company.
  • We’d like to note that fees associated with facility rentals are for cost recovery only and are not a way to generate revenue for The City.

See our full fee schedule

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