About the Spectator Sports in Alberta Market Research Report
What’s Included in the Spectator Sports in Alberta Market Research Report
Definition of the Spectator Sports in Alberta?
Spectator sports in Canada comprises sports teams or clubs that participate in live professional or semiprofessional sporting events (e.g. baseball, basketball, football, hockey, soccer and other team sports) before a paying audience. The sports franchises in this industry may or may not operate their own facilities for presenting games or other spectator sports events.
What’s included in the Spectator Sports in Alberta?
The Spectator Sports in Alberta includes providing sporting entertainment, selling tickets to sporting events, selling advertising, selling media and broadcasting rights, selling concessions and selling merchandise. Related terms covered in the Spectator Sports in Alberta industry report includes a money-sharing agreement where franchises are required to pool a specified portion of their media revenue to be distributed evenly among all teams, a ceiling amount for a team's athlete payroll imposed by the professional sports league to preserve a level playing field and the number of people in the population that play at least one sport.
Industry Performance of the Spectator Sports industry in Alberta
Benchmark the Spectator Sports in Alberta industry performance with all AB Census Metropolitan Area and national performance.
Spectator Sports in Alberta
#4 in Highest Revenue 10.8% of province's GDPRevenue (2025)
Annual Growth (2020-25)
Annual Growth (2025-30)
Spectator Sports in Canada
Revenue (2024)
Annual Growth (2019-24)
Annual Growth (2024-29)
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Key Drivers of the Spectator Sports industry in Alberta
See how key industry drivers, such as median houshold income, net migration, per capita disposable income, per capita disposable income, leisure time and number of households earning $100k or more are impacting Spectator Sports in Alberta
Alberta Economic Indicators
Median Houshold Income
Net Migration
Per Capita Disposable Income
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Canada Key External Drivers
Per capita disposable income
Leisure time
Number of households earning $100K or more
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Census Metropolitan Area Data of the Spectator Sports industry in Alberta
Access proprietary data on Census Metropolitan Area in the Spectator Sports in Alberta, such as Edmonton, Calgary and Lethbridge. Data includes figures on revenue, establishments, employees and wages by Census Metropolitan Areas.
Key Statistics of the Spectator Sports industry in Alberta
Download 18 years of historical data and 5 years of projected performance.
