About Calgary Saddledome
Memories from the rink. Part of the Fat Monk Media Network — independent Calgary publications, one weekly newsletter, one AI concierge.
What this site is
Calgary Saddledome is a community memory archive. It collects short, real stories from Calgarians about the Saddledome, the Flames, the concerts, the Olympics. The form is simple: pick a place, tell us what happened to you there, hit submit. A human editor reviews every submission. The good ones get published. That's it.
The places themselves are real, drawn from venue records and Wikipedia history. We don't curate them; we just surface them and ask Calgarians for their memories.
Who runs it
Calgary Saddledome is an editorial project of Fat Monk Media — a Calgary studio operated by Fat Monk Films Ltd. (Alberta corporation, trade name registered TN26924084). For editorial, partnership, or correction requests, email jordan@fatmonkmedia.com.
Why we built it
The Fat Monk Media Network is the working portfolio of Fat Monk Media — a Calgary marketing studio that builds story-driven worlds for its clients. We built the network as our own demonstration of the methodology we sell: audience persona, brand voice, six core stories, a content system, an AI concierge. Same bones we'd build for a client, just for ourselves first.
Reading the editorial side of the network is free — no paywall on the articles, no surveillance tracking, no Google Ads, no Meta pixels. Where we do make money is the marketplace + tools layer: Calgary Mentors keeps 15% of every booked session, calgaryhousepainting.com earns a referral fee when we connect a homeowner to a verified painter, and the newsletter occasionally runs a paid sponsorship clearly labeled as such. Editorial and commerce live on different surfaces by design — nothing you read here is trying to sell you something. If you like the system and want one built for your business, the studio is at fatmonkmedia.com.
If you've found a memory in here that felt like Calgary, that's the project working. If you have one of your own to add, that's the project working better.
The network
FMM Network covers Calgary one topic at a time. The full network directory is at fatmonkmedia.com. Sister publications include:
- calgarynewspaper.com — daily local news, in one tab
- calgaryconcerts.com — the full Calgary concert ledger
- calgaryolympics.com — 1988 Olympics history
- calgaryrodeo.com — community memory archive
- calgarylrt.com — CTrain to the Saddledome, live departures
- calgarymenu.com, calgaryburgers.com, calgarybeers.com
- calgaryparents.com, calgaryteachers.com, calgaryhalloween.com, calgarychristmas.com
The basics
- Operator: Fat Monk Films Ltd. (Alberta corporation)
- Trade name: Fat Monk Media (Alberta TN26924084)
- Email: jordan@fatmonkmedia.com
- Founded: 2025
- Studio: fatmonkmedia.com
How to contribute
- File a memory — any story tied to the Saddledome.
- Subscribe to The Calgary Roundup — free, weekly.
Editorial principles
- Every submission is reviewed by a human editor before publication.
- The AI concierge (Dusty / Monk) is the assistant, not the editor.
- We use trademarked names like "the Saddledome" or "Stampede" only in their nominative, descriptive sense, never as endorsement or affiliation.
- The network is free. We don't ask readers for money.