Calgary Surge set CEBL league attendance record

The Calgary Surge and Edmonton Stingers kicked off the sixth season of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) on Tuesday in front of the largest single-game crowd in league history as 12,327 fans packed Calgary's Scotiabank Saddledome. The game will be broadcast on a national channel
TSNwas announced at 7:00 p.m. local time / 9:00 p.m. ET and is the first of CEBL's opening week of 2024, sponsored by Neo Financial.

The CEBL is Canada's largest professional sports league with 10 teams in six provinces
Record growth in 2023. The league saw a 52% increase in total attendance from 2022 to 2023, and the Winnipeg Sea Bears (who play at the Canada Life Centre) set a previous single-game record of 10,580 fans on August 4 against Edmonton in the Play-In Round. playoff run and the previous regular-season single-game record of 8,230 fans on July 29 against Edmonton were both surpassed by the Surge tonight.

More than 50 CEBL games will be broadcast live across the country
TSN and
Game+ eight additional games in French this season
RDS. Fans will also be able to stream all regular season, playoff and championship weekend games live
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TSN+ and the CEBL Mobile app for iOS and Android devices.
Next-level sports and entertainment – The US Home for CEBL will select 40 CEBL games for US audiences in 2024, while the international streaming service,
1891 at the court27 games for subscribers outside of North America.

Season tickets and flexible packages are now available across the league with priority entry and affordable prices. Ticket information for all CEBL games, including single game tickets, can be found here
cable.ca/tickets.

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About CEBL

A league created by Canadians with a mission to develop Canadian players, coaches, sports executives and referees for Canadians, the CEBL has the highest percentage of Canadian players of any pro league in the country, with 75% of its rosters Canadian, a record. 10 players with NBA experience in 2024. Players also bring experience from the NBA G League, top international pro leagues, the Canadian National Team program, NCAA programs, as well as U SPORTS and the CCAA. Fourteen players signed NBA contracts following the CEBL season, and many CEBL players attend NBA G League training camps each year. The CEBL season runs from May to August, with games broadcast live
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TSN,
TSN+,
RDS,
Game+,
Next-level sports and entertainment and
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