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   Calgary Herald Nov 30, 2020   
      
   Alberta government spends $4 million for advertising with NHL during bubble   
   playoffs   
      
   The NHL got $4 million richer thanks to the Alberta government during the 2020   
   playoffs in Edmonton.   
      
   According to the province’s disclosure database, the money was for a   
   contract promoting investment in Alberta to provincial, national and   
   international audiences through a unique partnership opportunity with the NHL.   
      
   Provincial spokesman David Sandssaid in a statement the contract included   
   in-arena, traditional broadcast, and digital advertising over the entire run   
   of the playoffs.   
      
   On July 10 the NHL announced that Rogers Place would host the Western   
   Conference playoffs as well as the East and West conference finals and the   
   Stanley Cup Final.   
      
   “If you watched any of the NHL playoffs, you probably saw the ads,” Sands   
   said.   
      
   He added the playoff coverage was a major opportunity to showcase all Alberta   
   has to offer to millions of viewers outside our province.   
      
   In July, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney applauded the NHL’s decision to make   
   Edmonton one of two hub cities for the playoffs. “That is a testament to   
   Albertans.   
   We have done that with the least restrictive public health measures just   
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   _______________________   
   Yup . . . . and he can prove it, too:   
      
   ICU admissions near 100 in Alberta, 1,608 new COVID-19 cases   
      
   Another 14 deaths were recorded over the weekend — five on Saturday and nine   
   on Sunday — which brings the provincial death toll to 533   
      
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