Commercial Filming
The Olympic Oval is one of Calgary's top indoor filming locations. Large surface areas of ice make the Oval an ideal and unique place for ice-themed shoots. The Oval is available for night-time shoots throughout the ice-in season (typically June - March of any given year). We also offer some day-time filming via special request.
Filming at the Olympic Oval
Filming at the Olympic Oval is dependant on the type, size, footprint, and requirements. You must contact our event specialist with these details to determine both availability and pricing. Also, note that as a University facility, liabilities such as drones will need to be cleared by UCalgary Risk management. This process can take some time, so we suggest starting this process well in advance of your shoot.
Date(s) Request
The Olympic Oval is happy to accommodate filming requests depending on availability and our competition schedule. Typically filming at any time is permitted during April and May (our ice-out season). If, however, you require filming from June - March, we tend to grant bookings during after hours (10:00 pm - 7:00 am) to allow for regular programming, training and competitions.
Footprint and Details
We encourage prospective film crews to visit the Olympic Oval to determine if the space meets your filming requirements. Upon approval, we then require the following pieces of information:
a) Signed agreement
b) Invoicing information
c) Certificate of Insurance Liability for $2 Million
c) Production schedule
d) Cast and crew footprint
Production Details
Please provide our events team with a production schedule outlining your load-in times, shooting schedule, load-out times and any issues that our Risk Management team may need to approve (i.e. Drones)
Agreement
The University of Calgary has an agreement that all clients must sign. We then require a 50% non-refundable deposit. The agreement is sent to University Legal services for approval.
See below a few commercial spots filmed at the Olympic Oval.
Sport Chek
Commercial filmed at the Olympic Oval
Sport Chek
Team Canada Sochi
Commercial filmed at the Olympic Oval
Team Canada
Nature of Things
Television episode filmed at the Olympic Oval
CBC The Nature of Things
Wolf Blass Wine
Commercial filmed at the Olympic Oval
Wolf Blass Wines
PGA Tour Canada
Television episode filmed at the Olympic Oval
PGA Canada
Miss Chinese Cosmos
Television episode filmed at the Olympic Oval
Zaw Studios
Sony Electronics
The Olympic Oval was the perfect space for us to shoot multiple shots for our Sony Camera a9 series. We filmed numerous athletes on the ice and the footage turned out extremely well. We had the whole building to ourselves.
Mitsu Hagiwara
Producer, Hideoki Productions