Editing Calgary Stampede (section)

===Stampede parties===
The size and number of parties each year during Stampede is viewed as an indicator of Calgary's economic strength.<ref name="CHParties">{{citation |last=Toneguzzi |first=Mario |title=Economy spurs higher interest in Stampede corporate parties |work=Calgary Herald |date=2011-07-08 |page=B3}}</ref> Corporations and community groups hold lavish events throughout the city for their staff and clients,<ref name="CHParties" /> while bars and pubs erect party tents, the largest of which draws up to 20,000 people per day.<ref>{{citation |url=https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/party-tents-popping-up-1.666287 |title=Party tents popping up |publisher=CTV News |date=2011-07-05 |access-date=2011-07-12 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304033301/http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/party-tents-popping-up-1.666287 |url-status=live }}</ref> Paul Vickers, who owns several establishments in the city, estimates that he makes up to 20 percent of his annual revenue during the ten days of Stampede alone.<ref>{{citation |last=Pitts |first=Gordon |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/energized-by-oils-resurgence-calgary-gets-ready-to-cash-in/article2087977/ |title=Energized by oil's resurgence, Calgary gets ready to cash in |work=The Globe and Mail |date=2011-07-06 |access-date=2011-07-12 |archive-date=2011-07-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711002106/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/energized-by-oils-resurgence-calgary-gets-ready-to-cash-in/article2087977/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Some parties have become known for heavy drinking and relaxed morals,<ref name="CBCBuckles">{{citation|last=Rutherford |first=Kristina |url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/calgarystampede/blog/2010/07/buckle-bunnies-whiskey-and-stampede-rumours.html |title=Buckle bunnies, whiskey and Stampede rumours |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |date=2010-07-18 |access-date=2014-03-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109224534/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/calgarystampede/blog/2010/07/buckle-bunnies-whiskey-and-stampede-rumours.html |archive-date=November 9, 2012 }}</ref> so much so that one hotel's satirical ad promising to safely store a patron's wedding ring during Stampede was widely viewed as a legitimate offer.<ref name="WFPDebauchery">{{citation |last1=Graveland |first1=Bill |last2=Montgomery |first2=Shannon |url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/calgary-stampede-debauchery-divorce-disease-50532497.html?path=/canada&id=50532497 |title=Calgary Stampede: Debauchery&nbsp;... divorce, disease |work=Winnipeg Free Press |date=2008-07-11 |access-date=2011-07-12 |archive-date=2012-03-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324020914/http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/calgary-stampede-debauchery-divorce-disease-50532497.html?path=%2Fcanada&id=50532497 |url-status=live }}</ref> The parties are not without consequences, as lawyers have noted a significant increase in divorce filings in the weeks following the Stampede, primarily on claims of infidelity.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2009/07/03/Divorce-rate-rises-after-Calgary-Stampede/UPI-26711246645077/ |title=Divorce rate rises after Calgary Stampede |publisher=United Press International |date=2009-07-03 |access-date=2011-07-12 |archive-date=2011-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221100733/http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2009/07/03/Divorce-rate-rises-after-Calgary-Stampede/UPI-26711246645077/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Clinics see an increase in people seeking testing and treatment for [[sexually transmitted disease]]s,<ref name="WFPDebauchery" /> and Calgary is said to experience an annual baby boom each April&nbsp;– nine months after the event.<ref name="CBCBuckles" />