Symons Valley Ranch Fire

[rx7boi]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/symons-valley-ranch-fire-1.3952947

Any other Beyonders living in the area? I woke up this morning thinking it was the sunrise.

Glad no one was hurt in the blaze.

[bigbadboss101]

We are not far from the ranch. Sad to see as we like the place and the people who have businesses there are generally nice folks.

[D'z Nutz]

I've been there a few times since my mom lives in the area. I was disappointed to hear that this morning. I hope they have plans to rebuild.

[EK 2.0]

Calgary Landmark...

Can't count how many weddings and office parties I have attended there...

It's very sad.

[Kloubek]

I live in Kincora, so we visit semi-regularly. It is the only place in the area which has proper the capacity to hold holiday events, etc.

It's a pretty unfortunate loss.

My outstanding question: Do they now have roasted ducks in that pen that was sitting outside the front entrance?

[BigDL]

Drove by this morning before going to work, the main building is gone and is still burning due to a gas leak. They had so many good holiday events going on that we would take my nephew to, it will be missed :(. I hope they can rebuild and make it better.

[blitz]

The restaurant closed down a little while ago and the farmer market is sad these days. My guess is it's sold to a developer.

We were there on Sunday, the basement was super creepy:

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/484/31605177074_c4128ed4cc_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Q9QN37)iPhone 6s (https://flic.kr/p/Q9QN37) by Ryan Karr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/ryankarr/), on Flickr

[GingeRRRBeef]

I live up in Evanston and have visited it many times. Haven't heard the best of things on how it was run. So when I heard it was on fire this morning, the first thing I thought of was INSURANCE SCAM ... and then they said it was a "gas leak" .....

[mazdavirgin]

:dunno: Why is there a pentagram in their basement? Maybe the gas leak was the result of a summoning ritual gone amuck?

http://i.imgur.com/g1NuuTw.png

[Kloubek]

Originally posted by GingeRRRBeef
I live up in Evanston and have visited it many times. Haven't heard the best of things on how it was run. So when I heard it was on fire this morning, the first thing I thought of was INSURANCE SCAM ... and then they said it was a "gas leak" .....

Can't say it didn't cross my mind as well. I heard about a year ago the owners were having difficulty turning a profit with it.

[schocker]

I had thought it had been sold and the new owner was managing the space until it is torn down for housing development. I stopped going after they removed the basement vendors from the farmers market.

[rx7boi]

Last time I was there was during Xmas.

The GF and I were hoping to get pictures with reindeers but the setup was sad indeed. I can't believe they were charging $30 for it.