Experience the World’s Largest Dinosaur Officially opened October 13, 2000, The World’s Largest
In 2005, after the million-dollar project was paid for, the
Dinosaur was a millennium project. This attraction was
Drumheller and District Chamber of Commerce established
the brainchild of a group of Drumheller business owners
the World’s Largest Dinosaur Legacy Fund. Since then, the
and through the determination of many volunteers and
Legacy Fund has reinvested over $600,000 into local capital
funding from many sources, the project came to fruition.
projects. These funds have included a $250,000 contribution to the construction of the Badlands Community Facility.
Owned and operated by the Drumheller and District
Now that’s something to ROAR about!
Chamber of Commerce, the towering 86-ft T. rex overlooks the beautiful Drumheller valley and the downtown core.
A befitting gift
Welcoming over 100,000 visitors each year, the unique
In the summer of 2018, CMI Publishing was invited to
attraction features paintings and fossils along the interior
sponsor the highly anticipated celebration to recognize
walls of the dinosaur for the young and young at heart
the two millionth visitor to The World’s Largest Dinosaur.
to experience. Less than 9 years after opening, the World’s
As friends and business associates, we were thrilled to be
Largest Dinosaur celebrated its one millionth visitor.
a part of this special occasion. CMI’s contribution to the
On August 27, 2018 Mr. Eran Rosenthal of Israel was the
prize package was two Diamond Willow hiking sticks
2,000,000 visitor to make the trek up the 106 stairs to
hand-crafted by our local business rep, Dan Clements.
th
the mouth of the dinosaur. We would like to thank Debbie for the opportunity to be Not only has the World’s Largest Dinosaur offered a year-
a part of this memorable event and wish her, and her staff
round tourism experience for visitors to Drumheller, it
continued success in the future. Congratulations from your
has also provided funds back to the local community.
friends at CMI Publishing.
Photo courtesy of Patrick Kolafa, The Drumheller Mail
Photo courtesy of Patrick Kolafa, The Drumheller Mail
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