The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority approved an extension to its contract with the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association.
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More information on the delayed start of the country’s biggest rodeo will be announced Thursday.
The annual gift show that runs along with National Finals Rodeo will take up more space this year at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
A full list of events is driving up room rates during a time of the year that’s typically slow for hotel and casino operators.
Cowboy Christmas, the annual Western-themed gift show tied to NFR, kicked off Wednesday in Las Vegas after a yearlong hiatus.
Las Vegas’ resorts have bought into turning the city into a western festival during the National Finals Rodeo and the event’s success is assured with pent-up demand.
Las Vegas Events announced Saturday that it was launching a campaign called “There is ONLY One NFR/There is ONLY One Vegas.”
The pandemic will move the National Finals Rodeo, one of the most successful special events on the Las Vegas calendar, to the home of baseball’s Texas Rangers this year.
In its 34th year, Cowboy Christmas and its more than 300 exhibitors take over more than seven and a half football fields worth of the Las Vegas Convention Center.
The LVCVA officially forecasts 170,750 attendees for the 2018 NFR, but that just covers the full house at the Thomas Mack for 10 performances. The conservative economic impact estimate is $113 million.