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.
Las Vegas Events and the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association are happy with NFR at Thomas & Mack Center, but the allure of higher capacity at the A’s stadium is attractive.
Formula One and Super Bowl are just two of several big events that will draw thousands of people to Southern Nevada between now and mid-February.
With out-of-state competitors continuously trying to hijack the “Super Bowl of Rodeo,” should Las Vegas invest in a venue to keep the event here forever?
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.
December’s National Finals Rodeo performances will start an hour earlier than in past years in a bid to generate a larger television audience on the East Coast.
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.
The retail gift show, held annually at the Las Vegas Convention Center, won’t occur because of the coronavirus pandemic, regardless of whether the rodeo occurs.
Sponsors of the National Finals Rodeo are looking elsewhere to stage its “Super Bowl” because a lack of gate receipts means no prize money for cowboy contestants.
The National Finals Rodeo has grown exponentially over 35 years, thanks to a strategy of developing a variety of events appealing to fans who don’t even go to the rodeo.
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.