If anyone can tell you how much the Thomas & Mack Center has improved fans’ experience at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, it would be Harley Martin and his good friend Katy Russell.
National Finals Rodeo
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NFR results from Friday night at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Here’s your schedule of events for WNFR this weekend.
With a record $10 million prize purse at the National Finals Rodeo, no lead in the world standings is safe.
Scenes from the NFR’s first go-round at the Thomas & Mack Center on Thursday night.
Most people who venture to Las Vegas shortly after their 21st birthday are here to party. Sage Kimzey isn’t most people.
Jake Barnes was bleeding in three places within his brain, his ankle broken and a hand badly injured. His horse had fallen during a training run and stepped on Barnes, leaving the 56-year-old and seven-time world champion team roper in a dangerous and traumatic place.
NFR results from Thursday night at the Thomas & Mack Center.
When Vickie Carter rode into the arena at the Thomas & Mack Center on Thursday night, she made her official debut at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. It was yet another milestone in what’s been an incredible journey for the 60-year-old rookie barrel racer.
It wasn’t just a night of firsts for Tim O’Connell. It’s been a year of firsts that keeps getting better all the time.
Take a look at the WNFR daily events and entertainment listings.
Entering the 57th National Finals Rodeo, which opens its 31st annual 10-day run in Las Vegas today at the Thomas & Mack Center, six reigning world champions are poised to repeat as champs this year.
In 1987, when I was the new guy on the sports staff, I was assigned to cover the National Finals Rodeo at the Thomas & Mack Center, because that was what the new guy did. A quiet man from Utah named Lewis Feild was awarded the gold buckle for being the best all-around cowboy.
Two years ago, the threat of major change loomed over the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. All parties involved were trying to hammer out a deal to keep the event in Las Vegas, but the prospect of a cross-country move to Orlando, Fla., loomed thick.
As much as the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo has become a staple of Las Vegas’ December calendar, so too has Cowboy Christmas. The shopping, entertainment and interactive bonanza has provided a great way for rodeo fans — and even regular folks interested in Western lifestyle — to fill up their daylight hours while waiting for the next go-round of the WNFR.
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