Las Vegas Events Adds Junior NFR as Newest Event to Cowboy Christmas Lineup.
The Junior NFR will take place on the second floor of the South Halls, within the footprint of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation’s Hunter and Outdoor Christmas Expo. Talented juniors will compete in Miniature Bull Riding, 14-and-Under Tie-Down Roping, Mini Bareback Riding, 13-and-Under Girls Breakaway Roping, 18-and-Under Total Team Roping, 19-and-Under Tie-Down Roping, 11-and-Under Barrel Racing, and 16-and-Under Barrel Racing.
The event will consist of qualifiers Dec. 2–3 and Dec. 8–9, with championship finals taking place on Sunday, Dec. 4, and Saturday, Dec. 10. Tickets with prices ranging from $10–$35 will be sold for the two championship finals, and all proceeds will go toward added money for the contestants.
It is the latest addition to the ever-evolving Wrangler NFR Cowboy Christmas entertainment lineup and will give the sport’s next generation of stars a chance to shine under the bright lights of Las Vegas.
“We’re continuing to build every opportunity and every asset, and the momentum just continues to grow,” says Bo Gardner, VP Corporate Marketing for Las Vegas Events (LVE). “We want the Convention Center to have better quality events and entertainment than anybody in Las Vegas. Our goal is to continue to make it bigger and better. We want people to show up and say, ‘Oh my God.’”...
Gardner says the idea for creating the Junior NFR came from a conversation he and LVE President Pat Christenson had with PRCA Commissioner Karl Stressman in February, and the concept gained momentum from there. Cowboy Christmas featured mini bull riding each of the last four years and added mini bareback riding and the tie-down and breakaway events in 2015. The success of those events spurred the organizations’ desire to expand the rodeo’s scope.
This story is from the December/January 2017 edition of American Cowboy.
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