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I moved to Las Vegas about two years ago. When I moved here the first thing my sister told me is that they hold the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas. I told her that I didn’t give a flip about the NFR. I wanted to get Professional Bull Riders Finals tickets. The PBR is so much cooler than the NFR. I’ve since learned that they are both huge and amazingly entertaining.

It really is an amazing event. I work on the campus of UNLV and so my whole life is affected when the cowboys come to Las Vegas. The PBR and NFR use up all of the Thomas and Mack, the Cox Pavillion, the intramural fields, they close down a street, the turn a parking lot into dirt to store animals. Not to mention almost half of the Thomas and Mack parking lot is some sort of reserved VIP parking for the rodeo.

I’m not bitter though. It’s really quite exciting with all those people coming to UNLV. Plus, the Thomas and Mack is a great place to hold the event. There really isn’t a horrible seat in the entire arena. Plus, half of the parking lot is turned into a few stages, some climbing poles, a mechanical bull, a bunch of sweet trucks and much more.

I had a late night class this year that kept me at UNLV until about 10pm. After my class I was walking to my car and the PBR had just recently let out. I decided to just walk through all the entertainment that was going on. Boy was I surprised. They were these tall beautiful girls on top of what looked like bars dancing around and singing much like the movie Coyote Ugly. Then, I kept walking and saw an over 18 tent. Don’t ask me what was going on there. Then, there were 2 girls on top of a truck and some other girls dancing on this container. I really hadn’t seen anything like it. Anyone want to go with me to the PBR?

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