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Location: Florida.. | In regards to the RUMORS already going Viral about the future of the NFR... The Las Vegas Events Center's press release is such a joke and a misconstrued versio...n of the facts. I want to let the RODEO fans know from someone who has a little "inside-insight"... As professional cowboys and cowgirls our husbands and wives bust their butts all year long to make a living for themselves and their families and normally do NOT make their annual profit/income until qualifying for the NFR and then in turn winning the offered up "Prize Money". The cowboys and cowgirls have finally taken a stand together to help financially better their sport which has been a long time coming. What the below "BIASED" press release does not tell you is the PRCA has taken a stand to be the voice of the cowboys, the very athletes we all pay to watch. There is no definite direction to where the NFR will settle and Florida is NOT the only offer on the table. What merely has happened is a business negotiation, a low ball offer, and un-happy side (that financially CAN be a player). My encouragement to ALL Rodeo fans is to not jump on a bandwagon nor be sneakily persuaded by a well written press release. STAND Behind and support the cowboys in waiting for a legitimate offer for the FUTURE HOME of the NFR wether it be Las Vegas or another deserving location. |
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National Finals Rodeo to leave Las Vegas
By ALAN SNEL
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Las Vegas lost the prized National Finals Rodeo when the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association board voted 6-3 Sunday to leave Sin City after 2014, and to pursue an offer to move the Super Bowl of rodeo to Central Florida. Less than 24 hours after the NFR completed its 29th year in Las Vegas, the Osceola County Commission met at noon Sunday to approve a memorandum of understanding with the PRCA. The county near Orlando will provide $16 million in annual purses and administrative costs as well as a new 24,000-seat arena. The board of the Colorado Springs, Colo.-based PRCA then voted to pursue the Orlando area as the NFR’s new home. Las Vegas Events, which promotes and markets the NFR, was disappointed. “Osceola County exceeded LVE’s offer by more than $4 million. We are disappointed that the PRCA has chosen to pursue a completely speculative offer versus Las Vegas’ proven 29-year track record,” Las Vegas Events said in a statement Sunday evening. Las Vegas Events, the non-profit organization of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, confirmed the PRCA board’s 6-3 vote to leave Las Vegas in favor of Kissimmee in Osceola County. “We put together a package we thought would be very competitive,” Osceola County Commission Chairman Fred Hawkins, Jr. told the Review-Journal. The PRCA deal with Osceola County is a 20-year agreement but allows either side to pull out after 10 years. The deal calls for a new arena to be built in Osceola County by 2015. The NFR would be held at the Orlando Magic’s NBA arena in downtown Orlando in 2015. The new arena for the NFR will be built near the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center, Hawkins said. Under the memorandum of understanding, the PRCA and Osceola County have 90 days to close the deal. PRCA officials could not be reached for comment. This is a breaking news story. Please check back for updates.
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Location: Florida.. | there are other offers it isnt final as rumors have it. |
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Location: ND | looks like we will know for sure within 90 days if they really finalize a contract but you don't go this far and back out unless there is a huge problem... |
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Location: Exactly where I am supposed to be | God Is My Light - 2013-12-15 9:33 PM
No Final statement from the PRCA but it is looking that Orlando Florida will be the final decision, Alexis bloomer just posted about it on FB and Twitter I believe it is on NFR experience website .......thinking about it now, as much as I love Florida .....its just I always dreamed of running in Vegas now I am kinda sad.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/os-national-rodeo-resort-oscola-2013...
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Location: Arkansas | CheckItOut - 2013-12-15 9:35 PM Pump the breaks... and realize this press release was issued by the Las Vegas Event's coordinator, not the PRCA. Before you go bashing the PRCA, the truth is a lot different than what you might think. Las Vegas low balled us and we declined, this is the PRCA standing up for it's members! This is not over and for the revenue that the NFR brings to Vegas for 2 weeks in December, their low ball offer was offensive. They think we need them, but they need us more. Stand up for the cowboys. Don't jump to conclusions or fall for some fancy written social media ploy to get people riled up.
Also, from the time the NFR left OKC to today, the prize money to win a go round at the Finals has only increased around $250.00 a year since it moved to Vegas.. That's not really stepping it up a whole lot.. |
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| kickincans - 2013-12-15 9:36 PM Well everyone has an opinion and I may be the odd one but I think it does need to move, it's time to find an arena that will make this a RODEO again, room for the team roping,instead of a sling out of the box with no where to go strap em out and watch a real roping, a bigger barrel pattern let em really run, and not so much about the glitz of Vegas more about the Rodeo, it may not be Florida but I think it's time for a change
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Location: lexington KY | CheckItOut - 2013-12-15 10:35 PM Pump the breaks... and realize this press release was issued by the Las Vegas Event's coordinator, not the PRCA. Before you go bashing the PRCA, the truth is a lot different than what you might think. Las Vegas low balled us and we declined, this is the PRCA standing up for it's members! This is not over and for the revenue that the NFR brings to Vegas for 2 weeks in December, their low ball offer was offensive. They think we need them, but they need us more. Stand up for the cowboys. Don't jump to conclusions or fall for some fancy written social media ploy to get people riled up.
Thank you!! There is a lot more to it than what the press release says and always two sides. |
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| Ethel - 2013-12-15 9:42 PM
CheckItOut - 2013-12-15 9:35 PM Pump the breaks... and realize this press release was issued by the Las Vegas Event's coordinator, not the PRCA. Before you go bashing the PRCA, the truth is a lot different than what you might think. Las Vegas low balled us and we declined, this is the PRCA standing up for it's members! This is not over and for the revenue that the NFR brings to Vegas for 2 weeks in December, their low ball offer was offensive. They think we need them, but they need us more. Stand up for the cowboys. Don't jump to conclusions or fall for some fancy written social media ploy to get people riled up.
Also, from the time the NFR left OKC to today, the prize money to win a go round at the Finals has only increased around $250.00 a year since it moved to Vegas.. That's not really stepping it up a whole lot..
EXACTLY... For the BILLIONS of dollars that the NFR brings in for 10 days in Vegas during their off season, that is BS. Thank the PRCA for having some b@lls and supporting their members.
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Location: Philly | the number I haven't seen yet is how much Las Vegas was willing to pay to keep the NFR there. How big of a percentage is the $4 million that FL offered above LV's bid? next years' finals may be a harder ticket that usual |
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Location: The edge of no where | Those that are whining about Vegas, the finals are where cowboys have a chance to get ahead of breaking even. LV low balled them with their offer. The nfr brings a LOT of money to that town. Why shouldn't the stars of the show get better compensation? Competition between venues will only make the finals better. Nothing is final yet. |
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Location: Exactly where I am supposed to be | I dreamed since I was a little girl of pulling my rig down the strip and staying in the MGM grand, and walking into the T&M and all of that, but in the same way I love my sport and want it to grow its the people that are in it that matter not the City or building, the people make the rodeo. I agree with what Alexis Bloomer just tweeted.
" We have to continue to support our sport. I'm passionate about this sport and it deserves our support, no matter what happens. Stay positive. "
Alexis Bloomer.
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Location: ND | polorunner - 2013-12-15 9:44 PM CheckItOut - 2013-12-15 10:35 PM Pump the breaks... and realize this press release was issued by the Las Vegas Event's coordinator, not the PRCA. Before you go bashing the PRCA, the truth is a lot different than what you might think. Las Vegas low balled us and we declined, this is the PRCA standing up for it's members! This is not over and for the revenue that the NFR brings to Vegas for 2 weeks in December, their low ball offer was offensive. They think we need them, but they need us more. Stand up for the cowboys. Don't jump to conclusions or fall for some fancy written social media ploy to get people riled up. Thank you!! There is a lot more to it than what the press release says and always two sides.
that is probably true but the PRCA needs the fans to make this deal work or in 7 years they will be the ones looking for a new home..... |
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Location: SE Missouri | God Is My Light - 2013-12-15 9:47 PM I dreamed since I was a little girl of pulling my rig down the strip and staying in the MGM grand, and walking into the T&M and all of that, but in the same way I love my sport and want it to grow its the people that are in it that matter not the City or building, the people make the rodeo. I agree with what Alexis Bloomer just tweeted. " We have to continue to support our sport. I'm passionate about this sport and it deserves our support, no matter what happens. Stay positive. " Alexis Bloomer.
Maybe the American will move to Vegas?? |
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Location: Exactly where I am supposed to be | abrooks - 2013-12-15 9:57 PM
God Is My Light - 2013-12-15 9:47 PM I dreamed since I was a little girl of pulling my rig down the strip and staying in the MGM grand, and walking into the T&M and all of that, but in the same way I love my sport and want it to grow its the people that are in it that matter not the City or building, the people make the rodeo. I agree with what Alexis Bloomer just tweeted. " We have to continue to support our sport. I'm passionate about this sport and it deserves our support, no matter what happens. Stay positive. " Alexis Bloomer.
Maybe the American will move to Vegas??
That could happen, didn't think of that ya never know. |
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | Some customers I`ve talked to the past few weeks have said they were skipping the NFR this year to instead make a trip to the All American Rodeo. I suppose as a fan, if it does move to Florida there will be more people making other rodeo plans. |
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Location: Florida.. | what other areas do you all offer as being a good place? Florida has enough to offer in orlando but you have to wear mickey mouse ears instead of cowboy hats. |
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Location: North of the 49th Parallel | The only place that comes to mind is Cowboys Stadium in Dallas. |
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Location: Florida.. | The livestock and horses will die .. in the heat here.. its winter but not cold down south. its clearly in the 80's.. coming from northern states with their winter coats and acclimated to cold.. it will be very hard on them here.. bad decision .. stay in cold climates. |
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