Westoba Place hosting bull riders event in May
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This article was published 21/12/2024 (271 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Bull riders hoping to hang on for eight seconds will try to dig in against their 1,500-pound animal-athlete opponents in Brandon this summer when the Professional Bull Riders (PBR) series slams into Westoba Place in May.
The PBR Canada Cup Series will be held in Brandon on May 23 and 24, holding the PBR Mazergroup Chute Out for its third stop among 10 regular season events.
The season opener will be held on Feb. 1 in Red Deer, Alta., with later stops in Alberta at Lethbridge, Grande Prairie and Medicine Hat; in Ontario at London and Ottawa; in Kelowna, B.C., and in Saskatoon, Sask.
All 10 competitions will be televised on TSN, including the last stop in the series — the PBR Canada National Finals — which will be held in Edmonton on Nov. 14 and 15 next year.
In 2023, nine of the 10 cities on the tour set attendance records, according to the PBR Canada website. There was a sold-out crowd in Brandon, which led organizers to “expand the PBR Canada Cup Series to two nights in 2025,” the website stated.
PBR was initially formed in the United States in 1992, with the international tours being launched in 2006. Since 2015, it has been owned by WME-IMG, the company that also owns the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).
The 2023 event held in May saw 25 bull riders competing for $25,000 at Westoba Place. Those with the top scores earned a second ride in the championship round. The winner was the rider with the highest combined score from the two rides.
Tickets for the PBR Mazergroup Chute Out are expected to go on sale in early 2025.
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