Similar to the National Finals Rodeo, the PBR said they could host this year’s event, slated to occur Nov. 4-8 at T-Mobile Arena, in another city in order to include fans with Nevada not yet allowing crowds at sporting events.
Professional Bull Riders
Three test positive, four others sent home from Professional Bull Riders Monster Energy Team Challenge after being exposed to infected competitors.
Team Can-Am became the final Division A entrant when Brazilian Mauricio Moreira received a score of 85.5 points for a 173.5-172.75 victory over Team Union Home Mortgage.
Team Cooper Tires and Team Las Vegas each went 3-0 on the opening weekend to take a large lead in the Professional Bull Riders Monster Energy Team Challenge.
The PBR is descending again upon South Point Arena for its inaugural Monster Energy Team Cup beginning Friday.
The Professional Bull Riders, the first pro sports organization to contest an event amid the shutdown prompted by the coronavirus pandemic, returns to Las Vegas in June.
The Professional Bull Riders will bring 48 of its top athletes to the South Point every Friday and Saturday through June 28.
Lockwood, 22, completed his first five eight-second rides at the PBR World Finals and finished the event Sunday with an aggregate score of 453 to win the event — and his second championship in three seasons after winning his first title in 2017.
Lockwood, 22, is in the thick of yet another world title race despite missing several weeks — and events — while nursing the most serious injury of his professional career.
Moraes, the inaugural PBR world champion, celebrates his son’s success as much — or more — than his own, and modestly watched Antonio serenade crowd before the third round of the PBR World Finals.
Dalton Kasel, 20, qualified for the PBR midway through the season and is ranked No. 7 in the world standings despite limited competition.
Mason Taylor, 20, attended the PBR World Finals in 2015, and vowed he wouldn’t return to Las Vegas until he became a professional cowboy.
The bulls that buck at the PBR World Finals, every bit as athletic as the cowboys who ride them, are trained all year to compete at the sport’s most prestigious event.
Kaique Pacheco, 24, claimed his first PBR world championship despite tearing both ligaments during the Velocity Tour Finals last weekend. He competed in all five days of the league’s penultimate event but tweaked the knee during his first ride Sunday.