28
This is the 28th consecutive year that the National Finals Rodeo has been held in Las Vegas.
175,275
Total attendance in 2011.
$6.125 million
The total purse for 2012.
15
The total number of contestants in each of the seven rodeo events: bareback riding, steer wrestling, team roping, saddle bronc riding, tie-down roping, barrel racing and bull riding.
40
The number of properties that will provide the live satellite feed of the Wrangler NFR.
Tie-down roper Shad Mayfield has a chance to become only the second Black cowboy to win the PRCA all-around title at the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas.
The 40th running of the event is one of the toughest tickets in town to get because the rodeo has sold out 359 consecutive performances.
Dustin Lynch, Kane Brown, Diplo as Thomas Wesley join Mashmello and pioneering duo Vevo are in “Desert Saddle” at XS Nightclub.
Las Vegas Events says the free NFR Express will serve 24 Las Vegas resorts on 14 routes to and from the Thomas & Mack Center in December.
Stetson Wright, an eight-time PRCA world champion, won’t compete in this year’s National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas while recovering from hamstring surgery.
The National Finals Rodeo is committed to staying in Las Vegas through 2035 with payouts to contestants and stock contractors growing annually.
Lainey Wilson is set to perform at MGM Grand Garden, side-saddle with the National Finals Rodeo at nearby Thomas & Mack Center.
The 10-day event, with a $11.5 million prize purse, has sold out 360 consecutive performances at the Thomas & Mack Center.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority approved an extension to its contract with the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association.
Quinn Kesler, a team roper from Holden, Utah, who qualified three times for the NFR in Las Vegas, died Monday at age 30.
