Helldorado Days rodeo kicking up dirt all weekend
Diamond L Arena owner Todd Goodwin and his dog Rico take an early morning walk through the corrals on the site of the Helldorado Rodeo in downtown Las Vegas on Friday, May 16, 2014. (Jason Bean/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Cattle and horses make themselves at home on the site of the Helldorado Rodeo in downtown Las Vegas on Friday morning, May 16, 2014. (Jason Bean/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Helldorado Rodeo Queen Cristian Auer secures a corral gate after rounding up some cattle that got loose while getting ready for the evening's rodeo in downtown Las Vegas on Friday morning, May 16, 2014. (Jason Bean/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Helldorado Rodeo Queen Cristian Auer walks in the early morning light after rounding up some cattle that got loose while getting ready for the evening's rodeo in downtown Las Vegas on Friday morning, May 16, 2014. (Jason Bean/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Helldorado Rodeo Queen Cristian Auer and her dog Rico round up some cattle that got loose while getting ready for the evening's rodeo in downtown Las Vegas on Friday morning, May 16, 2014. (Jason Bean/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A pair of horses eat their morning meal on the site of the Helldorado Rodeo in downtown Las Vegas on May 16, 2014. (Jason Bean/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas Elks Helldorado Days, which opened Wednesday and runs through Sunday, is at a new location this year, next to The Smith Center at Symphony Park in downtown Las Vegas. The new location provided more space for vendors, music, staging, parking and keeping livestock.
The gates open at 5 p.m. and the rodeo starts at 8 p.m.
Rodeo Queen Cristian Auer, Diamond L Arena owner Todd Goodwin and their dog, Rico, spent the morning walking around the grounds making sure everything was ready and all the cattle were in line for the event on Friday night.
The Whiskerino Contest begins at 6 p.m. at the Pullman Grille at Main Street Station.
The five-day rodeo has been an annual event in Las Vegas since 1934.
