Cody Jinks returns to Las Vegas for two nights in December, joining George Strait, Luke Bryan, Tanya Tucker and other country music stars in town during the National Finals Rodeo.
National Finals Rodeo
Come NFR season, you never quite know what you’re going to see over the 10 days of Cowboy Channel Cowboy Christmas at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
That’s one thing I have taken most from covering rodeo, how genuine and straightforward cowboys are about their specific journeys.
Here are the competitors taking part in the 2022 National Finals Rodeo at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.
“Everyone knows we’re the No. 1 spot during the NFR, and the reason is that we’re a cowboy spot year-round,” South Point general manager Ryan Growney said.
It’s not just a rodeo. For all the events, watch parties and headliners surrounding the 2022 National Finals Rodeo, click here.
Here are 11 of the best — one representing each of the sport’s seven disciplines and three all-around cowboys in multiple events — who had few equals when it came to ridin’, ropin’ and the ability to git-R-done.
Little did 12-year-old Johnstown Saddle Club Princess Hailey Frederiksen know: Just a decade after meeting Miss Rodeo Colorado and Miss Rodeo America, she would fulfill her rodeo queening ambitions and capture both of those titles.
The National Finals Rodeo, which lasts 10 days, starts Thursday and coincides with Cowboy Christmas and other western-themed gift shows.
The lineup at National Finals Rodeo is getting more Western-themed spinoffs than cable network execs looking to fill prime time with new iterations of beloved series.
Luke Bryan’s show at Resorts World returns with the National Finals Rodeo. It opened with the Super Bowl
Shawn Davis, who will be inducted into the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame on Friday, cast the tie-breaking vote that brought the National Finals Rodeo to Las Vegas.
Stetson Wright, the three-time reigning all-around champion, joined his fellow gold buckle winners for the traditional NFR promotional event in Las Vegas.
The 2022 class of the Southern Nevada Sports of Hall originally was going to be inducted in June 2020 before COVID-19 ceremony wiped out the ceremony.
The National Finals Rodeo is scheduled for Dec. 1 to 10 at the Thomas & Mack Center.
