Just twenty minutes from downtown Chicago the Allstate Arena hosts more than 150 events annually, entertaining an average of 1.5 million individuals. Spectacular shopping, incredible dining, internationally renowned museums, and exciting nightlife are only a few of the reasons that Chicago hosts more than 30 million visitors annually.

This announcement follows the opportunity PBR fans were given to vote for cities that the 2006 BFTS tour should visit. Chicago was one of the top five voted on cities along with Nashville Tenn., Houston, Texas, Philadelphia, Pa., and Salt Lake City, Utah.

The entire 2006 BFTS tour schedule has been released as of today. For the third year in a row, the PBR World Finals will span two consecutive weekends in Las Vegas, Nev. The event will take place October 27 - 29 at Mandalay Bay and November 2-5 at the Thomas & Mack Center on the UNLV campus. The entire 2006 schedule is as follows:

About the PBR:
Over 100 million viewers tune in each year to the PBR on NBC, OLN and in Spanish on Telemundo. With over 450 hours of prime time programming annually PBR ranks among the most prolific sports on air, in addition to attracting over one million live event attendees each year with its multi-tiered event structure. The PBR's founding members and governing board of directors is comprised of celebrated bull riders of the past and present who have developed bull riding into a stand alone sport which is experiencing unprecedented growth in global popularity. The PBR is currently headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colo., and has over 600 athletes competing in more than 100 PBR sanctioned competitions.

For additional information on the PBR visit www.pbrnow.com.