The
Professional Bull Riders, Inc. (PBR) has been diligently working with building
planners to break ground on its expansive new corporate home in the city of
Pueblo, Colo. The PBR is proud to announce that this historic official groundbreaking
ceremony, in cooperation with PEDCO (Pueblo Economic Development Corporation),
will take place on Tuesday, April 11 at 10:30
a.m. The PBR World Headquarters will move to the Historic Arkansas
Riverwalk of Pueblo (HARP), which is the city's newly constructed 26-acre urban
waterfront experience. The date of the move is contingent upon building
progress but predictions are that by the spring of 2007, PBR will have
relocated.
PBR
celebrities and members of the organization's board of directors will be in
attendance at the groundbreaking ceremony as well as the entire PBR staff and
PEDCO representatives. Board members J.W. Hart (Gainesville,
Texas), Adriano Moraes (Cachoeira Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil),
Aaron Semas (Prineville, Ore.),
Michael Gaffney (Albuquerque, N.M.), Cody Custer (Wickenburg, Ariz.), and Cody Lambert (Merkel, Texas)
will all attend the groundbreaking.
Since
announcing its relocation in August, 2005, PBR management has been on task
planning every detail of the new facility. On March 21, the organization announced
the official relocation of its Merchandise Warehouse facility to Pueblo, representing the first
leg of the journey.
Randy Bernard,
Chief Executive Officer of the PBR states, "I am very pleased to announce
this groundbreaking event because it brings our move to Pueblo one more step closer to becoming a
reality. The PBR is proud that our entire board of directors will also be on
hand to meet the folks with PEDCO as well as city leaders, and witness first
hand the hospitality of our new community."
In association
with PEDCO (Pueblo Economic Development Corporation), the city of Pueblo has engineered
efforts to attract booming industries such as the PBR. "Being involved in
planning and building a new home for the PBR in Pueblo has been a very exciting process. To
finally break ground on the site and see the vision of such a world class
organization as the PBR come to fruition in the heart of downtown Pueblo is tremendous,"
stated Jim Spaccamonti, PEDCO President.
About PEDCO:
The Pueblo
Economic Development Corporation (PEDCO) is a private, not-for-profit
organization dedicated to the promotion of the Pueblo area to businesses and industries
considering expansion or relocation. PEDCO has created over 16,414 new jobs for
Pueblo
citizens, and saved nearly as many. Since 1981, 60 companies have located or
expanded to this southern Colorado
city. PEDCO works closely with city, county and state elected officials who
stand ready to ease the way for the relocation of new businesses and industries
into the community thus diversifying Pueblo's
economic climate.
About the PBR:
More
than 104 million viewers tune in each year to the PBR on NBC, OLN (Outdoor Life
Network) and on a host of foreign networks across the globe. With over 500
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 which includes the marquee
Built Ford Tough Series presented by Wrangler, the U.S. Smokeless Tobacco
Company Challenger Tour, the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Tour, and the Discovery
Tour, designed specifically for entry level contestants. The PBR's
governing board of directors is comprised of renowned bull riders who have
developed the event into a stand alone sport which is experiencing
unprecedented growth in global popularity. The PBR is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colo.,
and has over 600 athletes competing in more than 100 PBR sanctioned
competitions.
