Professional Bull Riders, Inc. (PBR) Touring Pro division is returning to Bismarck, North Dakota for the 10th year for the Dakota Community Bank Touring Pro Division on Friday, June 18 and Saturday, June 19. Legendary PBR stock contractor Chad Berger will feature some of the biggest PBR star athletes as they go up against the baddest bulls in the world!
Top PBR riders expected to compete in Bismarck are current No. 5 in the world standings, Brazilian Robson Palermo (Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil); fan favorite McKennon Wimberly (Cool, Texas); and star of the most recent season of The Amazing Race, Cord McCoy (Ada, Okla.). Fans will also get to witness top bucking bulls such as Big Tex (Dakota Rodeo/Chad Berger/Clay Struve), Code Blue (Walton & Wagoner/Berger & Struve) and Yellow Jacket, Jr. (Dakota Rodeo/Chad Berger/Clay Struve/Julie Rosen).
Other PBR personalities expected to be in Bismarck include Built Ford Tough Series in-arena announcers Brandon Bates and Clint Adkins, exclusive PBR entertainer Flint Rasmussen, and Dickies DuraBullfighters Frank Newsome and Jesse Byrne.
All of the bull riding action starts at 7:30pm both nights and tickets for this one-of-a-kind family-friendly show can be purchased for as little as $17 online at www.Ticketmaster.com, at the Bismarck Civic Center box office or by calling 800.745.3000 (standard ticket fees may apply).
The PBR Touring Pro Division is the minor-league tour of the PBR and features up-and-coming bull riders competing alongside veterans and fan favorites against some of the most famous bucking bulls. The tour gives riders the opportunity to compete in PBR-sanctioned events while earning money to qualify for the elite Built Ford Tough Series, which is comprised of the Top 40 bull riders in the world. Every five events on the BFTS, the bottom five riders (based on points) are dropped from the BFTS and the Top 5 riders (based on money earned) from the Touring Pro Division are allowed to move onto the BFTS. For more information about the PBR and all future Touring Pro Series events, please visit www.pbr.com.
PBR is the premiere bull riding organization in the world, boasting athletes from the United States, Mexico, Australia, Brazil and Canada. One of the fastest growing sports in the country, the PBR’s events air weekly on VERSUS, NBC, CBS and FOX. For more information on Professional Bull Riders, please visit www.pbr.com or contact Sara Broun at 719.242.2800 (sbroun@pbrnow.com).
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About the Professional Bull Riders, Inc. (PBR)
More than 100 million viewers tune in each year to the PBR on VERSUS, NBC, CBS and on television networks around the world. With approximately 400 hours of primetime programming annually, the PBR ranks among the most prolific sports on air. The PBR attracts nearly 2 million live event attendees each year to its marquee Built Ford Tough Series and the PBR Touring Pro Division. More than 1,200 PBR bull riders compete every year in approximately 300 PBR-sanctioned competitions in the United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada, and Mexico. The PBR was nominated as 2010 Sports League of the Year at the Sports Business Journal Sports Business Awards alongside the National Football League, National Basketball Association and Major League Baseball.
For more on the PBR, please visit www.pbr.com, www.teampbr.com, www.pbr.tv, www.myspace.com/teampbr, http://twitter.com/teampbr, or www.pbr.com/worldfinals.
