CROWNING A CHAMPION: The 2024 season comes to a climactic finish this weekend at the PBR World Finals: Unleash The Beast - Championship inside AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, beginning Saturday, May 18, at 7:45 p.m. CDT and concluding on Sunday, May 19, at 1:45 p.m. CDT. The World Finals is the richest bull riding event in the sport, which includes a $1 million bonus awarded to the rider who is crowned the PBR World Champion, and the 2024 event will award a record-setting $3.13 million in prize money, more than $400,000 more than was awarded at the 2023 PBR World Finals.
THIS WEEKEND’S FORMAT: The 2024 PBR World Finals Unleash The Beast - Championship event at AT&T Stadium May 18-19 will feature the 20 advancing riders from Eliminations and the five competitors who punched their tickets via Ride For Redemption. Each day of competition will feature two rounds, with Rounds 1-2 on Saturday, May 18, followed by Rounds 3-4 on Sunday, May 19. While the 20 riders who earned a berth via Eliminations are guaranteed to compete in all four Championship rounds, the five contenders who advanced via Ride For Redemption must record a score in Round 1 or Round 2 to remain in the World Finals Championship for Rounds 3-4. After Round 4 at the 2024 PBR World Finals Championship, the new World Champion will be the No. 1-ranked rider in the Unleash The Beast standings. The 2024 PBR World Finals event winner will be the rider with the top aggregate score across the final four rounds of action. Inside AT&T Stadium, one rider can earn a maximum of 756 Unleash The Beast points, netting 36 points should they score 90+ point rides in each round, 80 points for each round win and 400 points for winning the aggregate. Across those two days, the PBR will award over $2.31 million, including the $1 million bonus to the 2024 PBR World Champion, $350,000 to the World Finals event winner and $50,000 to each of the four Championship round winners.
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