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Professional Bull Riding
Dates and Times:
| Saturday, April 09, 2011 |
7:50 PM |
| Sunday, April 10, 2011 |
1:00 PM |
On sale: Now
Ticket Prices: $10.00, $20.00, $35.00, $50.00 and $100.00
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You won’t need your whole seat - just the edge - when you watch the Top 40 bull riders and the fiercest bucking bulls in the world compete in the Built Ford Tough Invitational Powered by F-150 EcoBoost at the St. Pete Times Forum April 9-10. Bull riding begins at 7:50 p.m. on Saturday, April 9, and at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 10.
Tampa is the 14th stop on the nationally-televised BFTS, which will make 28 stops in 23 states. The season began at world-famous Madison Square Garden in New York on January 7-9. It all culminates October 26-30 in Las Vegas at the richest bull riding event in the world, the PBR Built Ford Tough World Finals, where the 2011 PBR World Champion will be crowned and awarded the $1 million Built Ford Tough bonus.
Chris Shivers of Jonesville, LA., will be looking for his fourth win in Tampa, having won in 2000, 2003 and 2005. Shivers went on to win the PBR World Championship in 2000 and 2003. He is second in career earnings with $3,756,135, and was the first rider to reach $1 million in 2001 and $2 million in 2003.
Fans will be able to experience two rounds of 8-second rides and jaw-dropping wrecks as the best bull riders on the planet try to stay on animals that are 10 times their size.
Each of the 40 riders will ride on Saturday and Sunday. Following Round 1 on Saturday, the riders with the 10 highest scores will each compete with one more bull. Following Round 3 on Sunday, the riders with the 10 highest cumulative scores will advance to the Built Ford Tough Championship Round where they will compete with one more bull. The overall event winner will be the rider with the highest combined score from all four rounds.
About the Professional Bull Riders, Inc. (PBR)
The PBR is the world’s premier bull riding organization. More than 100 million viewers annually watch over 400 hours of primetime PBR programming on VERSUS, NBC, CBS and networks around the world. The PBR has awarded over $100 million in prize money and 21 riders have earned over $1 million, including Justin McBride with $5.5 million -- the most of any western sports athlete in history. 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. Nearly two million fans attend Built Ford Tough Series and Touring Pro Division events each year. For more information on the PBR, go to www.pbr.com, or follow on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TeamPBR and http://twitter.com/TEAMPBR. |
