National Finals Rodeo 2010 – NFR Event Starts
The National Finals Rodeo 2010 started on Thursday, Dec. 2, and will run until the 11th at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Cowboys from all across the U.S. and Canada work all year in hopes of qualifying for the National Finals Rodeo (NFR), the PRCA’s premier championship, sometimes referred to as the “Superbowl of Rodeos”.
The NFR is held each December in Las Vegas at the Thomas and Mack Center on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The top 15 regular-season finishers in each event qualify for the NFR and compete for prize money.
The NFR features the Top 15 competitors in each of professional rodeo’s seven events: saddle bronc riding, bull riding, bareback riding, calf roping, team roping, steer wrestling and barrel racing.