Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo tickets now on sale

by PegNews wire

Tickets to the FW Stock Show & Rodeo are now available at the Will Rogers Memorial Center and at TicketMaster. Here's the list of daily events. Seating is limited at the Jan. 13 ranch rodeo, you're pretty much screwed if you didn't already send in a ticket order form by mail.

And here is a big list of facts if you're into fact lists:

• Fort Worth’s largest annual event, with more than 900,000 visitors each year

• 24 days of Western Heritage and Texas tradition

• The oldest continuously-held livestock show in the United States (est. 1896)

• Over 21,000 head of top-quality livestock

• Participants from 40 states and many foreign countries

• The World’s Original Indoor Rodeo

• More than 900 rodeo contestants in 30 performances each year

• One of the top rodeo prize purses among Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) events

• More than 9,000 4-H and FFA high school student participants

• Thousands of dollars in scholarships awarded annually through youth programs

• All profits either returned to the City in the form of facility improvements or used for advanced education

• Held at the Will Rogers Memorial Center since 1944

• $100 million annually in economic impact to the City of Fort Worth

Posted by Blair