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Thursday, March 30, 2017
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Job Well Done
Mount Enterprise Mayor Harvey Graves and Munici- Mount Enterprise Rusk County Youth Project Show
pal Judge Rand Cates congratulate members of the for their winning entries in this year’s event.
Submitted by Rosena Becker-Ross
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo™
celebrates recordbreaking attendance
of morethan 2.6million fans at the 2017
show
The world’s largest celebration of agriculture, edu-
cation, entertainment and Western heritage drew a
record-breaking 2,611,176 visitors in total attendance
to the 85th annual Houston Livestock Show and Ro-
deo, March 7 - 26, 2017.
“Powered by more than 33,000 volunteers, the 2017
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo successfully pro-
vided a record number of visitors with a world-class
entertainment experience,” said Joel Cowley, Houston
Livestock Show and Rodeo president and CEO. “Dur-
ing the 2017 Show, fans were immersed in one-of-a-
kind educational and agricultural exhibits, larger-than-
life entertainment, and nightly celebrations of Western
heritage during RODEOHOUSTON®.”
2017 HIGHLIGHTS:
ATTENDANCE
The total 2017 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
attendance was more than the population of any Texas city.
• Total attendance for all activities on the grounds
was a record 2,611,176. o In three days, the World’s
Championship Bar-B-Que Contest entertained
226,369 guests, and on Thursday, March 2, attendance
reached an opening-day record of 47,883.
o Another record was broken on Saturday, March 18,
with a single-day attendance of 185,667, when the
Show had more people on the grounds than Texas’
16th most populated city.
• Paid Rodeo/concert attendance reached 1,370,263.
o Two of the RODEOHOUSTON® performances
landed on the list of the Show’s top 20 paid rodeo/
concert attendance records. § First: Sunday, March
19, 2017 - Go Tejano Day - Banda El Recodo and
Siggno - 75,557
§ 17th: Thursday, March 16, 2017 - Luke Bryan -
75,033
RODEOHOUSTON®
• RODEOHOUSTON committed $2.17 million to its
contestants in 2017.
• The 2017 RODEOHOUSTON Super Series invited
the world's top rodeo athletes to compete in seven
traditional rodeo events, March 7-25.
o With the entire purse provided by RODEOHOUS-
TON, Super Series athletes competed for a share of
$1,748,000 in prize money. Each event champion
rode out of NRG Stadium with $50,000, plus win-
nings from the preliminary rounds.
2017 RODEOHOUSTON Super Series Champions,
with total money earned, are:
§ Tie-Down Roping: Caleb Smidt: Belleville, Texas -
$58,500
§ Bareback Riding: Jake Void: Airdrie, Alberta,
Canada - $56,000
§ Team Roping: Zac Small: Welch, Oklahoma; and
Levi Lord: Sturgis, South Dakota - $110,000
§ Saddle Bronc Riding: Cody DeMoss: Heflin, Loui-
siana- $56,438 • 2003 RODEOHOUSTON Champion
§ Steer Wrestling: Tyler Waguespack: Gonzales,
Louisiana - $56,500
§ Barrel Racing: Kassie Mowry: Dublin, Texas - $60,000
Cont’d on page B4
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Bryant, Jack. East Texas Press (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 30, 2017, newspaper, March 30, 2017; Timpson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth899131/m1/8/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Timpson Public Library.