St. Louis, Mo. (February 23, 2010) - The Professional Bull Riders, Inc. (PBR) makes the tenth stop on the elite Built Ford Tough Series in St. Louis, for the 2010 Enterprise Rent-A-Car Invitational. On February 26-28th, the PBR will take over the Scotttrade Center for three thrilling nights, where fans will get to witness 40 of the world’s top bull riders take on the toughest animal athletes on earth!
With tickets starting at as little as $10, PBR fans new and old will get to see the world’s toughest athletes, more than two hours of edge-of-your-seat thrills and spills, rock and roll music, and pyrotechnics. Tickets can be purchased at the Scottrade Center box office, www.ticketmaster.com, or by phone at 800-745-3000 (standard ticket fees may apply).
Expected to compete during these three nights of heart-pounding, bone-crushing action is home state bull rider Luke Snyder (Raymore, Mo.); 2009 PBR World Champion Kody Lostroh (Longmont, Colo.), PBR superstars Austin Meier (Kinta, Okla.), Travis Briscoe (Edgewood, N.M.), Skeeter Kingsolver (Mclouth, Kans.), and Aaron Roy (Asquith, SK); and current #1 bull rider in the BFTS World Standings J.B. Mauney (Mooresville, N.C.).
The St. Louis Enterprise Rent-A-Car Invitational will consist of four rounds of competition, with the first three rounds featuring the Top 40 bull riders matched against the PBR’s rankest bulls. The scores from the three rides will be combined and the riders with the top 15 scores will advance to the Built Ford Tough Championship Round after intermission on Saturday. In the end, the cowboy with the highest total score on four bulls will be declared the winner!
The PBR is the premiere bull riding organization in the world, boasting contestants from the United States, Mexico, Australia, Brazil, and Canada. One of the fastest growing sports in the country, PBR’s events air weekly on VERSUS, NBC, CBS, and FOX. For more information on the Professional Bull Riders, please visit www.pbr.com or contact Sara Broun at 719 242 2800 or sbroun@pbrnow.com.
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About the Professional Bull Riders, Inc. (PBR):
More than 100 million viewers tune in each year to the PBR on FOX, NBC, VERSUS and on a host of foreign networks across the globe. With approximately 400 hours of prime time programming annually PBR ranks among the most prolific sports on air, in addition to attracting over one and one half million live event attendees each year with its multi-tiered event structure which includes the marquee Built Ford Tough Series and Touring Pro Division. The PBR is headquartered in Pueblo, Colo., and has over 1,200 PBR bull riders compete in more than 300 PBR sanctioned competitions in the United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada, and Mexico.
