Known as the richest and most prestigious rodeo in the world, the Wrangler NFR attracts the Top 15 contestants in bareback riding, steer wrestling, team roping, saddle bronc riding, tie-down roping, barrel racing and bull riding to compete for a share of the increased purse and the coveted PRCA World Champion Gold ...

University of Nevada, Las Vegas The NFR is held each year in the first full week of December, at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in Paradise, Nevada, United States. (UNLV) and is aired live on The Cowboy Channel.

The NFR features seven main events: calf roping, steer wrestling, bull riding, saddle bronc riding, bareback bronc riding, team roping, and steer roping. This event brings together the best rodeo athletes from around the US. They come together and compete for ten days. Don't miss out on an NFR experience.

the Wrangler NFR Held annually since 1959 – and since 1985, every December at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas – the Wrangler NFR is ProRodeo's richest and most prestigious rodeo, and it showcases the very best cowboys, barrel racers and livestock in the world.

The Wrangler National Finals Rodeo - NFR - is returning to Las Vegas December 7 – 16, 2023, and Caesars Entertainment is the Cowboy Capital of the Strip.

Since 1985 the NFR (National Finals Rodeo) has been held in the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. The NFR (National Finals Rodeo) has become Thomas & Mack Center arena's biggest client, bringing in more than 170,000 fans during the 10-day event.

The National Finals Rodeo showcases the talents of the nation's top fifteen money-winners in each event as they compete for the world title. The first NFR was held in Dallas in 1959 and continued at that venue through 1961.

UNLV Thomas & Mack Center, The Las Vegas National Finals Rodeo (NFR) is a ten-day competition crowning the world champions of rodeo. It features rodeo's top fifteen competitors, in terms of earnings from each of the events.

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Wrangler National Finals Rodeo - First Performance Starting at 5:45 p.m.

The National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas drew 173,350 paying spectators, "up from 169,539 in 2021." The crowd for Saturday's final round was 17,788 -- the "highest single-day attendance since 2014 when the Thomas & Mack Center was renovated, reducing seating capacity." The NFR also "ran its streak of consecutive sellouts ...