Cowtown Coliseum is a 2,400-seat

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, that hosts weekly

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s. It also occasionally hosts concerts and local team sporting events. The venue was built in 1908 and was originally known as Grand Coliseum. Part of the historic

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, the structure is the first ever indoor arena for rodeos in the United States. The building was refurbished in 1986.

Rodeo

The ''Stockyards Championship Rodeo'' has been held at Cowtown Coliseum almost every Friday and Saturday since 1992. The venue also occasionally holds events sanctioned by the

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(PRCA), Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo (BPIR),

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(WRCA), and Bulls, Bands & Barrels (BBB). During holiday weekends, the ''Stockyards Championship Rodeo'' is also held on Sunday. The

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(PBR) held their very first event in April 1993 at Cowtown Coliseum. In late December 1993, the venue was the first stop of the 1994 inaugural season of the PBR's

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. In February 2021, the PBR's elite series, now known as the

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, returned to Cowtown Coliseum for the first time since 1993 to host an event. In 2022, the PBR's Challenger Series hosted Sunday events known as ''PBR Sundays at Cowtown'' at the venue from June through August. Since 2023, the PBR hosts Touring Pro Division and Challenger Series events known as ''Stockyards Showcase'' at the Coliseum on most Thursdays of the calendar year. PBR Stockyard Showcase events are the kickoff to the ''Stockyards Championship Rodeo'' held on Fridays and Saturdays. These bull-riding events were previously held on Fridays and sanctioned by the now-defunct

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(CBR) organization as part of its Horizon Series in the 2010s. Since October 2023, after the conclusion of the ''PBR Stockyards Showcase'' on Thursday and the ''Stockyards Championship Rodeo'' on Friday and Saturday, American freestyle bullfighting sanctioned by the Ultimate Bullfighters (UBF) is held on Sunday. Cowtown Coliseum has been the home of the UBF World Finals every December since 2021. Since 2024, the PBR World Finals are held at two different venues in the

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; the first six days are held at Cowtown Coliseum, then the final two days at

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in Arlington. On four select Sundays of the year, an event called ''Mexico En La Sangre (Mexico In Our Blood)'' also takes place at the Coliseum. It features

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(Mexican rodeo), Mexican folk dances, and dancing

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s. Cowtown Coliseum also houses the

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, as well as the

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Other events

Two

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have spoken at the Coliseum -

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in 1911 and

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in the late 1970s.

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performed there four times from 1955 to 1956 when it was known as North Side Coliseum.

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performed at North Side Coliseum in 1966.

External links

Official website

References

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