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Wrangler National Finals Rodeo Sellout Streak Hits 300 With Another Sold-Out 10-Night Run

The Wrangler National Finals Rodeo begins Friday night at the renovated Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, "setting off another run of 10 sold-out nights that will bring the Super Bowl of Rodeo’s streak to an even 300," according to Patrick Everson of the LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL. It took a couple of years for the event to "really take hold," but since '87, "every night of the WNFR has been a sellout." Cosmopolitan Las Vegas President & CEO Bill McBeath, who also serves on Las Vegas Events' WNFR committee, said, "This is 30 straight years of sellouts. That’s how I look at it. In any sport, entertainment, I don’t know of any streak like that. Thirty years of sellouts is pretty amazing." Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Commissioner Karl Stressman said, "We sold out faster this year than ever in the history of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. That’s pretty blasted impressive that we continue to have that demand." The event also attracts "tens of thousands of fans to Las Vegas for the first 10 days of December who might not spend a single evening at the Thomas & Mack Center." MGM Grand President & COO Scott Sibella, who also serves on Las Vegas Events' WNFR committee said, "What we’ve created is an experience for everybody to come to Las Vegas and see what rodeo is all about, even if they don’t have a ticket." The experience "started with the Cowboy Christmas expo, which had modest beginnings but now is a huge shopping opportunity and an interactive entertainment experience." The expo "joined forces last year with the Hunter and Outdoor Expo and now takes up 900,000 square feet in the Las Vegas Convention Center’s South Hall." There are also "several other offshoot expos around town" (LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL, 12/1). 

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