Buckle Up New York!
The Professional Bull Riders kicks off its 2014 Built Ford Tough Series in NYC with the
Monster Energy Buck Off at the Garden January 3-5
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| This is a recap pic of last year’s fun at PBR NYC. |
Every year when January rolls around our family knows exactly where we will be.
Our family reserves the first weekend of January for Professional Bull Riding!
Honestly, I never thought this would be something that our family would all enjoy, then we attended our first bull riding event a few years ago and everyone loved it! It’s an event you can enjoy with friends, alone, on a date or with family! Any way that you choose you will definitely enjoy it. This year looks like it definitely will not disappoint!
Fan Favorite J.B. Mauney returns as 2013 PBR World Champion The Professional Bull Riders returns to the newly transformed Madison Square Garden Jan. 3-5 with the Monster Energy Buck Off at the Garden to kick off its 2014 Built Ford Tough Series. Tickets for the three-day event are on sale now.
J.B. Mauney, a New York fan favorite, will compete at MSG for the first time as the reigning World Champion after a dramatic, heart-pounding finish at the PBR’s 20th Anniversary Built Ford Tough World Finals in Las Vegas where he thwarted the attempt of two-time, back-to-back champion Silvano Alves to capture his third consecutive title.
The race to the 2014 World Finals starts in New York as Mauney and Alves, two athletes at the very top of their game, look to continue their intense competition for another season.
Each day the Top 35 bull riders in the world will face off with foes nearly 10 times their weight in sinewy brawn during 8-second battles where only one athlete will be left standing. The Monster Energy Buck Off at the Garden begins Friday and Saturday, Jan. 3 and 4 at 8 p.m. and on Sunday, Jan. 5 at 1 p.m.
In 2013, New York’s Monster Energy Invitational drew more than 43,000 fans to Madison Square Garden to set a new attendance record for the three-day competition. As “America’s fastest growing sport” (Forbes.com), the PBR expects the same in 2014.
Robson Palermo returns to the Garden as the defending PBR New York event champion. Soon after his win in 2013 he opted for season–ending surgery on his free arm. He’s now rehabbed and ready to compete and returns to the BFTS in 2014.
Another comeback cowboy is Pistol Robinson. NYC fans watched in anguish in 2012 when Robinson’s bull ran over him after bucking him off, to break both of his legs. Jan. 3 will be the first time he has competed in NYC since that encounter.
In addition to 110 of the best bucking bulls in the business, joining these men in the arena will be five former PBR World Champions: Silvano Alves (2011, 2012), Renato Nunes (2010), Kody Lostroh (2009), Guilherme Marchi (2008) and Mike Lee (2004); 2013 PBR Rookie of the Year Joao Ricardo Vieira, Jory Markiss, Douglas Duncan, Chase Outlaw and a host of other young guns are striving to leave their mark on the Big Apple.
The bull riders will face one bull each during Round 1 on Friday, Round 2 on Saturday and Round 3 on Sunday. Following Round 3, the Top 15 riders with the highest cumulative scores will advance to the Built Ford Tough Championship Round that same day. The overall event winner will be the rider with the highest combined score from all four rounds, earning at least $30,000 for first place.
New York City will be the first of 27 stops on the 2014 PBR Built Ford Tough Series schedule. The series also will travel to Chicago, Anaheim, Calif., and Dallas on its 18-state tour, culminating with the PBR Built
Ford Tough World Finals in Las Vegas on Oct. 22-26 when the 2014 PBR World Champion, the bull rider who amasses the most points during the 2014 season, will receive the coveted World Championship belt buckle and $1 million bonus.
Tickets, ranging in price from $20 to $200, are now on sale for the PBR’s return to the “World’s Most Famous Arena” and can be purchased at all Ticketmaster outlets, online at www.ticketmaster.com and via phone at (800) 345-3000. Tickets are also available at the MSG Box Office.
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