The eleventh Annual U.S. Bank/Pendleton PBR Classic returns September 14th and 15th at the Happy Canyon Arena. Tickets will go on sale at 8:30 am Wednesday, June 17th. The award winning, wildly popular PBR returns to Pendleton as one of the U.S. Smokeless Tobacco tour events, providing the top bull riders in the nation a chance to compete for the highest purse on the tour. US Bank returns again as the title sponsor of the PBR Classic for their eighth straight year.
Happy Canyon Director Michael Corey thinks the PBR event opens the Pendleton Round-Up and Happy Canyon week in fine fashion. “This is a very popular event and it’s really a fantastic way to start out the week,” he said. “The excitement it generates really gets things rolling. ” The U.S. Bank/Pendleton PBR Classic has won the PBR’s Venue of the Year Award twice.
Round-Up Director Carl Culham agrees. “We’re fortunate to have some of the best bull riders in the world facing some of the best bulls in the world every year. It’s easy to see why this event is so popular.”
U.S. Bank/Pendleton PBR Classic tickets are available in person at the Round-Up and Happy Canyon office or by calling 1-800-457-6336, 541-276-2553, or any Ticketmaster outlet at 800-745-3000.
The Pendleton Round-Up and Happy Canyon is held annually the second full week of September in Pendleton, Ore. The Round-Up began in 1910 and is recognized as one of the oldest and most prestigious rodeos in the world and won the Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association’s 2003 Large Outdoor Rodeo Committee of the Year Award. The Happy Canyon Night Show is a colorful display of Indian pageantry and tradition and takes place every night of Round-Up. A week full of activities, including parades, concerts, PBR bull-riding competition, barbecues, dances, gambling and numerous other events begin Saturday, Sept. 12th and continue through Saturday, Sept. 19th. For more background information about the Pendleton Round-Up, Happy Canyon Night Show and its many ancillary events, visit www.pendletonroundup.com.
