Advance tickets for Saturday of the 2010 Round-Up are sold out, according to Round-Up Director Troy LeGore. He also predicted the advance tickets for Friday will be gone by the end of the week, as only east bleacher seats remain.
“We were busy,” LeGore said of Round-Up week ticket sales. “Even so,” he added, “those who have yet to buy tickets shouldn’t give up.”
“There is a potential for more tickets to become available after April 15,” he said. “We’ve been very conservative on advanced sales because we just aren’t sure of the seating layout of the new west grandstands. We don’t want to oversell. Once we get all the advance ticket seating assignments finished and the permanent orders confirmed, we’re hoping we’ll have more tickets available.” He encouraged fans to keep an eye on the Round-Up website for updates.
LeGore also stepped in to quash a rampant rumor that Round-Up will last two weeks for its hundredth anniversary.
“No way,” he said firmly. “It’s just a rumor. There’s no truth to it at all.”
“We already ask an awful lot of our volunteers and the community” he said. “Speaking for myself and everyone I work with, our tanks are empty by Saturday and I don’t think fresh horses would help. We are going to have our normal, full seven days, but that’s it. ”
The 100th anniversary of Round-Up will be Sept. 11-18, 2010, with the rodeo scheduled for Sept. 15-18. In addition to any Round-Up tickets being made available in April, tickets for the U.S. Bank/Pendleton PBR Classic and the Round-Up & Happy Canyon Concert will go on sale in the late spring or early summer 2010.
