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Cowtown Coliseum

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Fort Worth Stockyards June 2016 49 (Cowtown Coliseum)
Fort Worth Stockyards June 2016 49 (Cowtown Coliseum)

Cowtown Coliseum is a 3,418-seat arena in Fort Worth, Texas, United States that hosts weekly rodeos. It also used to host local team sporting events and concerts. The venue was built in 1908 and was originally known as Grand Coliseum.Elvis Presley performed there four times from 1955 to 1956 when it was known as North Side Coliseum.The building was refurbished in 1986.In 2007, it hosted the Fort Worth Sixers of the National Indoor Football League. Part of the historic Fort Worth Stockyards, the structure is the first ever indoor arena for rodeos in the United States. The Stockyards Championship Rodeo is held at the Coliseum almost every Friday and Saturday. The venue also occasionally holds events sanctioned by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA), Bill Picket Invitational Rodeo (BPIR), World Champions Rodeo Alliance (WCRA), and Ultimate Bullfighters (UBF). The last of which features American freestyle bullfighting. On Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends, the Stockyards Championship Rodeo is also held on Sunday. Occasionally also on Sundays, an exhibition event called Mexico en la Sangre (Mexico in Our Blood) which features Charrería (Mexican rodeo), dancing horses, and Mexican folk dances is held.The Professional Bull Riders (PBR) held their very first event in April 1993 at Cowtown Coliseum. In late December 1993, the venue was the first stop of the PBR Bud Light Cup Series’ 1994 inaugural season. In February 2021, the PBR’s elite series, now known as the Unleash the Beast Series, returned to Cowtown Coliseum for the first time since 1993 to host an event. The PBR’s Touring Pro Division has hosted the Cowtown Classic at the Coliseum every New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day for several years. 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 lower-level events known as Stockyards Showcase at the Coliseum on most Thursdays of the calendar year. These events are the kickoff to the Friday and Saturday Stockyards Championship Rodeo.The Coliseum also houses the Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame, as well as the Bull Riding Hall of Fame.

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Cowtown Coliseum
East Exchange Avenue, Fort Worth

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East Exchange Avenue 121
76164 Fort Worth
Texas, United States
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Fort Worth Stockyards June 2016 49 (Cowtown Coliseum)
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Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame
Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame

The Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame, a western, historical museum in Fort Worth, Texas, United States, "honors those men and women who have shown excellence in the business and support of rodeo and the western lifestyle in Texas."The Hall of Fame includes over 125 cowboys and cowgirls, each of whom has a booth to display personal memorabilia. The museum, located in Historic Barn A, is also home to The Sterquell Wagon Collection, John Justin Trail of Fame, Chisholm Trail Exhibit, The Applewhite-Clark Exhibit, Adventures of the Cowboy Trail, Zigrang Horse Bit Collection, Amon G. Carter's 1933 Cadillac and The Jersey Lilly Old-Tyme Photo Parlour.The Hall of Fame was established in 1997 and its original purpose was to recognize excellent horsemen and women. In 2001, the hall moved to the Fort Worth Stockyards National Historic District. Today the hall recognizes individuals from all facets of rodeo and western lifestyle. The building housing it is one of the horse and mule barns in the Fort Worth Stockyards. Originally built in 1888, they housed over 3,000 horses and mules. The original wooden ones that stood in this location were lost March 14, 1911, when a spark from a passing train ignited a fire. They were rebuilt and completed in March 1912 and considered the first "fireproof" ones. The bricks, columns, metal doors, catwalks, and cinder blocks are all original architecture. The Hall of Fame is located in the heart of the historic Fort Worth Stockyards.