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The first Show was held in 1940 on the grounds of a local livestock sales yard with makeshift pens and lean-to sheds. The show continued to be held on this same property until 1949, when it moved to its present location at 1000 North Texas in Mercedes, with the exception of 1943 to 1945. In 1947, the Show was incorporated and chartered as a ...
The 2023 Stock Show also set a record for the highest purchase price at the Sale of Champions, when a 1,343-pound black European Cross named "Snoop Dog" was sold at auction by a 15-year old 4-H student from Canyon, Texas to local insurance company Higginbotham & Associates for a winning bid of $440,000. [11]
The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, also called RodeoHouston or abbreviated HLSR, is the largest livestock exhibition and rodeo in the world. It includes one of the richest regular-season professional rodeo events. It has been held at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, since 2003, with the exception of 2021 due to the effects of the COVID-19 ...
The Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo returns to Will Rogers Memorial Center Jan. 13. Here’s what to know about this year’s festivities.
Royal Caribbean billed Icon as “the ultimate family vacation” ahead of its launch, while Utopia’s tagline is “the world’s biggest weekend.”. Icon offers weeklong itineraries from Miami ...
Pedro Pages doubled home pinch runner Michael Siani and then scored on Alec Burleson's RBI single as the the St. Louis Cardinals edged the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 in 10 innings on Thursday. St.
The Big E, formally known as The Eastern States Exposition, is an annual fair in West Springfield, Massachusetts, which opens on the second Friday after Labor Day and runs for seventeen days. It is billed as " New England 's Great State Fair ," the largest agricultural event on the eastern seaboard and the fifth-largest fair in the nation. [ 2]
A 2021 study published by the Atlantic Council found that corn growers in the US are losing “$720 million in revenue annually due to heat’s effect on crop yields, which will increase to a ...