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Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Civic Center estimates The North Dakota Roughrider Rodeo Association state finals in Jamestown September 26, 27, 28, 2014 generated around $725,000 this past weekend.

The Rodeo brings in about 8,000 to 11,000 people However with Jamestown High School and the University of Jamestown, and hosting Homecoming activities including each having homecoming football games, Friday and Saturday, this year’s, attendance is down to about half that number.

This year the Jamestown Civic Center estimates that the rodeo on Friday night alone generated around $190,000 for the city and around $468,000 on Saturday.

 

Previously….The North Dakota Roughrider Rodeo Association state finals will be in Jamestown September 26, 27, 28, 2014 at the Jamestown Civic Center.

The rodeo begins at 6 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday.

110 finalists will compete over the weekend, with a separate, optional event at 9 a.m. on Saturday that about 100 competitors have signed up for.

Previously held in Devils Lake, this will be the third year of a seven-year contract for the finals to be held in Jamestown.

NDRRA Secretary Mary Carlson says a crowd of 10,000 to 12,000 to attend the three-day event at the Jamestown Civic Center.

Civic Center Director Pam Fosse said about 11,000 people attended last year’s finals, and the contract is expected to renewed.

Tickets for daily shows for adults and children  $20 and $10 on the day of the show.

Tickets can be purchased by calling the Civic Center, at 252-4835.

Sponsored by Coborn’s Valley Plains Equipment, Titan Machinery, Boot Barn, Jamestown Tourism, and the Jamestown Civic Center.