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drawing a record 264,132 visitors in 2013. It takes place on the southern
parking lot of NRG Stadium, with over 350 teams participating every year
and is generally considered a “Hot Ticket,” as most are for members or by
invitation only. While the event is open to the general public, those that
can get into the tents are generally allowed an unlimited amount of food
and beverages.
THE CALF SCRAMBLE
Since the addition of the event in 1942, it has been one of the more
popular events during the actual rodeo. The event features 14 calves and
28 students who must try to capture one of the calves, put a halter on
it and bring it back into the “winners square” in order to claim the win.
One of the rules is that as long as a contestant is actually in the act of
holding the calf (i.e. Holding it by the tail) to get the halter on, no other
participant may interfere unless the calf wriggles itself free. It’s at this
point where the calf is fair game once again. The event is held nightly
between major events in the Reliant Stadium. Each of the students who
catch a calf is awarded a $1,250 certificate to purchase a registered beef
heifer. Raising and showing this heifer becomes a yearlong project as
the scrambler sees to the grooming, feeding and care of the animal. The
exhibitor returns to the Houston Livestock Show the following year for a
special competition. Calf Scramble exhibitors receive a $250 bonus when
they return to compete with their heifer, totaling their $1,500 certificate.
A similar events for youngsters is Mutton Bustin’, for 5 and 6-year-olds,
who try to ride on top of a sheep for eight seconds.
Rodeo Houston also features the traditional rodeo events of bull riding,
bareback riding, saddle bronc riding, team roping, steer wrestling, calf
roping, barrel racing (women only) and chuck wagon racing.
TRANSPORTATION
With between 60,000 and 150,000 people attending the rodeo each day,
every year, the city’s transportation infrastructure is taxed as it must
also compete with regular Houston Rush Hour on regular business days.
There are a variety of ways into and out of the complex that include Park
and Ride lots in certain parts of the city that are provided by the event as
an express straight onto the property, Taxi, Self Parking, and METRORail.
The Coordinators of the event try to persuade attendees to use public
transportation as the most convenient way to and from the Rodeo.
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