Las Vegas throws arms around gay rodeo

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Posted date October 6, 2015 - 10:27am
Updated October 6, 2015 - 3:32pm
Las Vegas throws arms around gay rodeo

Doug Elfman
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Leave it to Las Vegas to give a warm welcome to gay rodeo cowboys and cowgirls, treating them as if they're equal to, or more fun than, traditional rodeos. ... And that is why Vegas is awesome and vibrant.

The World Gay Rodeo Finals run Thursday through Sunday at South Point, the event's first Vegas stand, after four years of doing up Fort Worth, Texas.

Rodeo director Robert Thurtell says Vegas "is where we need to be," and the proof is in an explosion of room reservations.

"It's more than tripled what we had anticipated. It's a phenomenal problem to have. The hotel has been so gracious," Thurtell said. "It's unreal."

International Gay Rodeo Association's World Gay Rodeo Finals

[shenmue]

1. Cool!

[Wellstone ruled]

2. Big dollar event.

Hearing tickets are tough to get. This will blow the local fundies undies to high heaven.

[beergood]

3. been to plenty of rodeos as a kid in springvile, ca

why does it matter if its sponsored by an lgbt group? a rodeos a rodeo?

the only difference i can think of is that gays won't have to worry about the homophobic red necks.