PBR event moving to Texas from Vegas amid pandemic

The annual Professional Bull Riders World Finals is the latest event not happening in Las Vegas amid the pandemic.

LEAVING LAS VEGAS!

THEPROFESSIONAL BULL RIDERSORGANIZATION.....ARE BLAMING NEVADA'S....COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS....AND....GOVERNOR STEVE SISOLAK.....FOR THEIR DEPARTURE...THE EVENT IS JUST THELATEST.....TO LEAVE THE VALLEY..BEFORE HE WAS SENT TO THESTRIP..JOE BARTELS FILED THIS REPORTON THE POINTED WORDS FROM EVENTORGANIZERS..ALLEGIANT STADIUM WAS ONE OFTHE VENUES P-B-R ORGANIZERSWERE LOOKING AT..BUT NOW..THE EVENT IS MOVING OUT OF LASVEGAS!

THE PROFESSIONAL BULLRIDERS..WORLD FINALS..AVOIDING LAS VEGAS...FOR NOW..SIN CITY LOSING THE EVENT..IN2020 AFTER HOSTING TEN OFTHOUSANDS OF FANS..IN EACH OFTHE PREVIOUS...26 YEARS...."IT'S DISAPPOINTING THAT WEWEREN'T ABLE TO PULL IT OFF ATEITHER T MOBILE OR ALLEGIANT."IN A VIRTUAL NEWS CONFERENCETHURSDAY..PBR OFFICIALS..POINTED TO NEVADA'S..50 PERSON CAP ON EVENTS..PLUS POOR COMMUNICATION FROMTOP STATE LEADERS."THERE'S NO RESPONSE FROM THESTATE NEVADA TO CLARIFY WHATTHOSE RULES ARE IT'S A 50PERSON MAX CAPACITY AND AS FARAS WE CAN TELL BUT I THINKTHAT'S A LOT OF WORK THAT NEEDSTO BE DONE FOR THE CITY OF LASWANTS TO WORK WITH THE PUBLICAUTHORITIES TO BRING FANS BACKINTO THE MARKET IN A SAFE ANDRESPONSIBLE WAY I JUST DON'TUNDERSTAND WHY WE ENDED UPWHERE WE ENDED UP." THE P-B-R WORLD FINALS..IS ONE OF THE RICHEST AND MOSTPLUS COMPETITORS..INSTEAD..THE EVENT WILL MOVE TO A-T-N-TSTADIUM..HOME OF THE TEXAS COWBOYS..IN MID NOVEMBER..."OF COURSE IT HELPS WITH THEMORALE OF OUR PEOPLE THERE'SNOTHING LIKE THE EXCITEMENT OFTHIS PBR AND WHAT IT WILL DOFOR THE MORALE OF OUR CITIZENSHERE AND PEOPLE ALL ACROSS THEWORLD TO BE ABLE TO GO ON ANDHAVE EVENTS." THE P-B-R PULLING OUT OF LASVEGAS IS JUST THE LATEST IN AANNOUNCED..THE SOUTH POINT 400..SET FOR THIS WEEKEND..WILL GO ON..BUT WITHOUT A SPECTATORS.."THE COMMUNICATION WE GOT FROMTHE GOVERNORS OFFICE WAS NOFANS THAT'S IT THAT'S HOW MUCHI CAN ELABORATE ON WHAT WE WERETOLD." THE SPEEDWAY'S PRESIDENT..CHRIS POWELL..SPOKE ONE ON ONE WITH 13INVESTIGATES... LAST WEEK..HE WANTED 10 PERCENT..OF THE VENUES 80 THOUSANDCAPACITY..TO WATCH THE RACE IN PERSON..THAT REQUEST..

DENIED...HE SAYS..STATE LEADERS LACKED TIMELYCOMMUNICATION..AND DECISIONMAKING."I CAN ONLY TELL YOU THEFRUSTRATION WAS GREAT AND THATWE WOULD BE TOLD ONE THING BYONE LEVEL OF GOVERNMENTS ONEDAY AND WE WOULD BE TOLD" PBR ECHOED THE SAMEFRUSTRATION..BUT SAYS..THEY STILL PLAN TO HOLD THEP-B-R WORLD CUP...IN LAS VEGAS IN THESPRING...THE OTHER EVENTS ASSOCIATEDWITH THE P-B-R EVENT HELD INLAS VEGAS IN NOVEMBER..WILL ALSO MOVE..WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS..JOE BARTELS 13 ACTION NEWS.WE REACHED OUT TO THE GOVERNORSOFFICE LATE TODAY FOR COMMENTAND HAVE