Let's Rodeo, San Antonio! It's that time of year again. Each year this city is host to the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo. From January 31st to February 17th 2008, the SAn Antonio Spurs vacate their home, and go "on the road" while the venue hosts one of the largest Rodeos in the USA.



Rodeo Fun Facts

The San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo was selected for the second year in a row as the PRCA Large Indoor Rodeo of the Year! (Both 2005 - 2006 & 2007)
The San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo is one of the top five PRCA rodeos in the nation and is recognized by the PRCA ProRodeo Hall of Fame. More than $1,000,000 in total purse and prizes was awarded in 2007.
The San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo is one of the top five PRCA rodeos in the nation and received special recognition by the PRCA ProRodeo Hall of Fame in 2003.

Food And Beverage Sold In The AT&T Center
Fountain Soda - 5,040 Gallons
Bottled Soda - 1,365 Gallons
Total Soda - 6, 405 Gallons or 32,795 Sodas
Jumbo Hot Dogs - 15,000
Foot Long Hot Dogs - 5,000
Brisket - 4,800 Pounds
Cream Cheese used in Homemade Cheesecakes - 500 lbs

Livestock Show Fun Facts
The San Antonio Livestock & Horse Shows had a combined 30,000 entries from 32 states in 2007.
Pounds of market animals shown: Swine (Pork) - 990,827 lbs
Goats - 89,735 lbs
Lamb - 189,868 lbs
Beef - 1,959,102 lbs
Gallons of milk in milking parlor - 32 gallons per day
# of miles walked in two days by one steer show ring steward - 35 miles
Trailers parked in Stockman's Lot:
Total Trailers Parked - 3,761
Largest Number of Trailers Parked on a Single Day - 105 on Thurs, Feb 19, 2004
Calf Scramble Fact:
If each calf scramble participant ran just one lap during the calf scramble, the total # of miles run would be 85.6 miles.

Horse Show Fun Facts
Amount of water consumed by horses on the grounds during the show - over 50,000 gallons
Amount of feed consumed by horses on the grounds during the show - over 10,000 pounds
Amount of hay consumed by horses on the grounds during eh show - over 50,000 pounds
Amount of manure produced by horses on the grounds during the show - over 200,000 pounds Commercial Exhibits Fun Facts

Commercial Exhibits and Family Fair use over 10,000 linear feet of decorative drape each year.
The carnival used over 2 miles of electric cable wire to power the carnival in 2004.
If you count all over-the-road vehicles, including the trailers to house the carnival staff, and line the vehicles up end to end, the distance would be 1.5 miles of vehicles brought to San Antonio to produce the 2004 carnival.
The most popular ride in 2005 was the Megadrop.

Stats
Final attendance for the 58th Annual San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo numbered 1,204,417.
Visitors came from all 50 states and 41 foreign countries
San Antonio was ranked as one of the Top Ten Family Attractions in the Nation by Ticketmaster
The San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo is one of the top five PRCA rodeos in the nation and is recognized by the PRCA ProRodeo Hall of Fame. More than $1,000,000 in total purse and prizes will be awarded in 2007.
Our Livestock Show had an outstanding year with 22,025 total entries. In addition there were close to 12,000 junior show participants representing 958 4-H Clubs and FFA Chapters. We hosted 770 Open Show exhibitors from 12 states.
The 2005 Horse Shows had a successful year. The Barrel Futurity and Derby are rated in the Top Ten Barrel Futurity & Derby Events nationwide. The Select Sale was a huge success with the top selling horse for $28,000.00.
The 2007 Junior Livestock Auction recorded,$3,610,612.
Over a quarter of a million dollars in scholarships were awarded in the Junior Breeding Shows, Junior Market Goat Show, Quality Product Contests, Judging Contests and the Texas Youth Horse Shows.
The Western Art Auction produced $126,125 which was awarded to 25 students, most of whom are from Bexar County.

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