Don’t miss any of the action when it airs on VERSUS on Saturday and Sunday night.
MEDIA CONTACT:
Katharine Sherrer
Public Relations Manager
719.242.2800, ext. 3372 office
katharine@pbrnow.com
NEW YORK, N.Y. (October 12, 2009) - The Professional Bull Riders, Inc. (PBR) will bring the world’s best bull riders and bulls to the East Coast for the Mohegan Sun Invitational presented by Cooper Tires, the 31st and final stop in the 2009 season. The top 40 bull riders will participate in three days of non-stop competition as they all vie for the final Built Ford Tough Series (BFTS) event title of the 2009 regular season. Mohegan Sun Arena will host the event with action getting underway on Friday, October 16 at 8 p.m., Saturday, October 17 at 7:50 p.m., and Sunday, October 18 at 12 p.m. Each rider is competing for their chance to qualify for the 2009 PBR Built Ford Tough World Finals in Las Vegas where a $1,000,000 bonus will be awarded to the 2009 PBR World Champion.
Tickets are available for as little as $15 and increase to $25, $40, and $75 on Friday while tickets increase to $25, $50, and $100 on Saturday and Sunday. Fans will enjoy more than two hours of rock & roll music, pyrotechnics, and an up close and personal view of The Toughest Sport on Earth! Tickets for the event will be available by phone at 888 226 7711, online at
www.ticketmaster.com, and in person at the Mohegan Sun Arena Box Office.
The Mohegan Sun Invitational will feature the superstars of professional bull riding including 2008 PBR World Champion Guilherme Marchi (Leme, SP, Brazil); PBR superstars J.B. Mauney (Mooresville, N.C.), Kody Lostroh (Longmont, Colo.), Ryan Dirteater (Hulbert, Okla.), Zack Brown (Santa Fe, Texas), and Ryan McConnel (Colgate, Okla.); past World Champions Chris Shivers (Jonesville, La.) – 2000 & 2003 – and Mike Lee (Decatur, Texas) – 2004; and PBR fan favorites Matt Bohon (Cole Camp, Mo.), Wiley Petersen (Fort Hall, Idaho), Ross Coleman (Molalla, Ore.), and Luke Snyder (Raymore, Mo.) who will compete in his 265th consecutive BFTS event.
The elite event will consist of four rounds of competition with the first three rounds featuring the top 40 bull riders matched against the PBR’s toughest bulls. The scores from the three rides will be combined and the riders with the top 15 scores will advance to the Built Ford Tough Championship Round after intermission on Sunday. In the end, the cowboy with the highest total score on four bulls will be declared the winner of the Mohegan Sun Invitational!
Don’t miss any of the action from Uncasville when it airs on VERSUS. PBR will air the event LIVE on Saturday, October 17 at 8 p.m. EST and on Sunday, October 18 at 8 p.m. EST. Please check your local listings for times and more information.
The PBR is the premiere bull riding organization in the world, boasting contestants from the United States, Mexico, Australia, Brazil, and Canada. Its events air weekly on VERSUS, NBC, and CBS and in recent years it has been tagged the ‘fastest growing sport in the country.’ For more information on the Mohegan Sun Invitational, please visit
www.pbrnow.com or contact Katharine Sherrer at 719 242 2800 ext. 3372 or
Katharine@pbrnow.com.
All roads are leading to Las Vegas and you don’t want to miss out on any of the action at the 2009 Built Ford Tough World Finals in Las Vegas, Nev. The world-class event will take place on Oct. 30-Nov 1 and Nov. 5-8 at the Thomas & Mack Center---get your tickets NOW at 866.PBR.SHOW or unlvtickets.com!
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