In 1942, the rodeo was dedicated to the war effort.
More than 250 teams, led by barbecue aficionados, compete in the World’s Championship Bar-B-Que Contest. While most team tents are invitation-only, visitors can enjoy several public venues, including The Garden, Rockin’ Bar-B-Que Saloon and the Chuckwagon.The top paid rodeo/concert attendance record for an individual performance was for Go Tejano Day on March 10, 2019, for Los Tigres Del Norte, with 75,586 people.
Each year, the Houston Livestock Show draws thousands of Texas 4-H and FFA exhibitors to compete at the world’s largest livestock show, each hoping to take home the coveted title of Houston Champion. Since 1932, $195 million has been committed to exhibitors through premiums and calf scramble certificates.
Committee members each donate an average of 67.7 hours of service to the rodeo every year. Every single zip code in Harris County has committee members living in its neighborhoods. The committee volunteer group is 53 percent female and 47 percent male. In 1966, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo moved from the Sam Houston Coliseum to the Astrodome. The first performance in the Astrodome drew 25,340 spectators, and attendance for one performance even topped 40,000 — almost five times the number of people the Coliseum could hold.
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