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Pbr – professional bull riders, february 25 @ 12:00 am.

For the eighth time in the sport’s history,  PBR’s (Professional Bull Riders) Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour  will buck into Worcester, returning to DCU Center for a double-up event on  Sat. Feb. 24  &  Sun. Feb. 25, 2024  for their  ONLY MASSACHUSETTS STOP  with the PBR Worcester Rumble.

For one weekend only, some of the best bull riders in the world will battle the sport’s rankest bovine athletes in the ultimate showdown of man vs. beast in one of the most exciting live sporting events to witness.

During the 2024 season, the PBR will celebrate its 31st anniversary since 20 cowboys broke away from the traditional rodeo with the belief that bull riding could be a standalone sport. Since their trailblazing initiative, the PBR has grown into a global phenomenon awarding nearly $300 million in prize money.

Saturday, February 24: 7:00 p.m.

Sunday, February 25: 2:00 p.m.

Please note doors open one hour before the start of the event.

DCU Center Arena

50 Foster Street

Worcester, MA

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Let's get ready to Worcester Rumble — Professional Bull Riders tour comes to DCU Center

When Hunter Ball is at the DCU Center on Feb. 24 and 25, at least a couple of 2,000 pound bulls will be trying to throw something off their backs.

Namely, Hunter Ball — 5' 7'', 140 pounds.

But Ball, 24, didn't seem too worried about the prospect when speaking on the phone recently. "When the bull starts bucking on you, you get excited ... It's a lot of fun," he said.

That's one of the reasons Ball is a professional bull rider, one of about 40 who will be at the DCU Center for the "Worcester Rumble," also known as   PBR’s (Professional Bull Riders) Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour,  at 7 p.m. Feb. 24 and 2 p.m. Feb. 25.

The event will showcase what has been called the ultimate showdown of man vs. beast in one of the most exciting live sporting events to witness.

"The adrenaline gets going. Especially when you do it right, accomplish what you set out to do, it's a great feeling," Ball said.

During the course of trying to ride a 2,000 pound bull, you can't take the bull by the horns. The rider has only a braided rope to hold on to with one hand, while the other hand has to stay in the air. "We're not supposed to touch the bull or ourselves," Ball said. As judges award points for different stylistic considerations, the rider has to stay on a bull for at least eight seconds. The rider wants a raging bull as opposed to a sleepy one. Among the things judges are looking for is "how high the bull jumps and kicks," Ball said.

Bull riding has Velocity in Worcester

Worcester audiences have taken to the Worcester Rumble, and the Feb. 24 and 25 event will mark the eighth time the Velocity Tour has travelled to DCU Center. Organizers said that following the "overwhelming enthusiasm and demand for PBR Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour events in Worcester, including single-day sold out shows the past four years, the organization expanded the competition to be two days in February 2024. PBR Worcester will be met with added significance as the PBR’s lone event in Massachusetts during the 2024 individual season."

PBR is celebrating its 31st anniversary since 20 cowboys broke away from the traditional rodeo with the belief that bull riding could be a standalone sport. Since their trailblazing initiative, the PBR has grown into a global phenomenon.

'It's gonna be a good show'

There are three PBR series touring in in the U.S. — Unleash the Beast, Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour and Touring Pro Division. Riders on the Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour are competing for points that can get them to the top level Unleash the Beast tour. The 2024 PBR World Finals will begin in Fort Worth at Dickies Arena, on May 10-13, for Eliminations, featuring the Top 40 riders from the Unleash The Beast standings, joined by the five invited riders advancing via the Velocity Tour Finals.

At the time of being interviewed, Ball had logged four Top-10 finishes on the Velocity Tour so far in the early stages of the 2024 season, while also being invited to appear at two premier Unleash The Beast events.

Ahead of coming to the DCU Center for the first time in his riding career, the easy-going sounding but tough-riding Ball said "I'm very excited. I've been having a great year. It's gonna be a good show."

The 40 competitors will vie for points, each trying to stay atop a bull in initial rounds on Feb. 24 and 25. The top 10 or 12 point-getters then will head into a short-round, third bill on Feb. 25 that will determine the event winner.

Ball's goal is to end the 2024 season in the Top Ten riders on the Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour which would promote him to Unleash the Beast. He was currently 13th.

"I'm trying not to look at it too much," he said of the standings.

Ball is from rural Carsonville, Michigan, and his interest in bull riding dates to when he was seven-years-old and would climb aboard beef calves at his grandfather's farm. "My grandpa had a cattle ranch. I was always around the horses and cattle," he said.

He rode at county fairs, and then Nathan Muxlow of the nearby Muxlow Cattle Company, who has an associated training school for bull riding, gave Ball some valuable training working from riding beef calves to bulls. "He helped me a lot," Ball said.

Ball advanced to being a college competitor while he was a student athlete at Fort Scott Community College in Fort Scott, Kansas, and made the College National Finals Rodeo.

Bull riding got him "a college degree and college rodeos. It's done a lot for me," Ball said.

He's been a PBR rider "going for about four years," starting in the Touring Pro Division.

Ball said he's single and can see himself riding until he's about 31 or 32. "I love being with my buddies, traveling the country."

Bull riding can be dangerous, of course, and one time Ball said he "broke my jaw pretty bad and busted some teeth out." Other than that, however, he's stayed fairly injury free.

"I'm pretty grateful for staying pretty healthy. Nothing too bad," he said.

PBR Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour — Worcester Rumble

When: 7 p.m. Feb. 24 and 2 p.m. Feb. 25

Where: DCU Center, 50 Foster St., Worcester

How much: Tickets start at $20. Ticketmaster.com

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Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour returns to Worcester, Massachusetts Feb. 24-25

By: Kacie Albert

WORCESTER, Mass. – For the eighth time in the sport’s history, PBR’s Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour will buck into Worcester, Massachusetts, returning to DCU Center on February 24-25, 2024 with PBR Worcester.

Following the overwhelming enthusiasm and demand for PBR Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour events in Worcester, including single-day sold out shows the past four years, the organization expanded the competition to be two days in February 2024. PBR Worcester will be met with added significance as the PBR’s lone event in Massachusetts during the 2024 individual season.

For two days only, some of the best bull riders in the world will battle the sport’s rankest bovine athletes in the ultimate showdown of man vs. beast in one of the most exciting live sporting events to witness.

PBR’s return to Worcester comes on the spurs of one of the organization’s most dynamic individual seasons in 2023, as the Velocity Tour broke and reset numerous attendance and competition records en-route to its most successful season to date.

The upcoming PBR Worcester will mark the seventeenth event of the new individual season for the PBR’s expansion series. Eventgoers will watch riders vie for crucial points in the race to be crowned the 2024 PBR Velocity Tour Champion.

When PBR’s Velocity Tour was last in Worcester in February 2023, Brandon McDowell (Hopwood, Pennsylvania) reached a crucial career milestone winning his career-first event with the PBR.

In the opening round of action, McDowell was tasked with Crazed Addiction (Cornwell Bucking Bulls). Remaining in perfect time with the animal athlete, McDowell reached the whistle for an event-best 84 points.

Despite being upended in the championship round, tossed by Train Station (Cornwell Bucking Bulls) in 2.95 second, the 22-year-old’s Round 1 score was enough to cement his victory and bring McDowell 108 Velocity Global points.

Other past Worcester event winners include Casey Coulter (2022, Kirksville, Missouri); Tye Chandler (2020; Celina, Texas); Daniel Tinsman (2019; Farmland Indiana), Juan Carlos Contreras (2018; Huichapan, Mexico), Emilio Resende (2017; Santa Helena, Brazil), Winston Lopez (2016; Bandera, Texas), and Austin Meier (2015; Kinta, Oklahoma).

The bull riding action for PBR Worcester begins with Round 1 at 7:00 p.m. ET on Saturday, February 24, followed by Round 2 and the championship round at 2:00 p.m. ET on Sunday, February 25. All 40 competing bull riders will get on one bull each in Round 1. The Top 36 riders from Round 1 will advance to Round 2 Sunday afternoon. The riders’ individual two-round scores will be totaled with the Top 10 advancing to the championship round for one more out and a chance at the event title.

Tickets for the two-day event, including single day and two-day packages, go on sale Wednesday, October 18 at 10:00 a.m. EDT, and start at $20, taxes and fees not included. Tickets can be purchased online at ticketmaster.com , PBR.com , at the DCU Center Box Office during operating hours or by calling PBR customer service at 1-800-732-1727.

PBR Elite Seats are available for avid fans who want an exclusive VIP experience while enjoying the world’s top bull riding circuit. These tickets, available in three tiers, offer premium seats, personal on-site concierge at the PBR fan loyalty booth, and more. For more information on elite seats call 1-800-732-1727, or to purchase visit ticketmaster.com .

For more information about the PBR and the 2024 PBR Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour schedule visit PBR.com .

Stay tuned to PBR.com for the latest news and results and be sure to follow the sport on all social media platforms at @PBR.

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Pro Bull Riding’s Velocity Tour Championship Race Bucks Through Worcester, Massachusetts, on Feb. 24-25

In 2024, PBR’s (Professional Bull Riders) Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour will celebrate its 10 th  season, returning to Worcester, Massachusetts, on February 24-25. The event will mark the eighth time in history the Velocity Tour has travelled to DCU Center.

Following the overwhelming enthusiasm and demand for PBR Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour events in Worcester, including single-day sold out shows the past four years, the organization expanded the competition to be two days in February 2024.

PBR Worcester will be met with added significance as the PBR’s lone event in Massachusetts during the 2024 individual season. For more information on the event,  click here .

Some of PBR’s top talents have come through the Velocity Tour the past decade including the likes of Mason Taylor and Josh Frost, along with Vitor Losnake and Alisson de Souzawho have past ridden to Top 10 finishes in Worcester, Massachusetts .

As one of the initial events of the regular-season, fans will watch on as some of the sport’s newest up-and-coming talent goes head-to-head against established stars vying for crucial points to return to the sport’s top tour where they could contend for the title of 2024 PBR World Champion.

PBR Worcester will showcase the ultimate showdown of man vs. beast in one of the most exciting live sporting events to witness.

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PBR VELOCITY TOUR – WORCESTER

PBR Velocity Tour sponsored by Pendleton Whisky rolled through the DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts for two nights this past weekend. The sold out event was held February 24-25, 2024. This was the eighth time the tour has come to Worcester, and the first time expanding it to two days. It had sold out the previous four years as a one day event.

The action kicked off Saturday evening, with 35 riders looking to take the top spot. Only five of those riders were able to hang on for 8 seconds. João Paulo Fernandes came out on top with a score of 85. Grayson Cole was right on his heels as he finished with a score of 84.5. Trent Nugent rounded out the top 3 after registering a 79.5. The other two riders that hung on for 8+ were Eduardo de Oliveira (71.5) and Marcos Gloria (50.5). Day two saw four more riders hit the qualifying mark. Marcelo Procopio Pereira had a strong day with an 83, good enough to overtake third place. Ueberson Duarte (82) and Eder Barbosa (81.5) had a solid day as well, as they rounded out the final top five. In the end, João Paulo Fernandes’ 85 on day one was enough to hold on to the victory.

KEEPING UP WITH PBR VELOCITY TOUR

The PBR Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour made their next stop in Bridgeport, Connecticut this weekend. This is taking place at the Total Mortgage Arena March 1-2, 2024. There will also be an event March 2, 2024 at the Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tennessee. After that, there will be a three night run at the Cross Insurance Arena in Bangor, Maine from March 8-10, 2024. That same weekend there will be an event at the Mobile Civic Center in Mobile, Alabama as well. There will then be nine more events leading up to the finals. The PBR Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour Finals will be taking place on May 3-4, 2024. The American Bank Center Arena in Corpus Christi, Texas will be hosting the event. Head to the links provided below to keep up on all the latest news and announcements!                             

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Before the PBR’s (Professional Bull Riders) Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour returns to Worcester, MA for the sixth time on Saturday, February 26, we’d like you to meet Conner Halverson, one of the contenders hoping for great success at the Worcester Rumble.

For the sixth time in league history, PBR’s (Professional Bull Riders) Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour will return to Worcester, MA, with the Worcester Rumble slated to buck into DCU Center on Saturday, February 26, 2022 for one show only at 7pm.

Among the contenders hoping for great success at the Worcester Rumble is Conner Halverson. The soft-spoken 20-year old and Nebraska-native is a burgeoning star amongst PBR’s elite ranks. A two-time high school state bull riding champion and accomplished scholastic wrestler, Havlerson took his professional career to new heights in 2021, earning his first event wins with the PBR and qualifying to his first PBR World Finals.

Thus far in 2022, Halverson’s natural-aptitude for the sport has once again set him up with early season success. The past two weekends, Halverson finished inside the Top 15 in Velocity Tour competition. After riding to a fourth-place finish in North Charleston, South Carolina, Halverson was 12th this past weekend in Memphis, Tennessee.

Conner Halverson’s Fast Facts:

World Finals Appearances: 1

Hometown and Residence: Gordon, Nebraska                             

Height: 5’9”                                                                

Weight: 160

Born: 7/17/2001

Riding Hand: Left

Career Earnings to Date: $40,257.34*

High-Marked Ride: 88 points, twice, most recently on Skeeter Peter in Manchester, New Hampshire, on October 16, 2021

With many goals left to pursue, Halverson is seen as one of the next-generation PBR stars to watch in coming seasons.

Follow Conner Halverson on Twitter at @CHalverson6 and Instagram at @Conner_Halverson .

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