7 of Top 25 Professional Bull Riders to Compete in Salinas

Tickets Still Available for Bulls Summer Event August 26th

SALINAS, CA, August 23, 2017 – The Bulls of Summer Real Time Pain Relief Professional Bull Riders (PBR) Velocity Tour event is set to buck into Salinas on Saturday, August 26th, showcasing 7 of the top 25 PBR riders on the Built Ford Tough PBR Series. Fabiano Vieira, Cody Teel, Rubens Barbosa are all ranked in the top 15 while Claudio Montanha Jr, Marco Antonio Eguchi, Dener Barbosa and Luciano De Castro are ranked 18th-23rd. The PBR is an international sport and with the exception of Cody Teel, who is from Texas, the other top riders are from Brazil. Fabiano Vieira just won the Music City Knock Out PBR event in Nashville last weekend and Cody Teel came in second. Learn more about each rider at www.pbr.com

The Bulls of Summer event is presented by Salinas Toyota and co-produced by the California Rodeo Association and David Drew Productions. Gates will open at 5pm with bull riding starting at 7pm. Tickets prices are $28 for upper grandstand, $38 for lower grandstand and $55 for box seats (all subject to fees). When the bull riding ends there will be live music in two different venues: 3 Bandas in the Coors Banquet Bull Xing area and The Tommy Moon Band in the Tequila Alderete Cantina below the main grandstands. Admission into the Coors Banquet Bull Xing is $30 and the Bandas are: La Renovada Banda Guerreros, Banda S7 and Banda 300. Admission into the Tequila Alderete Cantina is $20. Bull riding tickets can be purchased at www.CARODEO.com, by visiting the Salinas Sports Complex Box Office at 1034 N. Main Street Monday through Saturday from 10am to 6pm or by calling 800-549-4989 during those same business hours. Tickets for each bar area are being pre-sold now during regular box office hours; must be 21 to enter either area. Information about the Bulls of Summer can be found here: www.carodeo.com.

Sponsors of the Bulls of Summer event include:
Salinas Toyota-Presenting Sponsor
Jack in the Box-Leaderboard Sponsor
Coors-Official Beer
Tequila Alderete-Official Tequila
Quinn Company
Pacific Ag Rentals/Star Sanitation
RDO Equipment Co.
Elkhorn Packing
Central Coast Sign & Design
Pacific Ag Rentals
Up in Smoke

Media Partners
Univision KSMS 67
KLOK TriColor
KCBA Fox 35
KDON 102.5FM
KTOM 92.7FM
KPRC La Preciosa
Wolfhouse Radio Group

National Sponsors
Real Time Pain Relief
Pendleton Whisky
South Point Hotel & Casino

About California Rodeo Salinas
The 108th California Rodeo Salinas will take place July 19th-22nd, 2018. The California Rodeo Association is a not-for-profit organization that strives to preserve and promote the traditions of the California Rodeo Salinas and the West. We support the community and other non-profit organizations through the staging of the annual California Rodeo Salinas and other year round operations of the Salinas Sports Complex. Through donation of our facility, vending and fundraising opportunities during Rodeo and other events, the California Rodeo Association returns over $400,000 annually to local non-profits. For more information about the California Rodeo Salinas, log on to www.CARodeo.com or call the California Rodeo Office at 831-775.3100. ‘Like’ the California Rodeo on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CARodeoSalinas or follow us on twitter @CaliforniaRodeo for updates, photos and more.