The Professional Bull Riders league is back in Tucson this weekend for the season opener of its βUnleash the Beastβ competition series.
The professional bull riding series returns to the Tucson Arena, 260 S. Church Ave., at 6:45 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 15, and Saturday, Nov. 16.
Tickets are still available for the two-day event. Spectators can purchase single-day tickets or a dual ticket package for both days. Ticket prices range from $15 to $107.
Brady Oleson rides Shuler Bucking Bullsβ Pickle Moonshine for 90.75 during the Championship round of the Tucson Unleash The Beast PBR event at Tucson Arena in November 2022.
This yearβs event at the TCC marks the third straight year PBR has selected Tucson as its season opener location.
At last yearβs Tucson PBR event, Caden Bunch, a 21-year-old from Oklahoma, took home the 2023 PBR Tucson Invitational Champion title after completing an 89.25-point ride aboard Concho.
But, 23-year-old Arizona native JaCauy Hale is looking to take home the champion title and gold belt buckle this year.
JaCauy Hale during the first night of the PBR teams event in Greensboro, North Carolina, on Sept. 20, 2024.
βIt means everything to be in my home state competing and doing what I love,β he said. βAnd the crowd loves it, too, and I think they should be really pumped for it (the event) and I just canβt wait and Iβm excited to get it going.β
Hale was born into a rodeo family and grew up in Ganado, a chapter of the Navajo Nation, where he dreamed of becoming a cowboy one day.
Now, heβs competing in the top bull riding competition in the U.S., which he says is the βbest of the bestβ when it comes to riders and bulls.
βItβs very hard to make it big out here and Iβm just happy that I did,β Hale said. βAnd the journey with PBR has been really great. I also got drafted to the Arizona Ridge Riders, another state team, and there was no better feeling to be drafted by them. Itβs been a ride and Iβm loving every minute of it and Iβm happy to be living my dream.β
Parking is available in Parking Lot A Garage, located off Church Avenue. Parking in Lot B is accessible via Granada and Lot C, which is accessible off of Granada, has limited parking spaces due to construction, according to a PBR press release. Attendees are asked not to park in surrounding neighborhoods.
If you canβt make it to Tucson Arena, viewers can watch the event live on PBRβs YouTube channel.
For more information about PBRβs βUnleash the Beastβ series, visit tucne.ws/pbrtuc.
Ednei Caminhas attempts to ride Platinum Bull Companyβs Bamboozle during the first round of the Tucson Unleash The Beast PBR event at Tucson Arena in November 2022.
