The Cinch Jeans Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo has been a fixture in Colorado Springs since 1937, growing and increasing in reputation over the years. In 2022, it took another leap forward to become a million dollar rodeo by being designated the new site of the PRCA’s national circuit championship, renamed this year as the NFR Open powered by RAM. While the four-day rodeo was another sell out affair, organizers of the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo pride themselves on offering more than just a rodeo. Over time, they have grown the event’s “Fan Zone” entertainment to become a popular family-friendly destination and the rodeo’s long association with helping active duty military families blends a military flavor into all the proceedings at the historic Norris Penrose Event Center in Colorado Springs.
Carriage rides around the Norris Penrose Events Center grounds were available for anyone requesting them, and plenty of families took advantage of the opportunity to go old school with their mode of transportation.
Making future farmers from a new generation, the John Deere tractor exhibition at the 2022 Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo in Colorado Springs was an irresistible hands-on display for every family that walked nearby.
The Fan Zone at the 2022 Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo in Colorado Springs was filled with family-friendly activities and things to do, including hamming it up with a Llama that didn't know what to think of the camera.
Among the many popular family-friendly activities in the Fan Zone of the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo was the opportunity for pony rides.
While the mechanical bulls were mostly the domain of adults in the evening hours, many families used the opportunity of family-oriented daytime crowds to watch their children have a great time riding the the bulls.
The Fan Zone at the 2022 Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo was filled with family-friendly activities of an agricultural nature, inclduing this popular petting zoo tent that housed a pony, a donkey, some goats, sheep and even a llama.
Agricultural activities were plentiful at the 2022 Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo in Colorado Springs, including a corral where kids could rope goats to their hearts' content.
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