Bull Riding Returns to Memphis for High Stakes Showdown: Here’s All You Need To Know

Over a month into the new year, the PBR circuit has been on a thrilling ride with multiple sold-out signs on a single evening. While Unleash the Beast has been pulling the riders on a race to the World Championships, the Velocity Tour is traveling to provide a firm ground to help the athletes propel. Now 15 shows into the season, the excitement of the latter stands as high as ever.

The Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour marked its beginning back on Jan 5th in Lexington, Kentucky. The series since then has recorded multiple sold-out bull riding arenas, Reading last Saturday. However, this weekend is going to witness a double action with showcases across two cities. Here’s a detailed look.

Can Memphis take the bull riding hype forward?

The Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour is one of the bull riding realm’s most anticipated events. In 2023, the tour hosted more than 289,000 fans, setting 21 event attendance records, while selling out 17 events. This year has only continued the momentum. Reading, Bakersfield, and North Charleston have all witnessed the result just past week. And Memphis, which will be welcoming the tour for a 6th time tentatively on 17th of Feb, will hope to expect a similar reaction, with PBR building on to the hype. 

Those keen on the subject can get their hands on the tickets from ticket master or PBR’s Instagram bio. As of now, the arena has sold out the majority of the seats, with remaining tickets ranging from $25.80 to 147.56.

The evening will mark Velocity Tour’s 15th city out of 30, welcoming nearly 40 of the circuit’s bull-riding stars for a showdown. Memphis’ FedExForum arena will act as a host in Tennessee while Covelli Centre in Youngstown, Ohio, will assume the role for the final round of the 2-day event on the other end. While the names remain veiled, here’s a look at the athletes so far in the series.

Riders to watch out on Velocity Tour

For the most recent pinnacle, it was Austin Gamblers’ Lucas Divino, taking home the title after an intense two days of competition in Cedar Park, Texas. The bull riding champion went perfect 3-on-3 for the final evening to garner 116.5 Velocity Global points. He stands 25th on the table with more remarkable names taking the top spots.

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The tour is currently led by Marco Rizzo on top, who owns 290 points and 60 ride percent. He is further followed by Ederson Santos on 262 and 57 ride%. Adorning 256.50 and 54%, Michael Lane joins the duo at the top of the list. With 95 names entered on the list, it is anyone’s game on the 17th where Covelli Centre will conclude the showdown by 7 pm EST and FedExForum will commence by 7 pm CST.

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