Event & Arena News

Rodeo fans will see the best that pro rodeo has to offer when Dodge World’s Toughest Rodeo returns for the fourth straight year to Nationwide Arena for one night only on Saturday, January 17 at 7:30 p.m.

This year’s competition features the sport’s best cowboy athletes split into two teams as they try to tame the toughest bucking bulls and broncs in bareback riding, saddle bronc riding and bull riding. Women’s barrel racing is another featured event. Also, award-winning rodeo entertainer Amanda Payne of the “One-Armed Bandit” gang and hilarious rodeo clown Gizmo McCracken keep audiences entertained between competitions. Tickets go on sale Saturday, December 20 at 10 a.m. at the Nationwide Arena Ticket Office and through Ticketmaster. Tickets are $31, $18 and $12 in advance and $36, $23 and $17 the day of the show (prices include $1 facility fee). All tickets for children 12 years and younger are half the price of adult admission. As an added bonus, kids will receive a free cowboy hat while supplies last. Tickets may be purchased at the Nationwide Arena Ticket Office, at all Ticketmaster ticket centers, online at ticketmaster.com and by phone at (614) 431-3600.