PRCA Bails On Albuquerque Re-lo Offer

The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association has bailed out on its decision to relocate to Albuquerque. The Colorado Springs Gazette is headlined this morning with that news, after yesterday's PRCA board meeting. According to the newspaper, the state of New Mexico withdrew its $17 million incentive package on news that the PRCA board voted unanimously to stay in Colorado Springs. The decision, writes the Gazette, was prompted by the unwillingness of the independently controlled ProRodeo Hall of Fame and Museum of the American Cowboy to also move to New Mexico. The city of Colorado Springs also offered $2 million in grants, low interest loans, and a part ownership interest in the Norris-Penrose Equestrian Center.