Professional Bull Riding Returns to DCU Center

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Tuesday, December 08, 2015

GoLocalWorcester Sports Team

The Professional Bull Riders have announced that the DCU Center will be host for the only Massachusetts stop of the BlueDEF tour, coming on February 20 at 7 p.m. 

For one night only, the best up and coming bull riders in the world will battle the the best bulls that the sport has to offer, weighing in at nearly 2,000 pounds each. 

Each rider will face one bull in round 1 and then the top 10 scoring riders of the night will come back for one more ride in the championship round. 

At the end of the competition, the rider witht he highest combined score will be crowned the champion. 

Ticket prices for the event range from $20 to $100. Tickets go on sale Friday, December 11 at 10 a.m. 

BlueDEF Tour

Worcester is the 12th stop on the 2016 BlueDEF Tour. Tour will also make stops in Bakersfield, California; Wichita, Kansas; Dayton, Ohio; and Omaha, Nebraska this year. The BlueDEF Tour Finals will take place one week before the PBR World Finals and offer a total purse of $100,000. 

The overall winner of the BDT season will be the rider who earns the most world points at the BDT level. 

That rider will receive $50,000 and qualify to compete at the PBR Built Ford Tough World Finals. 

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