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I was just spent a week in Stephenville. Always a great time. ❤️

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Sending hugs and prayers ❤️🙏

It's not a done deal yet. The prca voted, not the Wyoming legislature.

How many visitors will the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame get in Cheyenne during the winter months? Ft. Worth Stockyards get 9 million visitors a year. How many visitors does Cheyenne get other than during the rodeo?

Other than Frontier Days-what else does Cheyenne offer?

It needs to be located in a high traffic area bigger city like where they okla natl cowboy hall of fame and museum is located

Move to Fort Worth!!!

I love Cheyenne but who goes to Cheyenne except during the two weeks of the rodeo. Why not Cowtown in ft worth where millions visit every year. Makes so much more sense.

Am thinking that Jerome Robinson might have been at least part of the reason that the PRCA headquarters went to Colorado Springs. Does anyone else remember that little office space the PRCA occupied in the 1970s in the Stadium in Denver. I remember going there to do some business in the mid 70s and was shocked at how small the space was.

The only sensible move would be Ft Worth Stockyards that sees more visitors than any place

I went down a rabbit hole on this PRCA story and here’s what I came back with. FYI only. The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) has been headquartered in Colorado Springs since 1979, including the ProRodeo Hall of Fame and Museum. In late January 2026, the PRCA Board of Directors voted to approve a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the City of Cheyenne, Wyoming. This is not a final decision and not a legal commitment to move. A non-binding MOU simply means the parties agreed to continue negotiations and explore a possible relocation in more detail. Either side can still walk away, and no contracts have been signed. Multiple outlets report this, including KOAA, The Gazette, KRDO, and Cowboy State Daily. Some headlines make it sound like the move is a done deal, but when you read closely, even those articles acknowledge the decision is non-binding. That disconnect is why the coverage feels confusing. Cheyenne’s proposal includes plans for a new PRCA headquarters and Hall of Fame facility, with about $15 million in local funding committed and additional funding tied to approval by the Wyoming legislature. If a move ever did happen, the timeline being discussed is around 2029, so nothing is imminent. Colorado Springs officials have said they also put together an incentive package to keep PRCA here, but the board chose Cheyenne’s offer as the one they want to explore further at this stage. One thing that matters here and doesn’t get explained very well in most articles is taxes. Wyoming has no state income tax and no corporate income tax. Colorado does. That affects both the organization and individual employees over the long term. For a national organization with executives, sponsorship revenue, licensing, and media deals, that difference can add up significantly over decades. This is the same reason many companies consider Wyoming, Texas, Tennessee, or Florida. Whether people like it or not, tax structure is part of the equation. Bottom line: PRCA has not moved, nothing is final, and no binding agreement exists. The board voted to seriously explore one option. The process is unfinished, the timeline is years out, and the headlines oversimplified what is actually a slow, negotiation-heavy decision.

I only knew the PRCA office when Bob Eidson and Ken Stemler were there in Colorado Springs. Bob was an excellent “Cowboy” representative and Ken was the best marketing director the PRCA will EVER have.

That is very nice to see. My Late grandfather, John Burke was one of the founders and later inducted for his help in the Hall and also he was very instrumental in getting the NFR moved from Oklahoma to Vegas. He is smiling down I am sure on this move to Ol Cheyenne! 🤠

Can you do it without corporate welfare?

Move it to fort worth

No visitors in winter whiich will be big part of year, so admission price will be going up I bet

They should move Wyoming is still a state that still likes the western lifestyle unlike p.o.s Colorado

No.

Wow

So how does the PRCA and the Cowboy Hall of Fame repay the $15 MILLION that governor Gordan has requested from the legislature from the "tourism" fund AND the $15 MILLION promised by Cheyenne LEADS (so $30 MILLION DOLLARS TOTAL)? How many MORE tourists than those already coming to Cheyenne for Frontier Days will come to town and pay to visit the PRCA headquarters and Hall of Fame to make up that $30 MILLION DOLLARS it will COST the citizens of Wyoming. And yes, we the citizens are paying for it because that money could go to schools, health care that is so desperately needed in Wyoming, the homeless, foodbanks, suicide help and on and on! The PRCA is not the NFR. they just put on the event and that is still taking place in Las Vegas! So no additional income there! Please help me understand this.