San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo

Attendance for the 2009 San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo was 1,313,785, a 1% increase over 2008; including 7 record breaking days!
The Western Art Auction had sales of $237,000 which will be distributed in the form of scholarships awarded to 25 student artists
Over $1,744,000 in scholarships were committed to Livestock and Horseshow exhibitors
Sponsorships increased 10% over 2008
Wade Shows, the carnival provider maintained revenues comparable to their record-breaking year in 2008. They also had 4 record breaking days

For the fourth consecutive year, the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo was voted the PRCA Large Indoor Rodeo of the Year
The rodeo was also inducted into the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs, CO
The rodeo had great attendance in the AT&T Center: included fourteen sell-out performances
The San Antonio Rodeo once again proved to be on the leading edge of the sport by being the first rodeo to award $8,000 fuel cards to the rodeo event champions
San Antonio continues to bring only the best animal athletes (from North America's top 22 stock contractors) and the top professional rodeo contestants to create an experience rivaled only by the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo
Total purse for the PRCA Rodeo totaled $1-million, making the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo one of the top 3 richest rodeos in the nation
For the fourth time, this year's rodeo featured two Xtreme Bull performances, both of which were televised on ESPN and ESPN2

*** Enough drinks were sold throughout the 22 days of rodeo to fill the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo water truck in the arena 30 times***

*** Total dogs stacked end to end you could travel from the ground to the top of "The Towers of the America" 25 times ***

*** Based on the average intake for an elephant, we sold enough peanuts to feed an elephant for 10.5 days, 441 lbs. of food***

*** Utilizing 3,111 pounds of cheese & 1,570 pounds of sauce for preparation ***

*** Combined sales would make 5,491 one (1) pound hamburgers ***

The Agricultural Mechanics Project Show scholarships increased from $84,000 to $180,000
Public Speaking awarded 3-$10,000 scholarships in comparison to one in 2008
Pounds of Market Animals Shown:
•   Barrows - 908,065 lbs
•   Lambs - 165,396 lbs
•   Goats - 113,697 lbs
•   Steers - 1,929,776 lbs
•   Total Weight - 3,116,934 lbs
There were 16,912 Four Legged Animals (67,498 legs/feet) that entered the Livestock Barns
There were 84 exhibitors who competed in the Agricultural Science Fair. Maybe one will be the next Einstein.
On Valentine's Day 2,169 barrows moved into the show within 14 hours
204 scholarships were awarded in the Livestock Department during the 2009 Stock Show & Rodeo to make a grand total of $1,561,000 that the Livestock Department presented to the youth of Texas
The Junior Livestock Auction sales totaled $3,225,000
Over 30,000 entries in the Livestock and Horse Shows - combined

Barrel Racing hit an all-time high with 1040 entries; an increase of about 20%

The Team Penning competition had a record number of teams with 760 teams entered

Over 1,000 bales of grass hay and alfalfa were fed to horses at the show. That equals about 60,000 pounds!

If the stalls used during the horse shows were laid in a straight row starting at the AT&T Center, they would stretch halfway to the Alamo.

The shavings used during the horse show would fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool- and overflow it by 10 feet!

Over 3,500 feet of ribbons were awarded during the horse show.

Over 200 hours of horse show events occurred during the 2009 stock show.

Twenty-four states in the USA were represented by Horse Show participants.Nearly 2,000 horses competed at the Horse Show events