Terry H.
Yelp
We went to the rodeo last week and were very surprised by how disappointing it was on all fronts. First, we showed up at 7:45 for the 8:00 rodeo only to find out that the rodeo started at 7:00 that day instead of 8.
It's not like we were the only people who were under the impression that the rodeo started at 8-- there were about 30 people in line all of whom were surprised as because the website said 8:00. Anyway, the really rather nasty woman in the ticket booth said that we were all wrong, that the website said 7 and that we were just wrong. Period. HOWEVER, the rodeo would go on until "at least" 9:30, so there would be plenty of rodeo to see.
We all paid out $18 admission and headed in.
Shockingly, the rodeo ended at 8:25. In other words, 1 hour and 5 minutes shorter than promised.
When the angry mob tried to demand our money back, the security guard pointed us in the direction of a ticket booth where the manager (the same nasty woman) was stationed. It seems that she was overcome by angry customers and locked herself in the ticket booth. Needless to say, nobody got their money back.
About the 35 minutes of rodeo that we did see... imagine getting all of your buddies together and trying to put on a back yard rodeo. That's about the quality of the "cowboys" at the Jackson Hole Rodeo.
Nobody seemed to have any particular talent at all. Nobody did anything impressive-- other than run away from bucking bulls. For the most part the "cowboys" all missed their targets when roping and failed at their various tasks. Basically, they sucked.
The most entertaining part was when they turned every child in the arena loose on 3 poor calves with ribbons tied to their tails. It was horrifyingly hilarious and I'm shocked that the calves didn't trample any of the small children.
All in all, it's a gigantic waste of time and money. Don't bother.