The PRCA headquarters, established in 1979 in Colorado Springs, also houses the ProRodeo Hall of Fame and Museum of the American Cowboy.
[9] There are 12 U.S. regional circuits in the PRCA; Montana, Mountain States, Wilderness, Columbia River, California, Turquoise, Texas, Prairie, Badlands, Great Lakes, Southeast, and First Frontier.
The event itself was closed to the public and the seats were filled with socially distanced cardboard cutouts of people.
In 2021, The NCFR returned to Kissimmee, Florida, and took place during its normal run in the springtime, but consisted of a limited and socially distanced crowd due to the continuity of the pandemic.
Rodeo contestants compete in a series of events co-sectioned by the PRCA and FMR called the PRCA-FMR Tour.
It has a year-end finals event and the tour champions from the previous calendar year competed at the NCFR beginning in 2017.
The top cowboys and cowgirls compete in the PRCA's 60 largest regular season rodeos where they try to earn points towards the tour finale in September; the Cinch Playoffs Governor's Cup in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
The second half, the Cinch Playoffs Governor's Cup, is held in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in late September, and is the last regular season event of the PRCA calendar.
While money won on the tour does count toward the world standings for the National Finals Rodeo (NFR), The Playoff Series is points based.
The competitor with the highest total points in each rodeo event at the end of the season is crowned the Playoff Series Champion.
Xtreme Bulls events are held in conjunction with less than a handful of the PRCA's several hundreds of annual rodeos.
Like the Xtreme Bulls tour, these events are held in conjunction with a very small amount of the PRCA's several hundreds of annual regular season rodeos.
Money won on the Xtreme Broncs tour counts towards the PRCA world standings for the National Finals Rodeo.
Ropers must compete in at least four Legacy Steer Roping events and have won at least one dollar in each event in order to qualify for the Legacy Steer Roping Finals held in November in Mulvane, Kansas, for the chance of being crowned the tour champion.
The National Circuit Finals Steer Roping (NCFSR) has been held in Torrington, Wyoming, since its inaugural year in 2010.
After two days of competition, the contestant who has won the most money throughout the season, including at the NFSR is crowned the PRCA world champion steer roper.
This one-day event was held every December at the South Point Hotel Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, just shortly before the start of the National Finals Rodeo.
However, because of COVID-19 restrictions in Nevada, the 2020 edition of the event took place at Cowtown Coliseum in Fort Worth, Texas.
The Permit Member of the Year Challenge returned to the South Point Hotel Arena in Las Vegas in 2021.
[38][39] The Permit Member of the Year Challenge in Las Vegas continues to take place before the start of the National Finals Rodeo.
However, in 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions in Nevada, the NFR was temporarily moved to Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, with a limited and socially distanced crowd for each day of competition.
The Miss Rodeo America pageant is held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada, every December.