Rodeo action and A-list entertainment are the well-known draws in Las Vegas during Wrangler NFR’s 10-day takeover, but guess what: The shopping options are equally abundant and epic.
Group W Productions puts on two of the Western markets in town for those who need to get some holiday shopping done or just want to treat themselves. More on those:
ROPER COWBOY MARKETPLACE
(10 a.m. – 5 p.m. December 5 – 14 at Mandalay Bay, cowboymarketplace.vegas)
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At Mandalay Bay, along with the marketplace you’ll find a live rodeo arena and the Cowboyville lounge, where you can stay after hours and take in some NFR rodeo action on a big screen. But let’s not stray from the daytime fun, which includes a music and entertainment stage, a Twombly horse sale (on the first weekend), a Cowboy Select Professional horse sale (second weekend), midday bullfights, and aisles of gifts for the cowfolk in your life.
STETSON COUNTRY CHRISTMAS
(10 a.m. – 5 p.m. December 5 – 15 at the Rio, countrychristmas.vegas)
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New year, new location. In addition to the rows and rows of Western goods and apparel coming to the Rio, there will be daily live entertainment. Noted rodeo announcer Anthony Lucia hosts a talk show on the market’s stage every day at 1 p.m. There will also be a World Championship Dummy Roping event held on-site during the final weekend. In addition to free parking at the Rio, a free shuttle will take shoppers between this event, the Roper Cowboy Marketplace, and the ALL IN barrel race (lvbarrelrace.com) and breakaway (allinbreakaway.com) events at the Orleans Hotel & Casino.
