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Fresno, Calif. (March 16, 2010) - The Professional Bull Riders, Inc. (PBR) are invading the Save Mart Center for the 2010 Table Mountain Casino Invitational in Fresno, Calif. The twelfth stop on the whirlwind Built Ford Tough Series (BFTS) begins on Friday, March 19 at 8:00 p.m. and continues again on Saturday, March 20 at 6:00 p.m. The Top 40 bull riders in the world will go head-to-head against the rankest bulls the PBR has to offer!

PBR fans can look forward to seeing world-class riders, including 2008 PBR World Champion Guilherme Marchi (Leme, SP, Brazil); veteran PBR rider Sean Willingham (Summerville, Ga.) who will compete in his 170th consecutive BFTS event; two-time Reserve World Champion and current No. 1 bull rider in the world J.B. Mauney (Mooresville, N.C.); and PBR superstars Austin Meier (Kinta, Okla.), LJ Jenkins (Texico, N.M.), Jody Newberry (Ada, Okla.) and Ryan McConnel (Colgate, Okla.).

Tickets can be purchased for as little as $10 online at Ticketmaster.com, in person at the Save Mart Center box office, or by calling 800-745-3000. Fans will get to witness first-hand the heart-pounding, bone-crushing action as the top bull riders go up against the toughest animal athletes around in over 2 hours packed full of thrills and spills, pyrotechnics, and rock & roll music.

The Table Mountain Casino Invitational will consist of three rounds of competition, with the first two rounds featuring the Top 40 bull riders matched against the PBR’s rankest bulls. The scores from their two rides will be combined, and the riders with the top 15 scores will advance to the Built Ford Tough Championship Round after intermission on Saturday. In the end, the cowboy with the highest total score on three bulls will be declared the winner!

The PBR is the premiere bull riding organization in the world, boasting contestants from the United States, Mexico, Australia, Brazil, and Canada. One of the fastest growing sports in the country, the PBR’s events air weekly on VERSUS, NBC, CBS, and FOX. For more information on the Professional Bull Riders, please visit www.pbr.com or contact Sara Broun at 719 242 2800 or sbroun@pbrnow.com. 

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About the Professional Bull Riders, Inc. (PBR):
More than 100 million viewers tune in each year to the PBR on FOX, NBC, VERSUS and on a host of foreign networks across the globe. With approximately 400 hours of prime time programming annually, the PBR ranks among the most prolific sports on air. It attracts over one-and-a-half million live event attendees each year with its multi-tiered event structure, which includes the marquee Built Ford Tough Series and lower-level Touring Pro Division. The PBR is headquartered in Pueblo, Colo., and has over 1,200 PBR bull riders who compete in more than 300 PBR sanctioned competitions in the United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada, and Mexico. 

For more on the PBR, please visit www.pbr.com, www.teampbr.com, www.pbr.tv, www.myspace.com/teampbr, twitter.com/teampbr, www.facebook.com/TeamPBR, or www.pbr.com/worldfinals/.