It was announced today (Oct. 22) that the 2020 Professional Bull Riding (PBR) Canada Finals will be held Nov. 5-7 in at Revolution Place. 

Originally scheduled for Nov. 13-14 in Saskatoon, the finals were moved because of provincial COVID-19 restrictions. The PBR BuckWild event scheduled for Nov. 5-7 in Grande Prairie is now the finals. 

This year’s finals will be made of four events, starting at 7:00 p.m. each day. The first, on Thursday, Nov. 5, is the PBR Shell Rotella Challenge which features 25 riders competing in Round 1, with the top 10 advancing to the championship round. 

All 25 riders from the first challenge will be in the Wrangler Chute Out on Nov. 6, and then the top ten riders competing in the championship round.  

Saturday will have two events. The 25-rider PBR Cooper Tires Classic is first, with one round deciding the high-marked rider of the event. 

The final event will feature the top 15 riders competing in the PBR Built Ford Tough Championship. The riders will face one final bull, the winner to be crowned the 2020 PBR Canada Champion. 

Alberta Health Services (AHS) has approved the event and a number of COVID-19 measure will be in place.  

These include: 

  • Requiring Revolution Place staff and PBR staff, riders and stock contractors to wear masks at all time, as well as undergo daily COVID-19 screening and temperature checks 
  • Attendees will need to wear masks when entering, exiting and leaving their seats, and will also be temperature screened upon arrival 
  • Mobile ticketing options and waiving of online ticket purchase fees.  
  • For those fans who are unable to use digital tickets, all box office staff will wear gloves and sanitize their workstations frequently. Social-distancing decals will also be placed on the floor outside of the box office windows. 
  • Increased sanitization of high-contact areas and hand sanitizer stations throughout the venue  
  • Increased options for cashless, contactless concessions and merchandise sales. 

An indoor watch party will be hosted in the Bowes Event Centre. Tickets are $50 and can be purchased at the Revolution Place box office, online, by phone or in person. 

The events will also be broadcast live nightly on RidePass.