The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo cannot start until ... This isn't the same dirt used by other events that will place dirt in a stadium or arena like Monster Jam, which was at NRG recently.

The laying of the dirt is key when it comes to transforming the stadium into a rodeo-ready arena. "We level it out to 18 inches on the surface of the rodeo arena," DeMarco said. Originally ...

We’re talking about everything from turning the floor of NRG Stadium into a rodeo arena, building food and ... as 500 dump trucks were moving in the dirt for the rodeo. It’s a day ...

“Eight horses against another eight horses, 16 people in the arena at the same time,” said Jordan Harvey, captain of the Go Hard Boyz Pony Express team. Teams of eight race around the rodeo ...

The four-legged stars of the Gerry Rodeo are resting in the pasture waiting for their eight seconds of possible stardom, probably daydreaming about bucking cowboys to the arena dirt. Submitted photo ...