2003 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo™ — 10 Words

While a picture may be worth a thousand words, the scope of the 2003 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo can be summed up in 10 words — educational, entertaining, extreme, new, patriotic, people, rewarding, sales, unpredictable and youth.

Cowboy Perspectives

Each year at RODEOHOUSTON™, a division of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo™, approximately 500 cowboys and cowgirls compete in various rodeo events for prize money totaling more than $700,000.

A Look From Down Under

Ever wonder how the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo™ might appear to someone from halfway around the world — Australia, for instance?

It’s the Pits

With 356 cook-off teams competing at the 2003 BP World’s Championship Bar-B-Que Contest at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo™, some teams were passionate about standing out in the crowd.

The “Dirt” on Reliant Park

The new Reliant Stadium and Reliant Center now annually house the world’s largest regular-season rodeo and the world’s largest livestock show, respectively. Before the first visitors sets foot on the grounds, however, a tremendous amount of preparation takes place.

A Day in the Life of John O. Smith

On day 15 of the 2003 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo™, “Bowlegged H” Magazine walked a mile in the boots of the Show’s chairman of the board and discovered it is more like a marathon.

Outgoing Vice Presidents

Letters and comments should be sent to:
Marketing and Public Relations Division,
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo™
P.O. Box 20070
Houston, Texas 77225-0070