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Date Posted: 05:18:09 02/14/06 Tue
Author: Julie
Subject: MORE ON PRCA MOVE--see inside
In reply to: Hap 's message, "HOF & RH Moving." on 14:48:24 02/11/06 Sat

From today's Albuquerque Journal:
N.M. to Aid Rodeo Group

By Trip Jennings
Journal Capitol Bureau
SANTA FE— New Mexico will help finance the relocation of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association headquarters and ProRodeo Hall of Fame to Albuquerque, Gov. Bill Richardson said Monday.
The governor, who this weekend announced the state's successful effort to lure the PRCA from Colorado Springs, said New Mexico would issue an industrial revenue bond to help pay the association's move from its home since 1979. Richardson did not specify the bond's size.
According to the Colorado Springs Business Journal, New Mexico's offer included building a $30 million arena.
As part of the deal, the PRCA will host events in Albuquerque— it was unclear how many— while the state will pay $5 million to promote New Mexico at the hundreds of events the PRCA sanctions nationally.
"This move will have a great impact not only on New Mexico but on New Mexico's economy as well," Richardson said during a news conference at the Capitol.
Officials estimate that 50,000 fans a year will visit the Hall of Fame, boosting Albuquerque's tourism. The association will also bring 85 full-time jobs and a $3.35 million payroll.
"When the governor first mentioned this to me a few weeks back, and said would we be interested in Albuquerque as a site for relocation, I said absolutely," Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chávez said at the news conference. "This is big stuff."
Troy Ellerman, PRCA commissioner, said Colorado Springs had had "plenty of opportunities" to keep the association in that state.
Richardson said the association's headquarters and the ProRodeo Hall of Fame would be built together.
"We haven't determined the exact location," Richardson said. "It will be in Albuquerque."
Rep. Sheryl Williams Stapleton, D-Albuquerque, however, seemed to think the facilities were going to the State Fair site and thanked the governor for the successful push, which began a year ago, to lure the association south.
Securing the PRCA for Albuquerque fits in with the governor's overall plan to enhance New Mexico's reputation for rodeo and western culture, officials said.
Earlier this year, Richardson pledged $10 million for a new equestrian facility.
"It gives me great pride to know that my state was able to rope the professional rodeo headquarters and Hall of Fame and bring them back to the state of New Mexico," said Jimmie Cooper of Monument, who finished in the top five of the PRCA all-around world standings in the 1980s and was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame last year.

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