The
Cattle Call Rodeo Committee and the City of Brawley have a cordial and
long-standing partnership to assure that the rodeo arena will remain in
tip-top shape and retain its reputation as one of the finest facilities
in the Southwestern United States.
The Committee and the City
have a lease agreement that requires that any money remaining after all
expenses and purses have been paid at the conclusion of the rodeo will
be utilized to replace and upgrade the 51-year-old plant.
Among the most recent capital expenditures was an equestrian center that was completed in the spring of 2004.
The
equestrian center consists of 24 pens, feeders and drinkers, a wash
rack, a round pen for lessons and horse training, a tack room, a
park-like area for picnics and social events and abundant tie-up space.
Other projects completed the past two years include rebuilding
livestock holding pens and replacing drinkers and feeders in the pens;
erecting new pasture fencing behind the grandstand, installing new
sprinkler systems in the arena and parking area, repairing fencing and
gates, replacing box seat backrests and the grandstand handrails and
upgrading the electrical system.
In 2007 the arena underwent
the most comprehensive upgrade ever when a new 128 seat grandstand was
constructed over the bucking chutes. The stadium seating is shaded and
provides a closeup view of the action at the chutes and in the arena.
Included is a new structure is an announcers stand large enough to
accomodate modern day electronics for sound and scoreboard.
During the past 10 years, the Rodeo Committee has invested more than $500,000 in upgrades and improvements at the arena.
