How Rupp Arena Will Transition from UK Basketball to Bull Riding Overnight

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For the seventh consecutive year, the Professional Bull Riders’ (PBR) Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour is coming to Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., with the two-day event starting mere hours after the University of Kentucky women’s basketball team plays its SEC opener Thursday night

In a phone interview with the Lexington Herald-Leader, Velocity Tour operations manager Kevin McCoy detailed the process of transitioning Rupp Arena from college basketball to professional bull riding both Friday and Saturday night.

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