National Finals Rodeo Sets First Performance For Friday, Make-Up Round For Wednesday Morning At Thomas & Mack Center After UNLV Campus Shooting
By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer
The National Finals Rodeo’s first performance has been set for Friday at UNLV’s Thomas & Mack Center after organizers canceled Thursday’s opening night because of a mass shooting on the UNLV campus Wednesday at mid-day.
The make-up round that was missed on Thursday will be made up on Wednesday at 10 AM. There will be no fans allowed to attend that Wednesday morning round.
For NFR season ticket holders, full refunds for the cancelled performance will be issued by Las Vegas Events.
If tickets were purchased through StubHub, a refund will be issued directly to the buyer by StubHub.
The original $11.5 million purse will remain in place and be paid out in full over the nine days of competition and ten rounds.
The Clark County Office of the Coroner/Medical Examiner has released two of three people killed by a 67-year-old professor Wednesday.
One victim is professor Cha Jan Chang known as “Jerry”, 64 of Henderson. The cause of death was a gunshot wound of the head. The manner of death was ruled a homicide.
The second victim was assistant professor Patricia Navarro Velez, 39 of Las Vegas. The cause of death was multiple gunshot wounds and the manner of death was homicide.
The third victim has been identified and the Clark County Office of the Coroner/Medical Examiner is working to identify the Legal Next of Kin.
