the first rodeo in the world was held in mexico.
where was the first rodeo in the world held?
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in 1902, raymond knight started the raymond stampede and became known as "the father of canadian rodeo." in 1903 he built the first rodeo arena and grandstand in canada, and in the process became both the first rodeo producer and the first rodeo stock contractor. knight was originally from utah and ranched in the milk river ridge area of southern alberta. he ran over 18,000 head of cattle and several hundred horses on almost a million acres, and the town of raymond, alberta was named after him. for the first calgary stampede in 1912, knight teamed up with addison day, a texan who ranched in alberta and saskatchewan. they became partners in a rodeo stock contracting company called the knight and day stampede company. they produced a rodeo in saskatoon for the future king of england in 1919, and produced a rodeo in shelby, montana during the dempsey-gibbons fight in 1923 where knight financed the building of what was then the world's largest rodeo arena with wooden seating for 20,000 people. after that single rodeo the arena was disassembled. addison day went on to produce the first rodeo in the los angeles coliseum in 1927.
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the first rodeo in canada was held in 1902 in raymond, alberta when raymond knight funded and promoted a rodeo contest for bronc riders and steer ropers called the raymond stampede. knight also coined the rodeo term "stampede" and built rodeo's first known shotgun style bucking chute. in 1903, knight built canada's first rodeo arena and grandstand and became the first rodeo producer and rodeo stock contractor.
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