FORT WORTH, Texas (October 14, 2025) – The PBR (Professional Bull Riders) today announced the 2026 competition schedule for its elite Unleash The Beast, set to bring the world’s Top 40 bull riders and rankest bovine athletes to 19 cities across 17 states.
Throughout the five-month individual season, the premier Unleash The Beast will hold 18 regular season events, highlighted by PBR’s debut in Boston, MA at TD Garden and Florida State at Doak Campbell Stadium. There will also be return visits to Tampa, FL after a 14-year hiatus and in Pittsburgh, PA, following two sold out nights following PBR’s debut at PPG Paints Arena in 2024.
The PBR’s crown jewel, the 2026 PBR World Finals: Unleash The Beast, will return to Texas for the fifth consecutive season in May, beginning at iconic Cowtown Coliseum in Fort Worth on May 7-10 and continuing to crown a champion at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth on May 14-17.
For the first time, the Unleash The Beast campaign will begin in Manchester, NH, when the 2026 season opens on Dec. 12-13, 2025 at SNHU Arena.
The 2026 schedule announcement follows a very strong 2025 individual campaign, with the Unleash The Beast hosting more than 516,724 fans, including selling out 29 event days.
On the dirt in 2025, Jose Vitor Leme mounted PBR’s greatest comeback – and arguably one of the most impressive in all of sports – shooting from No. 31 in the world with seven weeks remaining in the regular season to become the third bull rider to win three PBR World Championships.
Leme, out nearly half the season due to a broken hand, capped the incredible comeback by going 8-for-8 at the Championship tournament in Texas. Leme was first in all four rounds on championship weekend, including two 90-point rides. By sweeping all the rounds, the final weekend aggregate, and adding the 90-point rides, he scored 734 points – 97% of the possible points at World Finals, to join Adriano Moraes and Silvano Alves as the sport’s only three-time World Champions.
For more information about the PBR and the 2026 PBR Unleash The Beast schedule and to purchase tickets, visit PBR.com.
Stay tuned to PBR.com for the latest news and results and be sure to follow the sport on all social media platforms at @PBR.
About PBR (Professional Bull Riders):
PBR is the world’s premier bull riding organization. More than 1,000 bull riders compete in more than 200 events annually across the televised PBR Unleash The Beast tour (UTB), which features the top bull riders in the world; the PBR Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour (PWVT); the PBR Touring Pro Division (TPD); and the PBR’s international circuits in Australia, Brazil, and Canada. In 2022, the organization launched PBR Teams—10 teams of the world’s best bull riders competing for a new championship—as well as the PBR Challenger Series with more than 50 annual events nationwide. PBR events are broadcast on CBS Television Network and Paramount and FOX Nation. PBR is a subsidiary of TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO), a premium sports and entertainment company.
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