The Houston Fat Stock?

A man named James W. Start well was a prominent Houston businessman who ran the Port city stockyards in order to stay ahead of the significant development in the cattle industry he made frequent trips to the leading livestock markets in the southwest he noticed that cities were livestock shows and competitions were held to a better quality of life stock he believed that if an annual livestock exposition could make of substantial improvement in breeding and raising practices and Houston should organize and produce an exposition. He then placed an ad in the Houston newspaper seeking Houstonians interested in founding a local livestock competition and show along establishing lines.
They had their first meeting in the Texas State Hotel on January 30, 1931 and consisted of Marcus Meyer, WC Munn, Julian Wesglow, WS Cochran, Heygood Ashburne, & Howard West.
In 1932 the first Houston Fat Stock show is held at that Democratic Convention Hall.
On April 30, 1932 the first Houston fat stock show and rodeo began to run in the democratic Sam Houston Hall. although the first Houston fat stock show lost $2800, the effort was judged by one and all as a success. The city plans were immediately set in motion for the second show in 1933.

In 1937 the Sam Houston Hall was demolished while the Sam Houston Coliseum was being built. By 1961 the organization's name officially changed to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo and by 1966 the show builds the livestock exposition building now called the Astro Hall. The first world championship barbecue contest was held in 1975.
The rodeo reaches an all time record with paid attendance reaching 1 million for the first time in 1995.
Houstonians celebrate the new retractable roof Rodeo Houston/NFL stadium in the year 2000 and Reliant energy also acquires naming rights for the Astrodome complex. That is the same year for the rodeo to hold its very first wine competition and auction.

By 2012 the show's educational commitment to the use of Texas exceed $330 million off four-year $16,000 scholarships are increased to $18,000 each starting with the 2013 school year. The shows yearly educational commitment exceeds $246 million. Since the first scholarship was awarded in 1957 currently more than 2000 students on the show's scholarship attend more than 100 different Texas colleges and universities. The value of the scholarships is approximately $30 million.

The primary benefit the outcome is the array of entertainment opportunities it provides the region. The distribution of charitable donations the rodeo also provides a bonus economic stimulus to the overall economy. It is stated that this stimulus is almost certainly greater than any other sports or arts production in Houston. This is comparable to the presence of a major economic base corporation with local employment in excess of 3000 employees.

The rodeo helps the city of Houston by raising annual personal incomes by $290 million. Every year this creates 7300 full-time equivalent jobs. Another affect is that residential capital is changed by 361 million. Out of the show's overall commitment more than $200 million has been committed and direct educational program support.


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