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Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo releases limited number of 2023 season tickets for sale

Time to start planning for RodeoHouston 2023.

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After nearly two years of inactivity due to the pandemic, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo made a triumphant, Texas-sized return this year to toast its 90th anniversary. RodeoHouston’s epic comeback saw a history-making hip-hop takeover — including SLABs on the rodeo floor — by our local legend Bub B, inspired shows by Gwen Stefani and Journey, and a fitting close by the King of Country.

While RodeoHouston 2022 will be hard to top, fans can now prepare for the next year’s iteration, as a limited number of 2023 season tickets go on sale at 10 am Tuesday, August 9. Season tickets will be available online and start at $500, with an eight-ticket purchase limit per household, according to a rodeo press release.

As CultureMap reported in April, next year’s rodeo runs February 28–March 19. These 2023 season tickets for sale include all 20 RodeoHouston performances. For those more interested in Individual tickets, those will go on sale once the 2023 star entertainer lineup is announced at a later date, per the rodeo.

For those purchasing season tickets on August 9, the rodeo advises that an online waiting room opens at 9:30 am; customers who join the waiting room from 9:30 am to 9:59 am will then be randomly selected to enter the store to purchase season tickets right at 10 am, according to the rodeo.

Importantly, per the rodeo, access to the online early waiting room does not put customers in a first-come, first-served line. Additionally, access to this waiting room does not guarantee season tickets.

All season tickets sold will be delivered electronically via AXS Mobile ID; those who purchase online should allow 48 hours for delivery. Customers can access their purchased tickets by downloading the AXS mobile app and logging in with the email they used to purchase tickets.

Here’s a quick breakdown of packages and options, per the rodeo. Buyers are advised to use this NRG Stadium seat map.

NRG Stadium Map Upper Level: $500–$600
Loge Level: $800
Field Level: $880 (partially obstructed view for Rodeo; great concert view)
Club Level: $1,000 (partially obstructed view for Rodeo; great concert view)
Shared Entertainment Suite Seats: $5,500
Hess Chute Seats: $7,500

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The Holidays Are Brutal

Free holiday rage room lets Houstonians smash the stress of the season

Photo courtesy of Pluto TV

Get ready to drop-kick that pile of presents.

Be honest: Are the holidays getting to you yet? Does the stress of shopping, wrapping, traveling, visiting, cooking, baking, decorating, and moving that darn Elf around have you ready to break something?

Instead of attacking your lawn decorations like Clark Griswold, channel that festive frustration into a safe and controlled catharsis. For one day only, Pluto TV, the free streaming service from Paramount, is bringing a free pop-up rage room experience to Houston. Yes, free (though you do have to RSVP).

On Thursday, December 11, from 4-10 pm, visitors can step into a holiday-themed rage room and unleash their inner action star by smashing ornaments, drop-kicking wrapping-paper disasters, and “decking” the halls.

The tie-in is Pluto TV’s new “Holidays Are Brutal” collection, an assembly of 70-plus action films including Charlie’s Angels, Bad Boys, Rush Hour, The Expendables, Gladiator, and others that are featured all December long.

It's all going down at Break Life, a year-round rage room located at 5805 Centralcrest St., Houston.

Four rage rooms are available for the holiday experience on December 11. Each session is 30 minutes and accommodates up to four people, who must all be 18 and over. Reserve your slot here.

Rage rooms were invented in Japan in 2008, first as art installations before opening as commercial endeavors worldwide in the mid-2010s.

They really had a moment pre-pandemic, with The Real Housewives of Dallas even visiting one in 2018 (season 3, episode 6, in case you're interested) and The Bachelorette's Becca and Blake smashing it up in season 14 with some help from rapper Lil Jon.

The Houston holiday rage room is one of several that Pluto TV is hosting around the country this season; they're also popping up in Chicago, New York, Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Fort Worth, Phoenix, Philadelphia, and Raleigh-Durham. Find out more on their website.

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