Our View: New Seats Great for Arena

The Three Forks Rodeo Arena may soon be receiving a major upgrade with 2,286 new seats. The City Council voted last week 5-0 in favor of adding the seats. Mayor Sean Gifford will still need to sign the contract for it to move forward.

This would be a really great upgrade for a facility that was utilized for 35 different events during the 50-day season in 2019.

While the upgraded bleachers do have a significant cost of $473,800, this is a positive move for the City. The Saturday night performance in 2019 had record attendance for the two days was $4,630. The Three Forks Rodeo Dayz are the bigge...