The Wrangler National Finals Rodeo is that the season-ending championship event for the skilled Rodeo Cowboys Association and is wide acknowledged to be the world’s premier rodeo. control annually since 1959 – and since 1985, each Dec at the Thomas Center in Las Vegas – the Wrangler NFR is ProRodeo’s richest and most prestigious rodeo, and it showcases the absolute best cowboys, barrel racers and stock within the world.