Round-UP moves off city property

 ALAMOSA– Following state guidelines and more stringent requests from the City of Alamosa and Public Health, the Honeycutt family has announced it will move the 2020 Alamosa Round-UP to their farm eight miles north of town off the Stanley Road.


In an email announcement Wednesday, Dawn Honeycutt said the rodeo organizers “came to a bit of a standstill with the City of Alamosa and the public health director.


“We are willing to abide by the Governor’s guidelines to educate, encourage and promote mask-wearing at the Round-UP this year,” she said. “We even have a family that has purchased masks so we can have them available at the gate for those who forgot theirs. We of course want to keep people safe and have a safe event.”


Honeycutt said City Manager Heather Brooks and the public health director wanted the rodeo to take it a step further by enforcing mask-wearing and asking people to leave if they would not comply, as well as notifying police, and possibly shutting the event down.


“We were not willing to do that,” she said, “so we have decided to move the Round-UP off Alamosa city property.”


The 2020 event will be held on the Honeycutt property in the south corner of a pivot irrigation circle. Parking and bleachers will be available, and plans include maintaining separate seating sections, vendors, social distancing and mask wearing.


Some event times and locations have been moved to avoid losing daylight. The new schedule includes:
Tuesday 8/25 - 5:30pm Local Barrel Race
Thursday- 8/27 Mutton Bustin 5:30 pm
Friday- 8/28 PRCA Rodeo 5:00pm
Saturday- 8/29 Cowboy Church 8:30am
Saturday- 8/29 PRCA Rodeo 4:00pm
Saturday- 8/29 Chancey Williams Concert 9:00pm
Sunday- 8/30 Demolition Derby 2:00pm


“This will be same great rodeo, same great contestants, just a different location,” Honeycutt said. “The current ticket holder’s tickets will still be valid.” Tickets will continue to be offered online at alamosaroundup.com


“We are of course still working closely with the health department to ensure the safety of this event,” she said. “Our goal is not to be disrespectful, nor rebellious to authority in our decision. We just don’t feel morally right about what they were asking us to do.”


She added that the rodeo organizers are thankful to their friends and sponsors who are helping make the event happen.