January 2015                                                                                                    Issue No. 1501
Odessa Convention and Visitors Bureau's
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CVB News

 

  • The Odessa CVB took time in December to say thank you to local hotels. CVB staff delivered Christmas goodies to each of the Odessa properties and thanked them for their continued support. 
     
  • Some members of the Odessa CVB will be attending the Texas Association of Convention and Visitors Bureaus' Mid-Winter Conference in McAllen, January 27-29.
     
  • It's time for the Back to Business Blitz!  The CVB is ready to start the year off right with some new convention business.  If you are involved with an association or organization, be ready, they might be calling on you this month.  
Tourism and Other News

Congratulations to CVB staff member Lawanna Lambert on her recent promotion to State Association Sales Specialist!

Lawanna has been with the Odessa bureau since May 2013 as the Convention Servicing Specialist.

The CVB team is looking forward to watching her excel in her new position and secure new convention business for Odessa. 

Featured Attraction 
 

 

The SandHills Stock Show and Rodeo is a non-profit organization consisting of more than 250 proud and active volunteers. The organization brings livestock, youth, families, professional cowboys and cowgirls together through the sport of professional rodeo.

 
 
In 1932 the first "Fat Stock Show," held in Ector County, helped establish the first "Pure Hereford" Show in Texas and the SandHills Organization in 1933. In 1940, with the help of local ranchers like Buster Cole and Roy Parks Jr., the horse show was established. Meat goats were a new  addition to the show in 1998.

 

Construction of the Ector County Coliseum began in 1954 and in 1955 the first "Indoor Rodeo" in Ector County was held in conjunction with the Stock Show. Today, the facilities will accommodate over 2,000 participants and more than 30,000 spectators.

 

The SandHills Rodeo ranks in the top 5% of the Professional Rodeo Sandhills Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) rodeos with prize money totaling nearly $385,000 and generating more than $4 million in revenue for the Permian Basin. More than 900 PRCA cowboys and cowgirls start their yearly competition in Odessa.

 

This event is surely one you won't want to miss. Pack up the family and head out to the Ector County Coliseum, January 1-11, for some exciting, fun-filled, wholesome rodeo entertainment.   See you there!

In This Issue
CVB News
Tourism & Other News
Sandhills Stock Show and Rodeo
Calendar of Events
Contact Us
   
Contact Us
  
Linda Sweatt
CVB Director
  
Shelia Pippins
Web Administrator &
Convention Sales
  
Jeff Meyers
Sport Sales Specialist  

Lawanna Lambert
State Association
Sales Specialist

Olivia Mancha
Administrative Assistant
  

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