Officials are expected to announce the closure of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo at a noon news conference, sources with knowledge of the discussions said Wednesday.
Mayor Sylvester Turner informed city council members during the group’s regular Wednesday morning meeting of a coronavirus-related announcement at noon, which sources confirmed was that further events at the rodeo — the massive, weeks-long event and concert series that routinely draws more than 100,000 visitors to NRG Park on Saturdays and Sundays — will be truncated.
The annual event began March 3 and was slated to run through March 22.