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Wallowa County Chieftain
A6
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
Chief Joseph Days likely to get back in the black
BIZZ
BUZZ
CHIEF JOSEPH
DAYS RODEO
When: July 27-30, 2022
Where: Joseph
By Bill Bradshaw
Email: cjd@eoni.com
Last year hurting
because it had
to pay for two
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J
OSEPH — Attendance
was good and plans
are well underway for
this year’s Chief Joseph
Days Rodeo, but last year’s
rodeo coming after a year-
long hiatus because of the
COVID-19 pandemic left
the organization in the red,
said CJD President Terry
Jones.
Asked if the 2021 CJD
was profi table, Jones said
Wednesday, Feb. 2, simply,
“It wasn’t.”
He declined to say how
unprofi table it was, but he
said the take was down “a
ways.”
But last year’s rodeo had
to cope with the special cir-
cumstances of profi ts for
one year having to cover
the expenses of two.
“We still have our
expenses even though we
didn’t have a rodeo” in
2020, he said. “We had to
cover two years with one
year. … It’s been a long 2½
years.”
Attendance strong
Despite the shortfall in
profi ts, attendance seemed
to be strong.
Jones confi rmed Feb. 2
what he’d said during a
September interview.
“It was good, I’ll put
it that way,” he said. “We
Bill Bradshaw/Wallowa County Chieftain, File
A customer purchases a ticket to the Chief Joseph Days Rodeo at the rodeo offi ce in Joseph on Saturday, July 31, 2021, the last
day of last year’s rodeo.
had a good turnout; Sat-
urday night probably a
record crowd. The Satur-
day-night crowd was the
biggest night I’ve ever
seen.”
He said he believed
attendance at the rodeo’s
Wednesday and Friday per-
formances also may have
broken records. Thursday
is normally a bit down, and
last year was no exception.
“There were a lot of
people, a lot of people,”
Jones said.
Not intended for profi t
Jones said that the rodeo,
run by a nonprofi t organiza-
tion, is not intended to be a
great moneymaker.
“I know a lot of people’s
misconception is that we just
roll in the bucks, but that’s
not how it works,” he said.
The CJD organization has
to cover the cost of its offi ce,
insurance, the rodeo grounds
and other expenses, he said.
“All those things have to
be generated from our rodeo.
Normally, we’re able to do
that,” he said. “But when
you’re trying to cover two
years of all those things, it’s
a little harder.”
Jones said he doesn’t
have the actual attendance
numbers, but about 25,000
rodeo tickets were printed,
some of which were comple-
mentary tickets.
“Between the sponsored
tickets and ones that we sold,
it was 21,000-22,000 tickets
that were passed out, which
was a good year for us,” he
said.
Jones said the rodeo usu-
ally operates in the black,
and he expects this year will
be no diff erent, with 2020
being the anomaly because
of the pandemic.
“I would hope so, but
how do you know? It might
rain, COVID might come
back with a vengeance. …
But we’re going to plan
on making it through next
year,” he said.
A boon to the county
Still, the mere fact that the
& Skylight
Gallery
rodeo happens is a boon to
the economy of Joseph and
all of Wallowa County.
Jones said that studies
done in the past have shown
that the rodeo and accom-
panying events typically
bring in 18% to 25% of the
total tourist dollars for the
summer.
“When we bring 25,000
people to town, that brings
money in for the commu-
nity,” he said. “When people
come to town, it’s got to be a
boost to the economy.”
Work on this year’s rodeo,
which will be July 27-30, is
already well underway. This
year’s rodeo court was named
last fall, and includes Bai-
ley Vernam, Mia Salerno and
Maggie Zacharias. One will
be named queen this spring.
Tickets for season pass-hold-
ers also are going out.
“We hoped to entertain
people, and it seemed that
was the case,” Jones said.
“And we hope people enjoy
it.”
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Bill Bradshaw is a
reporter for the Wallowa
County Chieftain. Have a
business tip? Contact him
at 541-398-5503 or bbrad-
shaw@wallowa.com.
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