New arena at K-State opens, ready for its first rodeo

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By KMAN Staff on October 13, 2025 K-State Activity, Local News

K-State’s Bilbrey Family Event Center had its opening ceremony Friday before exhibiting the state-of-the-art agricultural event center. K-State’s rodeo will be held there in February. Staff photo by Lewis Marien

By Emma Loura

After nearly two years of construction, The Bilbrey Family Event Center is ready for its first rodeo. K-State officials cut the ribbon Friday on the new facility off Denison Avenue, which will host about 40 events each year.

“It’s a really exciting day for Kansas State University,” said Dan Moser, interim Eldon Gideon dean of the college of agriculture. “As we think about our future as the premiere next-generation land grand university, our commitment to agriculture, to students, to outreach, to service, to industries, this facility’s really going to put us on the map.”

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