The unprecedented decision to cancel the planned opening night of the National Finals Rodeo Thursday and to add a 10th rodeo session without fans in attendance was the best compromise organizers of the event could reach, according to a man whose family is synonymous with NFR.
Michael Gaughan, owner of the South Point, a popular destination for cowboy competitors and NFR fans, said in a telephone interview Thursday that the decisions reached after tragedy struck at UNLV Wednesday afternoon were difficult, “but made the most sense for everybody involved.”
Three people were killed and one wounded in the shooting at UNLV. The gunman was killed in a shootout with law enforcement officers at Beam Hall at the Lee School of Business, Clark County Sheriff Kevin McMahill said.
