Some Wichita residents are complaining about the noise and odor of a Mexican-flavored rodeo held weekly near 37th Street North and Broadway. City Council members Tuesday should approve a proposed short-term moratorium on rodeos, from July 9 to November, to give them time to wrestle with new regulations.
Beyond the “noise, odors and other nuisances” related to the events, a city briefing cites “significant health and safety concerns to participants, spectators and adjacent neighborhoods.”
City officials should ensure they have fair, adequate rules in place that shield nearby residents from undue suffering without running rodeo lovers out of town.
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Gives a whole new meaning to the term snooty neighbors.
Oh for Pete sake, let us just get rid of everything that anyone is offended by! Of course that would mean that all anyone could do is set in a darken room staring at a blank wall… That would not work, some one would see it as their duty to do something about that too! I would rather smell horse shit then cars, those cars really offend me! The color yellow is offensive to me too so get rid of all cars and the color yellow and if it is a yellow car even better.
Cody, Wyoming has a rodeo every NIGHT during the summer. Brings in a lot of tourists, matter of fact.
Rodeo is a Spanish word. The rodeo was invented as an annual entertainment extravaganza on Spanish-Mexican ranchos.
“Cowboy” was added to the American lexicon as a translation of “vaquero”. It turns out that the first cattle-roping, horseback-riding guys were Mexicans. A lot of them were used to help get Wichita launched in the early 1870’s. It seems that Wichita’s Anglo-American founders LOVED those Mexican cowboys bringing a lot of smelly animals to town, and making a fair bit of noise.
I grew up in a town that had only one big tourist draw, its annual rodeo. OKC takes pride–and makes a lot of money hosting horse shows, horse races and rodeos, not to mention hosting a huge weekly cattle auction.
If a city was founded on cattle, if one of its major employers packs beef, and if a state is the nation’s second-largest cattle-raiser, how come rodeos “don’t fit here”? Because city leaders weren’t creative enough to dream up this winning entertainment idea on their own? Because “foreigners” did it?
Hutch’s annual state fair has animal smells, but they don’t seem to keep people away, do they?
Maybe Wichita’s future might be brighter if we could send a message to the outside world, “Wichita: A Lot More Fun Than You Think”.
“Maybe Wichita’s future might be brighter if we could send a message to the outside world, “Wichita: A Lot More Fun Than You Think”.” As long as it don’t stink!
People complain about a small rodeo? What about the smell in South Wichita coming from the Water Treatment Plant. That smell travels everywhere.
Hmm… I wonder if Wal-Mart can get its spot up there near the Mornings. Those people are complaining about the increase in traffic if a Wal-Mart gets built there.
Honestly! I think there is a form of ethnicism and classism being complained about here.
Hey, how ’bout lets let them hold their rodeos in the new arena? It would at least be a use for our proposed white elephant.
I’d like to see a time line of when the rodeo first started and when the neighbors moved there. Basically what I am wondering is did a bunch of city types move near an existing rodeo facility. If so then they should know better.
There are frequent problems with city people moving out into the country and then complaining about being in the country.
Wichita sure did stink in its early days. But those greenbacks shore smelled fine.
I suppose a rodeo is better than a cock fight..but that will likely be next.
Raptor, why do you think that one is necessarily associated with the other? A lot of places have rodeos without cockfights (or pit-bull dog fights). In the Phillipines they have cockfights but no rodeos. In colonial Virginia they had cockfights but no rodeos. In Mexico, they have bullfights. I haven’t seen too many here. Have you?
It’s north Broadway, for crying out loud. Hispanic corridor. What is wrong with the Rodeo? Well, there is a business on North Broadway that would compete for alcoholic consumption, so my guess is that ’someone’ wants a business monopoly in that area and has infused the City Council with political capital, if you know what I mean.
I’m suprised Mark McCormick has not played the race card on this issue. Wait, it’s not related to African Americans, so out of race out of mind, huh Mark?
Rodeos are inherently cruel to animals. Raptor is correct to specaulate that next it will be cockfights.
Illegal hispanics make a living being happily exploited. Little wonder their recreation is to the direction of hurting and exploiting animals.Mistreatment tends to flow downhill. Easier to hurt an animal then to tell the boss where to go.
Cockfighting, dog-fighting and bullfighting are blood-lust sports. This is sicko. Rodeo is not a blood-lust sport. The cowboys suffer a lot more injuries than the animals. The most-difficult-to-ride broncs and bulls are extremely valuable animals. They receive top-notch care. After their “careers” are over, they are put out to pasture and bred, just like championship thoroughbred horses.
The wranglers and stock-providers grew up on ranches. They’re not into abusing animals.
“Rodeos are inherently cruel to animals. Raptor is correct to specaulate that next it will be cockfights.”
If that is true, how come we dont have cockfights with AMERICAN rodeo cowboys behind the roosters…uh… so to speak.
I mean, we have so many american cowboys who rodeo, and if rodeo leads to cockfighting…?
JR, you’re a complete wuss.