MexSA's Third Annual Jaripeo

The Mexican Students Association at Cornell would like to use the Friedman Wrestling Center as a potential venue to host our third annual jaripeo this coming November. A "jaripeo" is a Mexican rodeo that traditionally features bullriding, dancing, and live music. While we cannot recreate the same elements of a traditional Mexican rodeo, we aim for our event to have food, dancing, a mechanical bull, and a live Mexican musical group (if risk management permits). We previously hosted our jaripeo at the Livestock Pavillion in December 2024 and completed necessary risk requirements associated with having a mechanical bull at a Cornell event. The vendor we plan to use for the mechanical bull is Bobby K's Entertainment Company, an approved Cornell vendor. Our event would tentatively run from 8pm to 11pm, however we can adjust according to the facilities' hours. We have previously seen other events hosted at the wrestling center, such as the E&S Major graduation ceremony. This event will be open to Cornell students and there will be no ticketing.