Professional Bull Riders Take Over TD Garden For Boston Debut

CBS Boston

January 5, 2026

For the first time in the organization's history, the Professional Bull Riders tour, often seen as PBR, will make a stop in Boston. The riders will enter TD Garden hoping to stay on a bull for at least eight seconds to qualify a run.

"It's a pretty surreal moment when you take just a second to look out and see the fans that come," said Cade Madsen, a 20-year-old professional rider who grew up in Utah. "I have an older brother that rides bulls, and so he's my role model, so I just kind of followed in his footsteps."

The PBR trucked in dirt to fill the center of the TD Garden that is often ice for the Boston Bruins or a parquet floor for the Celtics. The layers of dirt are not as forgiving as they seem.

Dirt is spread on the floor of TD Garden ahead of the Professional Bull Riders tour debut in Boston/CBS Boston

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