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Las Vegas, NV—March 20, 2007—Fans wanting to bring home the excitement of every ride of the 2007 Rolex FEI World CupTM Finals in Las Vegas will be able to do so with full-coverage DVDs.
DVDs of the Dressage and Jumping Finals will be available for each of Friday, Saturday, & Sunday’s Sessions and will include every minute of action from that session from the 2007 Rolex FEI World CupTM Finals, April 18-22, at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.
Carr-Hughes Productions, producer of the World Cup Finals telecasts, in conjunction with Las Vegas Events, Inc. and Productions East Video, is making available a DVD of each session from Las Vegas. Each DVD will provide full coverage of that session. “It will be just like sitting in the arena,” said Bob Hughes of Carr-Hughes Productions. “It will be strictly video, without commentary, but viewers will see everything that those lucky enough to be in the arena get to see. It will truly be a tape for fans of the sport.”
The DVDs of each session will be available for sale at the Thomas & Mack Center starting the day after the session throughout the balance of the World Cup and will also be available on line for those who don’t make it to Las Vegas. The DVDs may be ordered by going to http://www.carr-hughes.com/videos/index.cfm. No orders will be accepted after April 22, the final day of World Cup competition.
Special pricing is available for those who order in advance. Advance sale pricing is as follows:
One Individual session – $17.95 ($19.95 once World Cup competition has begun)
2 Dressage sessions (Friday and Saturday) – $34.95
3 Jumping sessions (Friday, Saturday, & Sunday) – $51.95
Superfan Pak, All 5 sessions – $85.95
Plus US shipping and Handling- $6.95
New York Residents pay sales tax.
All orders will be shipped within 4 weeks.
Animal Planet will broadcast a 90-minute program of highlight coverage of the World Cup on Saturday, May 12 at 9:00 p.m. EDT. Both jumping and dressage will be included. Re-broadcasts of the original primetime broadcast will be aired on Sunday, May 13 at 2:00 p.m. and Saturday, May 19 at 2:00 p.m. The broadcasts will be produced by Carr-Hughes Productions.
Started in 1979, the FEI World Cup Jumping Final is an annual international showdown among the world’s best show jumping horses and riders. The 2007 event will mark the seventh FEI World Cup Jumping Final to be held in the United States, following Finals in Baltimore in 1980, Tampa, FL in 1989, Del Mar, CA in 1992 and the three in Las Vegas in 2000, 2003 and 2005. In the 28 finals held through 2006, United States riders have emerged with the most titles, having won the championship seven times.
First held in 1986, the FEI World Cup Dressage Final has been held in the U.S. only twice, in 1995 in Los Angeles and 2005 in Las Vegas. The Netherlands has dominated the competition, winning seven times, followed by Germany with six. The United States won its first title in 2003 when Debbie McDonald rode Brentina to the Championship. Brentina is owned by Parry and Peggy Thomas of Las Vegas, for whom the Thomas & Mack Center, the venue for the World Cup Finals, is named.
Las Vegas Events, Inc. (LVE), producer of the 2000, 2003, 2005 and 2007 FEI World Cup Finals, was founded in 1983. LVE has grown with Las Vegas as the city emerged as one of the world’s top special event and resort destinations. A private, not-for-profit organization, LVE is funded by hotel room tax and serves as the exclusive major special events agency for the city. Since 1991, Las Vegas Events has produced, presented or supported more than 390 events, which have driven more than 3.3 million visitors to the area, resulting in an economic impact of more than $2 billion.
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