The Northwest Round Up and Exhibition returned to Swan River last weekend and it was really well attended.
Ag Society President Austen Anderson said that 11,389 people went through the gates — around 4,700 people on Saturday and over 3,000 the other two days.
He also said that even though they increased the admission price at the gates, nobody seems to have been deterred from attending.
"It was, like, better than normal. People were... euphoric [about] everything... It was crazy... The grandstand [was] packed three nights in a row for the chuckwagon show, just absolutely shoulder-to-shoulder people... The beer gardens [were] full, even [on] Sunday night... They were so excited to have something to do," he added.
Anderson also said that the food booths were very busy as well and that by Saturday at 9 p.m., they had already sold more beer at the beer gardens than they did during the entire 2019 rodeo.
"My aunt was one of the workers in the Stampeder booth. She worked from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. and all she did for five hours straight was punch numbers on the cash register," he added.
He also wanted to thank the volunteers for all their hard work.
