College of Western Idaho plans to take Ford Idaho Center from city of Nampa. CWI & mayor say center events like Snake River Stampede would continue.

Orin Larsen of Manitoba, Canada, gets ejected from a horse named Come Down in the Snake River Stampede bareback bronc riding finals at the Ford Idaho Center in Nampa in 2019.

In the time since, it has hosted the Snake River Stampede each year and, in 2024 alone, over 150 events including concerts, festivals, sports tournaments and a variety of annual horse events at ...

Major events including the Snake River Stampede would continue as scheduled, and visitors would notice few differences in day-to-day operations, according to Kling.