The Professional Bull Riders (PBR) Chief Operating Officer and President to Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell


ADVISORY, Jan. 4, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

What:

The Professional Bull Riders (PBR) will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City's Times Square in celebration of their 6th Annual Madison Square Garden Invitational presented by Full Metal Jousting on HISTORY, which will take place January 6-8th.

In honor of the occasion, Sean Gleason, Chief Operating Officer and President of PBR; Rick Patterson, Partner of Spire Capital Partners; Silvano Alves, Bull Rider and 2011 PBR World Champion; and Douglas Duncan, Bull Rider, will ring the Opening Bell.

Where:

NASDAQ MarketSite – 4 Times Square – 43rd & Broadway – Broadcast Studio

When:

Wednesday, January 4th, 2012 – 9:15 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. ET      

Contact:

Hillary Herskowitz
(917) 279-9574
Hillary@blinkmarketingnyc.com

NASDAQ MarketSite:
Jen Knapp
(212) 401-8916
Jennifer.knapp@nasdaqomx.com

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Webcast:

A live webcast of the NASDAQ Opening Bell will be available at: http://www.nasdaq.com/about/marketsitetowervideo.asx or http://social.nasdaqomx.com.

Photos:

To obtain a hi-resolution photograph of the Market Open, please go to http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_events.stm and click on the market open of your choice.

About the Professional Bull Riders, Inc. (PBR)

The PBR is the world's premier bull riding organization. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the founding of the PBR. In just two decades, the dream of 20 bull riders has become a global sports phenomenon that is televised worldwide. More than 100 million viewers annually watch over 400 hours of primetime PBR programming on networks around the world including CBS and CBS Sports Network. The PBR has awarded over $100 million in prize money and 21 riders have earned over $1 million, including Justin McBride with $5.5 million -- the most of any western sports athlete in history. Nearly two million fans attend Built Ford Tough Series and Touring Pro Division events each year. For more information on the PBR, go to http://www.pbr.com/">www.pbr.com, or follow on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/TeamPBR">www.facebook.com/TeamPBR and http://twitter.com/TEAMPBR">http://twitter.com/TEAMPBR.

About NASDAQ OMX:

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is the world's largest exchange company. It delivers trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents, with more than 3,500 listed companies. NASDAQ OMX offers multiple capital raising solutions to companies around the globe, including its U.S. listings market, NASDAQ OMX Nordic, NASDAQ OMX Baltic, NASDAQ OMX first North, and the U.S. 144A sector. The company offers trading across multiple asset classes including equities, derivatives, debt, commodities, structured products and exchange-traded funds. NASDAQ OMX technology supports the operations of over 70 exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more than 50 countries. NASDAQ OMX Nordic and NASDAQ OMX Baltic are not legal entities but describe the common offering from NASDAQ OMX exchanges in Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius. For more information about NASDAQ OMX, visit http://www.nasdaqomx.com. *Please follow NASDAQ OMX on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/NASDAQ-OMX/108167527653) and Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/nasdaqomx). 

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