PBR announced the 2027 PBR World Finals: Championship will be held at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona, May 20–23, 2027. The move is part of a new rotating host-city model established under a multi-year partnership between TKO Group Holdings and the Arizona Sports & Events Alliance, a deal that allows the championship to travel while keeping major programming in Fort Worth. CEO Sean Gleason said Arizona has a track record as a championship stage and Fort Worth will remain an important hub. Tickets for the Glendale championship weekend will go on sale May 14 at 10 a.m. MST at PBRWorldFinals.com/2027; tickets for the full Unleash The Beast series are slated to go on sale in August 2026.

PBR released the 2027 Unleash The Beast schedule with the Glendale announcement and framed the Glendale championship as the season finale. The 2027 schedule includes opening rounds of the World Finals at Cowtown Coliseum in Fort Worth, May 6–9, 2027. The Unleash The Beast series opens in Manchester, New Hampshire, Dec. 11–12, 2026, includes a Jan. 8–10, 2027 stop that marks PBR’s 20th visit to Madison Square Garden, and returns to Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Feb. 26–27, 2027.

The second half of the 2026 PBR World Finals, billed as Unleash The Beast, begins May 14 at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, with the five final rounds set for May 14–17 to decide the World Championship and the gold buckle. Events Thursday through Saturday will begin at 7:45 p.m. CT (8:45 p.m. ET), and the final day on Sunday will start at 1:45 p.m. CT (3:00 p.m. ET) for Round 8 and the Championship. All live coverage for the weekend will be exclusive to Paramount+, with full replays also on Paramount+; CBS will air a feature titled The Road to the Gold Buckle on Sunday at 12:00 p.m. ET. Luciano De Castro enters championship weekend leading the aggregate after a perfect 4-for-4 in the opening rounds, with Hudson Bolton, Sage Steele Kimzey and Brady Fielder within striking distance. The weekend also marks the return of former world champion Jess Lockwood after he missed two days of opening weekend due to back spasms.