National Finals Rodeo Organizers Can Be Sued Under ADA

The 9tH U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a district court, finding that two private entities responsible for producing the National Finals Rodeo (NFR) at a publicly-owned arena in Las Vegas can be sued under the Americans with Disabilities Act as if they were the "operators" of the arena.   "The private groups staging the Rodeo did operate the publicly-owned facility during the Rodeo and so can be sued under Title III of the ADA for failure to make a place of public accommodation