Khedive Shrine Center — Local services in Chesapeake

This review is in regards to the Khedive Temple Rodeo Championship.

I honestly left this event pretty disturbed and very unhappy.

Their website, Facebook page, and flyer had ZERO information other than address, hours, and ticket pricing. Parking was an absolute nightmare, even though we arrived an hour prior to the event start. We went under the impression there would be food trucks (since there was no information other than food available for purchase), but the food provided was high-school cafeteria grade. Plain burgers, hot dogs, basically pale white fries, and so on. Most of which inedible & over priced. The "alcoholic beverages" were budlight, Michelin ultra, and Budweiser.... No much variety even with Hoffman beverage as their alcoholic beverage provider. They had no other stands or activities, nothing to look at, pet, or enjoy.

Now for the "big show". That was the most disturbing thing I have seen in the past 15 or so years. There is absolutely no reason to chase tiny, underweight, and terrified calves with fast horses. Lasso them & yanking them back by their neck, then tiring their feet and dragging them. What the actual heck!?!? Then riding horses that clearly don't want to be ridden, lassoing and riding other underweight bulls & calves, the animals let out some pretty gut wrenching noises. Me and my family left at 8:30 when the event didn't end till 10pm, we all agreed we couldn't sit and watch animals be tormented for human entertainment. Didn't realize rodeos are still barbaric.

TLDR; don't waste you $20 per person tickets, food is trash & the show is all animal abuse.

Also I am not a fan of being forced to pray several times a night,...

Bingo program changed, all the games are $50 dollars & Jackpot $500 dollars

The entire program was cut but the organization still charge full price for the computers. $25 and $45 . The specials games are sold separately. TOTALLY NOT worth it!

In addition the building is non smoking so 2 extra 10min breaks are incorporated into the program on top of the intermission.

This group is a rip off , I encourage you to stay away.

FYI. Multiple winners had bingo, so this means your possible $50 win turns into $5...

Just attended their annual oyster roast on 03/26/22.... the food was absolutely delicious. Fried, steamed, and raw oysters, all you could eat along with clam strips, clam chowder, hush puppies, coleslaw, french fries, fried fish. And of course all the alcoholic beverages you could consume. There was a live band playing and plenty of places to sit. Also there were plenty of serving points so you didn't really have to wait in line at all... excellent...