Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show Grounds — Local services in Mercedes

The new system to buy credits will cause you to wait hours in line on a busy night. We waited an hour in line and once we got to our turn it allowed us to pay it told me to go to another kiosk to get a card. At that point I had lost all my patience that meant I had to go wait another hour to get a card. Thankfully, I saw one employees who said that the customer service kiosk was on the side and they could help me. There were no sign acknowledging this. My father had to go wait again in another line so they could come and fix it. We got there at 8pm and by the time we eat and rode rides we left at 12am due to the amount of time we wasted in lines. The kiosk would also give me an error when attempting to purchase with my debit card, thankfully I was with my parents and it accepted my parents debit card. I also heard the customer service lady tell another customer some banks are only allowing $100 dollars at a time for credits so be aware of this. On another note some of the chickens had fans blasting right above them and it was already cold, I felt so bad for them. I’m assuming since it was hot during the day to help cool them, but at night it was no longer needed it was in the 60s this was around 10:30-11pm. I’m hoping someone went back and turned...

Not an entertainment value. Getting in and out is a hassle. This event needs to be moved somewhere else. What percentage of kids benefit from the "educating kids" claim. With everything going on at the moment. Vendors, exhibitors, performers and workers from other states and countries in the Valley. They come in and out every day. All across our area. But this is a mass gathering. Keep your families safe and think twice about attending mass public gatherings. The decision to keep mass public gatherings open only amplifies the obvious. The almighty dollar reigns supreme over best public interests. Just take a look at what is happening across the globe. We are all going to take a hit. We will all be affected. 3-17-20 Now RGV Live stock show officials closing shop. Saying it was the right thing to do. LOL! They didn't agree to the closure. They were forced by an emergency declaration. County officials warned and suggested the RGVLS not even open. RGVLS officials refused. Amazing how people work so hard to look good when doing the right thing would require...

If theres one thing you have to see while visiting the valley, its the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show. Its totally all around fun for everybody. Theres food everywhere so you can eat icecream, pizza, tacos, everything you can think of. There is so many cool rides to go on big and small, even for the little ones that cant go on the big rides. You can even try your luck on the many vendors to win awesome prizes for fair prices. Then theres the other side of the grounds that has the livestock which are being shown and the rodeo that goes on which is really awesome. Then there is also the Art Show and I Love it its one of my favorite, favorite parts of the show and they even auction off the best pieces and some go for more than 1000 dollars and no less then 200 dollars sometimes. There is literally fun in every part of the...