Bullfight in Madrid

Remo

Hi Guys,

Just wondering if anyone has been to a bullfight in Madrid... and if so can you advise as to where to buy the tickets..


thanks

ROVER

You can buy them at the ticket office at the main gate of the La Ventas Bull Ring. The office is usually open all day.

Remo

thanks for the heads up rover..

Sr. Pirotecnic

it's not like they are on all the time, check the dates first oh and prepare to be repulsed

Remo

what u mean?

Remo

Sr. Pirotecnic wrote: »

it's not like they are on all the time, check the dates first oh and prepare to be repulsed

what u mean

DadaKopf

I think he means they run during festivals, for a week or so, at different times of the year.

I went to one in Euskal Herría (Basque Region) in Spain last summer, pretty much for the reason that I thought I'd disapprove of it but it was the kind of thing you can only truly know by experiencing. I went to it knowing I was against it, and knowing my ticket was supporting bullfighting.

I'd say I came out of it traumatised. Heart racing, shaking a little, slightly light-headed. It *is* cruel. It's also an exhilarating display of dressage and high ritual, whatever its symbolism. However, I was glad to see that the crowd's hair was greying - it's not popular among the young or most people, actually. It's now banned on television.

Anyway. Go if you want, but go knowing you're supporting this cruel sport. I'll not pretend I'm not a hipocrite. Such are moral dilemmas.

Demonic-H

hare coursing in ireland is legal and until a few years ago dogs didnt have to be muzzled fox hunting goes on in a certain town in wicklow every year i know the guy that breeds the hounds
you might think its cruel but in these countries these sports are steeped in tradition and fanfare
nobody is puttting a gun to your head to go,we live in a free society for the most part
of course its cruel
but then again when your eating a nice steak do you wonder was the cow killed humainly.you dont you wolf it down without thinking unless your a vegetarian or vegan and you eat a carrot stick instead
go to the bull fight Remo and make up your own mind when in rome or should i say when in madrid

is_that_so

Here's the listing on the website. http://www.las-ventas.com/. Apparently you can buy online as well. It's in Spanish but you should be able to figure it out. As to the experience it's one you approve of or you don't.

The usual barbarity comments are typical cultural condescension and self-righteousness. It is an issue for the Spanish if they want to get rid of of it. It may be an unpleasant aspect of their culture but they and they alone get to choose when. Over the last decade or so it has declined and in many parts of the country no longer exists. In time it will likely to remain in those places most closely associated with it; Andalusia, Madrid and the Basque country.

mikedragon32

Thread closed. If you can't just answer the question asked without getting on your high horse, then don't contribute.

The pointless moralist posts have been deleted.