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Facility history
The original Kerr company was located in Rosenberg( SW Houston) but as the company expanded, it outgrew the original facility. Steve goes on to describe how the company chose its new building:“ After months of looking for a bigger space, we found an old building that was previously used for indoor rodeos. It had been vacant for eight years, so it required a lot of work, but the 50,000-square-feet it offered was substantial. Once we moved in, we fully renovated the facility, and it worked really well for us. Later, though, we learned that the building was the Roundup Rodeo building and it had a really rich heritage. It was famous for a privately held rodeo that people would travel to from Houston every Friday and Saturday night.
Country and Western stars like Reba McEntire and George Strait spent time here.
“ After Nixon became the first president to visit China since the Cultural Revolution, the subsequent Chinese premier, Deng Xiaoping, wanted to be the first Chinese leader to visit the US. He grew up watching John Wayne movies, and one of his requests was to see a rodeo. George Bush, being from Houston, knew about this place and arranged to have a rodeo set up at the Roundup Rodeo building. We had no idea when we bought it that this site had such a rich history.
“ I have made many trips to China,” says Steve.“ During customer visits I have mentioned the Deng Xiaoping visit and that this was where our company was located and
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