Columbia City Council to discuss ‘chariot races’ at Monday’s meeting
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
“Chariot races” will be discussed at Monday night’s Columbia City Council meeting.
New business on the council agenda shows that the energy drink company Red Bull filed an application with the city to hold the 2026 Red Bull Chariot Races on Saturday, April 11 in downtown Columbia.
Meeting documents say President of Throwing Star Collective, Inc. Joshua Green filed the application with the city’s special events committee on Dec. 17.
Information from the city indicates the “chariot races” may look a bit different than what some may have seen in “Ben-Hur” and other popular media.
Races will consist of four-person teams that “that design and construct themed, two-wheeled, human-powered chariots measuring approximately 4 feet by 3 feet,” meeting documents say. Up to 24 teams will be allowed to participate and 12 heats will occur throughout the day.
The race course would begin at the corner of Cherry and Hitts streets, head west to Tenth and Cherry streets and head north on Tenth Street, with the finish line being at East Broadway, the agenda says.
Set up for the event would begin at 5 a.m. April 11 and teardown would be completed by 9 p.m. the same day, according to meeting documents. The day would also have events including an opening ceremony, parade; and closing ceremonies and awards will be at 5 p.m.
