Tijuana’s Bullring by the Sea Gets New Director

The sporadic, unpredictable staging of bullfight events in Tijuana during the past few years appears to be coming to an end with the arrival of a Mexico City director.

Tijuana's daily Frontera reports that Dr. Rafael Herrerías Olea has signed a three-year contract to manage all bullfighting events at TJ’s Plaza Monumental, better known to the English-speaking world as the “Bullring by the Sea.”

Herrerías, who for 18 years managed Mexico City’s Plaza de Toros (where he was accused of tax fraud in 2004), is expected to usher in a dependably scheduled bullfight season; in the past, events have been scheduled and then canceled or announced a couple of days before taking place.

Although nothing but Herrerías’s contract has been confirmed, the newspaper reported that the first scheduled fight of the season will be on Sunday, May 29.