Hungary pulls out of WEG 2018 contention

The closing ceremony at WEG 2010 was headlined past times instrumentalist Lyle Lovett. © Alltech

Hungary has withdrawn from the bidding procedure to stage the FEI World Equestrian Games inward 2018.

Its upper-case missive of the alphabet Budapest had been named equally i of the 5 2018 bid cities before this month, merely inward a missive of the alphabet to FEI Secretary General Ingmar De Vos this week, the President of the Hungarian National Federation Vilmos Lázár confirmed that the Hungarian bid has right away been withdrawn.

In the missive of the alphabet Lázár stated that the Hungarian Federation’s Board had made the determination to withdraw the Budapest bid equally at that topographic point were ii candidates from the same region. Hungary’s immediate neighbour, Austria, is likewise i of the official candidates to host the FEI World Equestrian Games inward 2018.

Lázár said that his Board hoped that the withdrawal of the Hungarian bid would heighten the chances of Republic of Austria staging the Games inward 2018.

“Of course of didactics nosotros are misfortunate to lose the Hungarian bid for 2018,” FEI Secretary General Ingmar De Vos said, “but nosotros abide by the National Federation’s determination too admire its generous back upwards of the neighbouring bid from Austria. We even hence stimulate got iv really strong candidates inward the mix too it volition live a really exciting bidding process. We really much await frontwards to welcoming them all to FEI Headquarters side past times side month.”

The iv countries inward the running to host the FEI World Equestrian Games inward 2018 are Rabat (Morocco); Bromont (Canada); Vienna (Austria) too Wellington (USA). Bidding teams from the iv bid cities volition come upwards to FEI Headquarters inward Lausanne for a coming together on xi July.

• Canada’s bid metropolis of Bromont held the last North American qualifying eventing contest leading upwards to the London Olympic Games.

The Bromont Equestrian Park, located inward south-east of Montreal inward the eastern townships, together amongst the City of Montreal were host to the 1976 summertime games.

Mike Gallagher, president of Equine Canada, too a fellow member of the Bromont Bid Committee said the squad was right away entering the minute stage of the bid process, “and volition live reaching out across the Blue Planet for input from all of our disciplines, potential partners, organizers too stakeholders equally nosotros motility frontwards together equally Canadians to convey the World Equestrian Games to our country.”

“As a effect of hosting this event, nosotros stand upwards to generate millions of dollars inward economical spin-offs, non to hollo the creation of a globe cast equestrian optic capable of year-round preparation too competitions for decades to come.”

The Bromont Bid Committee volition go to FEI Headquarters inward Lausanne for a exceptional briefing on July 11, along amongst the 3 other bidders. The Committee has until Dec 15, 2012 to submit its official host bid bundle too volition have a delegation from the FEI for a site inspection betwixt July too then. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 determination volition live announced inward the outflow of 2013.

• Wellington, the habitation of the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) , has been selected equally the proposed host metropolis for the USA bid, led by Equestrian Sport Productions (ESP).

ESP has estimated WEG visitors would pass 260,000 bed nights inward South Florida, 25,000 of them inward Palm Beach County for the trial inward October, a bonus for Florida’s tourist manufacture that peaks over the wintertime months. Wellington is closed to major tourist attractions including Miami too the Everglades, equally good equally Disney World, Universal Studios, too other major attractions inward Orlando, nearly a 2.5-hour drive.

A report past times Deloitte, commissioned past times the FEI, flora that the WEG inward Aachen, Germany, inward 2006 had an economical touching on of $291 million, $41 i 1000 m to a greater extent than than Super Bowl XLIV inward Miami inward 2010. The economical touching on of the 2010 Kentucky WEG was set at $233 million. At the Kentucky WEG, spectator spending was almost $100 million, plus $11 i 1000 m inward squad expenditures too $45 i 1000 m for trial management, sponsors, merchandise stands too the media, according to the Deloitte study.

Organisers tell no exterior financing-including taxpayer money-would live needed to stage the WEG at Wellington. Operations too additional upper-case missive of the alphabet improvements would live funded from ongoing operations too sponsorship. While $80 i 1000 m was spent edifice novel outdoor too indoor arenas too other upgrades at the state-owned Kentucky Horse Park for the 2010 WEG, most of the upper-case missive of the alphabet improvements required at a WEG inward Wellington stimulate got already been made too were self-funded on an ongoing basis.

With the completion of the novel dressage facility that includes i of the world’s largest covered arenas, ESP would exclusively stimulate got to make upwards one's heed the Blue Planet used for eventing’s cross-country too driving’s marathon courses, along amongst endurance. For the cross-country too driving marathon courses, local golf game courses tin live used, piece endurance could leverage Wellington’s extensive bridle trail system.

• The FEI World Equestrian Games are held every iv years, inward the middle of the Olympic cycle. The 7 FEI disciplines – Jumping, Dressage too Para-Equestrian Dressage, Eventing, Driving, Endurance, Vaulting too Reining – are all included on the contest schedule.

The initiative FEI World Equestrian Games were hosted inward Stockholm (SWE) inward 1990. Since hence the Games stimulate got been staged inward The Hague (NED) inward 1994, Rome (ITA) inward 1998, Jerez (ESP) inward 2002, too Aachen (GER) inward 2006. The kickoff Games to live staged exterior Europe were the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ inward Kentucky (USA) 2010. The Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2014 volition live held inward Caen, France.

The World Equestrian Games convey nearly a half-million spectators too 5,500 volunteers to spotter nearly 650 athletes too 750 horses competing for globe championships inward dressage, driving, endurance, eventing, jumping, reining, vaulting too para-dressage. About 1600 media representatives from roughly the globe embrace the event.

 

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