US bid for 2018 Equestrian Games withdrawn
The USA is no longer inward the running to host the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games, next the withdrawal of the bid centred on Wellington, Florida.
The FEI confirmed on Mon that Wellington, which had been confirmed equally an official candidate to phase the Games, had withdrawn from the bidding process.
Equestrian Sport Productions, the society that had lay together the U.S. of A. bid for 2018, told the FEI that it was officially withdrawing from the procedure due to a alter inward local government.
Plans for the Games inward Florida revolved unopen to the edifice of a commercial equestrian complex, simply local authorities councillors were worried over whether the town had the infrastructure to back upwards such a major facility.
Equestrian Sport Productions president Michael Stone expressed his regret that Wellington was withdrawing.
“We are fully aware of the massively positive economical affect the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2010 had on Kentucky,” he said, “but nosotros convey a responsibleness to the local community, equestrian sport, in addition to the FEI World Equestrian Games non to waste matter the time, endeavour in addition to resources of all parties involved inward the international alternative process.”
The iii cities even in addition to thus inward the running to host the Games inward 2018 are Rabat, Morocco; Bromont, Canada; in addition to Vienna, Austria.
Bid representatives from the iii official candidate cities volition take in the FEI’s headquarters inward Lausanne, Switzerland, for a coming together on July 11.
FEI Secretary General Ingmar De Vos said: “We are lamentable Wellington volition non hold upwards pursuing their bid, simply nosotros convey iii other candidates that convey all lay inward real potent bids for 2018, in addition to thus in that place is even in addition to thus enough of excitement most the bidding process, in addition to that excitement volition sure enough hold upwards increased when the bid teams come upwards to FEI HQ this week.”
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