07.24.18

Impacts from the 2010 World Equestrian Games still being felt.

Posted in 2010 Games, Business Impacts, World Equestrian Games at 9:31 pm by Thomas

I ran across a recent article discussing the ongoing positive impacts of the 2010 World Equestrian Games on Central Kentucky.  The article just published this week in the Blue Ridge Now out of Hendersonville, North Carolina was titled,  World Equestrian Games: Kentucky still feeling impact from 2010 event.

What was interesting was the fact that just 2 weeks before I had been to the Kentucky Horse Park for the Junior League Horse Show and had remarked on how I felt the Horse Park continued to benefit from WEG.  The Junior League Horse Show had previously been held at the Red Mile in downtown Lexington since the early 20th Century and is the longest running outdoor Horse Show in the United States.  It was moved to the the Rolex Arena at the Kentucky Horse Park to maintain that record and though there were many concerns raised about it being moved I for one found that it was an improvement in multiple ways having it at the Kentucky Horse Park.  The Rolex Arena had been upgraded for WEG and continues to pay dividends in the events it attracts and should do so for years to come.  So check out the article in Blue Ridge Now for a good perspective on the impact of the Games now that enough time has past to provide a more objective view on their impact to the Central Kentucky Area.

Kentucky Colonel
Thomas P. Demond
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