Officials in Gothenburg, Sweden, announced on Friday that the city would bid to host the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games. The first WEG was held in Sweden in 1990.
Göteborg & Co. and Got Event, the city’s official event companies, will present their plans for the WEG, with support from the Swedish Equestrian Federation.
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In March, city officials from Wellington, Fla., announced their plans to bid for the 2018 Games. Equestrian Sport Productions will present Wellington’s bid. Equestrian Sport Productions owns the 150-acre Palm Beach International Equestrian Center, where the WEG would be held.
Lexington, Ky., is the host of this year’s WEG. The 2014 Games will be held in Normandy, France.
