United States, Britain Join Canada in Bid to Host 2018 WEG
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The Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) announced Oct. 3 that it has received formal expressions of interest from Great Britain, the United States, and Canada to host the FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) in 2018, after reopening the bidding process on July 1.
The United States has identified two potential host cities—Wellington, Fla., and Lexington, Ky.—and Great Britain will have to confirm the proposed host city with the FEI before the Nov. 15 deadline for bid applicant questionnaires.
Canada confirmed its initial bid to host the 2018 games in Bromont/Montreal. However, the FEI Bureau opted not to allocate the games to Canada at its July meeting after the Canadian delegation was unable to provide the full public sector financial support required. As a result, the Bureau reopened the bidding process for 2018, but expressed the hope that Canada would confirm its decision to continue in the bidding process. The bureau said at the time that any follow-up bid from Canada would be evaluated in the same way as other applicants.
The bid applicant questionnaires will be reviewed by the FEI Evaluation Commission before the host city candidates are announced on Dec. 2, 2013
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