Bro Park Racecourse

Thoroughbred horse racing
Bro Park
Home straight at Bro park, in July 2015.
Location Upplands-Bro Municipality, Sweden
Coordinates 59°31′16″N 17°36′43″E / 59.52111°N 17.61194°E / 59.52111; 17.61194Coordinates: 59°31′16″N 17°36′43″E / 59.52111°N 17.61194°E / 59.52111; 17.61194
Inaugurated 2016
Race typ Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Tracks Dirt track (1900 m)[1]
Grass track (2100 m)[1]
Web cite www.svenskgalopp.se/bropark

Bro Park is a is a Thoroughbred horse racing venue located in Upplands-Bro Municipality, approximately 40 kilometres northeast of Stockholm city, that will be inaugurated June 19, 2016.[2]

Background

In 2011, an agreement was signed to sell the land where Täby Racecourse is located to JM Bygg and Skanska, that intends to build 4,000 apartments on the land. The gallop will therefore in 2016 to move to the new facility at Bro Park.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Bro Park växer fram, Retrieved 17 April 2016
  2. "Här är nya superarenan". Aftonbladet. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  3. "Bro Park - Stockholms nya galoppbana". 16 December 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
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