Bro Park is a
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word ''thoroughbred'' is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed. Thoroughbreds are c ...
horse racing
Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its basic p ...
venue located in
Upplands-Bro Municipality
Upplands-Bro Municipality (''Upplands-Bro kommun'') is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Kungsängen.
The municipality was formed in 1952 through the amalgamation of five rural municipal ...
, approximately 40
kilometres
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northwest of
Stockholm city. It was
inaugurated
In government and politics, inauguration is the process of swearing a person into office and thus making that person the incumbent. Such an inauguration commonly occurs through a formal ceremony or special event, which may also include an inaugu ...
June 19, 2016, with around 10,000 visitors in the audience.
Background
In 2011, an agreement was signed to sell the land where
Täby Racecourse
Täby Racecourse, ( sv, Täby Galopp), was a Thoroughbred horse racing venue located in Täby, approximately 15 kilometers north of Stockholm. Täby Racecourse was before its closure in 2016, the premier track in Scandinavia.
History
The venu ...
was located to
JM Bygg and
Skanska
Skanska AB () is a multinational construction and development company based in Sweden. Skanska is the fifth-largest construction company in the world according to ''Construction Global'' magazine. Notable Skanska projects include renovation of t ...
, that intended to build 4,000 apartments on the land. The racing meets held at
Täby
Täby () was previously a trimunicipal locality, with 66,292 inhabitants in 2013. However, as from 2016, Statistics Sweden has amalgamated this locality with the Stockholm urban area. It is the seat of Täby Municipality in Stockholm County, Swed ...
were therefore in 2016 moved to the new facility at Bro Park.
[{{cite web , url=https://www.svenskgalopp.se/artikel?article=1.421395&defaultMenuId=true , title=Bro Park - Stockholms nya galoppbana , date=16 December 2014, accessdate=6 May 2016 ]
References
Thoroughbred racing venues in Sweden