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Will Rogers Memorial Center <br />Senator Bob Martin Eastern Agricultural Center Horse Facility,WiÍílamston,N.C. <br />DelMar,San Diego CA. <br />The Colorado Horse Park <br />The Carolina Horse Park <br />WestWorld,Scotsdale AZ. <br />Gov.James B.Hunt,Jr.Horse Facility,Raleigh,NC. <br />Salt Lake County Equestrian Center <br />In addition to that which is obvious from the survey form in the appendices,the <br />following data were requested from all horse parks:total events,equestrian events, <br />nonequestrianevents,permanent stalls,temporarystalls,paved parking,unpaved <br />parking,total acreage,organization chart,rental policies,and equestrian event priority. <br />Of particular impodance were financial data.Generally,the following data were <br />available:capitalization,operating revenues,operating expenses,number and size of <br />events at start-up,growth rates of revenues,costs,events,average number of horses. <br />Several horse parks provided data for a number of years. <br />When this feasibility study was undenNay,we learned of two other horse parks under <br />considerationin Washington State.The first involvesthe ceding of the Enumclaw <br />Fairgrounds facility by King County to the City of Enumclaw.One of the recommended <br />uses for the facility is an equestrian focused refurbishing of the fairgrounds,so that the <br />facility would become primarily an equestrian facility.A feasibility study is currently <br />underway;recommendationswill be fonwarded to the city in late December.The <br />second equestrian facility under consideration is the SouthwestWashington Regional <br />Equestrian Center in Centralia.It is envisioned as a larger ($80 million)multipurpose <br />facility,of which horse-related activities will constitute about 25%of total revenues.The <br />center has funded a feasibility study with a focus on equestrian activities. <br />20