With just about forty-five days to go until the start of the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games at the Kentucky Horse Park, work has begun in earnest on many of the temporary structures that will be put to use during the Games.
Stacks of building materials are scattered around the park; large trucks deliver all manner of parts and supplies, and the “s.ky blue” solar house has arrived on a flatbed trailer and now waits in the main parking lot. The s.ky blue house was the University of Kentucky’s Top 10 entry in the 2009 Solar Decathlon and, during the WEG, it will serve as a visitors’ center and the official entrance to the Kentucky Experience. To read more about the solar house and the students who built it, visit http://www.uky.edu/solarhouse/index2.html.
the s.ky blue building, in the parking lot at the KY Horse Park
Across the street from the outdoor arena, several enormous tent “buildings” are being erected to house the media center and VIP hospitality areas. Farther down the street, around what is normally a polo field, the grandstands for the driving arena are going up.
several temporary structures being built for the WEG
... and the skeleton of another, next to the steeplechase barn
... and another view of the ones in the first photo
one long side of the new temporary grandstands around the driving arena
... and the skeleton of the structure on the opposite long side
The temporary Alltech FEI WEG “city” is under construction, and it will be a sight to see when finished. Tickets for the World Equestrian Games are still available at www.ticketmaster.com.
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