Yangpyeong County Revisits Korea Racing Association to Attract Gwacheon Horse Racing Facility

[Suwon Ilbo=Eom In-yong Reporter] Yangpyeong County announced on the 29th that it visited the Korea Racing Association on the 26th and met with Bae Gwang-seok, Head of the Future Strategy Division overseeing the relocation project of the Gwacheon Horse Racing Facility, to explain its proposal to attract the horse racing facility and suggested active review of the project.

This visit was the second official visit since County Governor Jeon Jin-seon's election to pursue the attraction of the horse racing facility as a campaign promise, serving as an opportunity to reaffirm the commitment and implementation capacity for the project externally.

During the meeting on that day, County Governor Jeon Jin-seon proposed the Yongmun Mountain Shooting Range site as a relocation candidate for the Gwacheon Horse Racing Facility and explained the location advantages and project feasibility of the site, presenting key strengths including excellent accessibility to the Seoul metropolitan area, development potential in harmony with the natural environment, and the ease of securing a large-scale site.

Yangpyeong County plans that if the horse racing facility is relocated to the site currently used as an army shooting range, it will go beyond simple facility relocation to develop it as an eco-friendly ecology and leisure complex district.

Additionally, the county explained that it could improve the living environment of local residents who have experienced shooting range noise inconvenience for approximately 40 years and create opportunities for regional development.

Furthermore, it presented the possibility of providing a stable business promotion foundation for the Korea Racing Association while emphasizing the spillover effects on the regional economy, including production-induced effects, job creation, and expansion of local finances resulting from the horse racing facility relocation, highlighting the potential for mutual prosperity.

County Governor Jeon Jin-seon stated, "Yangpyeong, as an eco-friendly central city in the eastern Seoul metropolitan area, has the most suitable location conditions for the relocation of the horse racing facility," and added, "Taking this proposal as an opportunity, we will continue ongoing consultations with the Korea Racing Association, actively promote Yangpyeong's strengths, and do our best to ensure successful attraction of the horse racing facility."