The Hippodrome de Longchamp is set to create 26,000 burial niches to allow racing enthusiasts to stay forever close to their favorite sport.
The Hippodrome de Longchamp, Paris's temple of horse racing, is preparing an ambitious and unprecedented project: allowing passionate racing enthusiasts to rest eternally alongside their favorite horses. The capital's racing club plans to install 26,000 burial niches within its mythical enclosure.
This exceptional initiative has already attracted more than 1,000 racing enthusiasts, ready to pay up to 10,000 euros to maintain an unbreakable link with the world of trotting and galloping racing. This sum will allow them to find their final resting place just a few furlongs from the tracks where their champions once competed.
The project plans the installation of these memorial spaces in strategic locations throughout the racecourse, offering the deceased an unobstructed view of the Deauville course. Families will be able to choose to lay their loved ones to rest near the starting stalls or in quieter zones, away from the hustle and bustle of race days.
This original formula meets a growing demand from racing enthusiasts for whom racing is not a simple hobby but a true passion passed down from generation to generation. For these loyal followers of the betting zone and PMU stands, being able to rest among the legends of the turf takes on all its meaning.
Longchamp officials hope this unique concept in France will also attract international visitors, curious to discover this singular approach to sporting devotion.
This exceptional initiative has already attracted more than 1,000 racing enthusiasts, ready to pay up to 10,000 euros to maintain an unbreakable link with the world of trotting and galloping racing. This sum will allow them to find their final resting place just a few furlongs from the tracks where their champions once competed.
The project plans the installation of these memorial spaces in strategic locations throughout the racecourse, offering the deceased an unobstructed view of the Deauville course. Families will be able to choose to lay their loved ones to rest near the starting stalls or in quieter zones, away from the hustle and bustle of race days.
This original formula meets a growing demand from racing enthusiasts for whom racing is not a simple hobby but a true passion passed down from generation to generation. For these loyal followers of the betting zone and PMU stands, being able to rest among the legends of the turf takes on all its meaning.
Longchamp officials hope this unique concept in France will also attract international visitors, curious to discover this singular approach to sporting devotion.
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Source: Ouest-France