Phone +1 760-342-2762 | Founded 1987 | |
Address 81800 Avenue 51, Indio, CA 92201, USA Similar Coachella Valley Music an, Eldorado Polo Club, Embassy Suites La Quinta, Best Western Date Tree, La Quinta Resort & Club | ||
Empire polo club indio california
The Empire Polo Club is a 330-acre polo club in Indio, California in Riverside County in the Coachella Valley, near Palm Springs. Founded in 1987, it has hosted international polo tournaments. It leases out its polo grounds for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival annually.
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Location
The club is located at 81-800 Avenue 51 in Indio, in the Coachella Valley, California. Thus, it is located in the desert. It is a 45-minute drive from Palm Springs, and a two-hour drive from Los Angeles and San Diego.
History
It was founded in 1987. It has twelve polo grounds, making it one of the largest polo clubs on the West coast of the United States.
It hosts local, national and international matches and tournaments. In 2013, it hosted a match between the British Schools and Universities Polo Association (SUPA) and the USPA Intercollegiate/Interscholastic. It has also hosted events for the Gay Polo League. In 2015, it hosted the USPA Townsend International Challenge Cup.
The grounds are owned by Alex Haagen III. Since 1993, the Empire Polo Club has leased its polo grounds annually to Goldenvoice, a subsidiary of the Anschutz Entertainment Group, the organizers of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
On October 7–9 and 14–16, 2016, it hosted Desert Trip, a music festival featuring some of the most legendary rock performers of all time, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Neil Young, Roger Waters and The Who.