The 120 hectares of land in Kranji will be handed back to the government in 2027 for redevelopment.
SINGAPORE: Horse racing in Singapore will come to an end in October 2024, with the Singapore Turf Club site in Kranji to be handed back to the government in 2027 for redevelopment.
Spectatorship has also fallen over the decade. The average attendance per race day has declined significantly, from 11,000 in 2010 to about 6,000 in 2019. This is in addition to other major plans for the country's northern region, which include the redeveloping Woodlands Checkpoint, enhancing Woodlands, and a masterplan for a high-tech agri-food cluster in Lim Chu Kang.hat we will be doing is assessing and studying to have an integrated and holistic plan to see how it can be developed properly,"It has a lot of potential, and the land that will be taken back from will be part of this future development.
"It would be too early to say at this stage, because it has to be part of a wider plan for the northern region." All 350 employees of the Singapore Turf Club will be retrenched in phases, with the first phase starting in about 16 months. Races will continue until the 100th Grand Singapore Gold Cup on Oct 5, 2024, said the Singapore Turf Club. Over the next three years, it will work with its stakeholders and address their respective needs until the land is handed back to the government.
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