Empire Polo Club, located in Indio, California, announced the dates of their 2017 Polo Season. Sunday Polo kicks off on Sunday, 1 January with two featured matches at 12.00 pm and 2.00 pm. The official “Opening Day & Hat Day” at Empire Polo Club is scheduled for Sunday, 8 January 2017.
You can check out all dates at our calendar “World Polo Tournaments”: www.poloplus10.com/polo-tournaments
Sunday Polo games are scheduled every week from 1 January through 2 April 2017.The polo club will be closed on Sunday, 15 January and again on Sunday, 5 March 2017. General Admission is FREE with a $20 parking fee for all Sunday afternoon polo games. Tailgaters are welcome; space along the sidelines is available on a first come, first served basis. Bleacher seating is also available in the General Admission area. Spectators are welcome to bring their own food and beverages into the General Admission area. Food and beverage service is also available for purchase.
This season Empire Polo Club has added two new VIP Terraces along the main Sunday Polo field with expanded seating areas. VIP Admission is $25 per person and includes parking, VIP seating and a complimentary Champagne Divot Stomp. The VIP seating area is located in front of the Olympic-peaked tents on the west side of the main polo field and offers field-side covered seating.
Empire Polo Club offers Friday night “Polo Under The Lights” on the third Friday of each month. Friday night polo features one polo match that typically lasts about an hour and a half. The Friday night game time is 5.30 pm in January and February, and 6.30 pm in March. Spectators are welcome to bring their own food and beverages to this event.
2017 Friday Night Game Schedule:
• Friday, 20 January 2017 at 5.30 pm
• Friday, 17 February 2017 at 5.30 pm
• Friday, 17 March 2017 at 6.30 pm
Spectators are always welcome at the Empire Polo Club to watch the matches on the sidelines. (© Erin Eckert)
About Empire Polo Club
Established in 1987, Empire Polo Club is one of the largest and most beautiful polo clubs in the country. Empire Polo Club’s facilities include 12 polo fields, stabling for more than 500 horses and an indoor arena and polo school. Empire hosts polo tournaments for all levels of play and is a world-class, international polo club. Players from Canada, Mexico, Argentina, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, France, Germany, England and other countries travel to the desert to play polo at Empire Polo Club. Players’ ages range from young up-and-comers in their early teens to practiced seniors in their sixties.