Mark Bellissimo, CEO of Wellington Equestrian Partners (WEP), has announced that he has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Wellington’s world-renowned International Polo Club (IPC). The purchase includes the core IPC club facilities and surrounding properties, totalling 248 acres. The transaction will close in late April. Wellington Equestrian Partners owns the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) in Wellington, one of the world’s preeminent hunter/jumper and dressage competition venues.

“We are honored to have been selected by the Goodman family trust to steward this venue into what will now be a very bright future. We thank them for their faith in our organization,” Bellissimo said. “With the shroud of uncertainty that has plagued the venue and the event, our partnership wanted to ensure that IPC was going to be protected as a long-term venue for polo and other equestrian sports, which is key to Wellington’s economy.”

Bellissimo has already initiated discussions with the United States Polo Association and key stakeholders in the polo community to forge a strategy of cooperation and collaboration to ensure that Wellington and IPC remain as the premier destination for spring, fall, and winter polo in the nation.

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