Does Anyone Play Polo at the Golden Gate Park Polo Field Anymore?

Bay Curious

KQED

History, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.9 • 999 Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2022

⏱️ 8 minutes

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These days, the Golden Gate Park Polo Field in San Francisco is probably best known as the home to music festivals like Outside Lands. But for nearly 3 decades, polo matches were a regular sight on the field. Additional Reading: Does Anyone Play Polo at the Golden Gate Park Polo Field Anymore? Buy Tickets for our Japanese Tea Garden Walking Tour Reported by Ryan Levi. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Katrina Schwartz, Sebastian Miño-Bucheli and Brendan Willard. Thanks also to Sarah Rose Leonard, Lance Gardner, Kyana Moghadam, Amanda Font and Rebecca Kao for their help on this series.

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0:00.0	From K-QED.
0:02.0	Hello, this is Bay Curious.
0:06.0	I'm Olivia Allen Price.
0:08.0	And if you're just tuning in, welcome to our six-part series on San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.
0:14.0	Now if you've been to the park's polo field in recent years it might have sounded a little like this.
0:25.0	The 300 foot long grassy field is probably best known as the home of music festivals, like outside lands. But what about something a little
0:34.8	more on brand? With a name like the Polo Field, you would expect it could be a place where you might catch a match.
0:45.3	That's what Bay Curious Listener Cliff Bargar wanted to know.
0:48.8	It is Polo still played in Glengate Park.
0:51.4	Barger likes to bike and run on the track
0:53.8	around the polo field, but he's never seen any horses.
0:57.4	If polo was happening, I would probably check it out
0:59.6	at least once.
1:01.9	After this quick break, we'll get the skinny, or should I say Winnie, on the polo field.
1:08.0	Horse puns, are they funny?
1:10.0	Yay or nay!
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1:35.0	We sent reporter Ryan Levy to Golden Gate Park in search of Polo at the Polo Field.
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