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America's Cup: San Francisco Board approves Cup Agreement
Wed, 28 Mar 2012
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors today approved by a majority of 11-0, the agreement to host the America’s Cup in San Francisco September 7 to 22, 2013.
The 2013 race will be the first time the competition for the America's Cup will be held in San Francisco.
The San Francisco agreement calls for teams to be based at Piers 30/32 and for the America’s Cup Village – the public Race Headquarters – at Piers 27/29. The pier improvements will be funded by the Port.
'We have worked very hard to bring this historic race to San Francisco and we’re very happy to have finally reached an agreement,' said Stephen Barclay, interim CEO of the America’s Cup. 'Now we are focused on making this the most spectacular race in America’s Cup history.'
'We are thrilled that, in addition to the Louis Vuitton Cup and the America’s Cup racing in 2013, that the America’s Cup World Series will also take place in San Francisco in 2012,' said Mayor Edwin M. Lee. 'This will add even more visitors, jobs and economic development as part of hosting one of the world’s premier sporting events.'
The inclusion of Piers 30/32 as the 'pit row' for the teams in close proximity to the America’s Cup Village at Piers 27/29 will make the event’s footprint more compact and will benefit the teams as well as the general public. Racing will be visible from the shoreline – only minutes from downtown shopping and hotels, making this the most spectator-?friendly event in the Cup’s 162-?year history.
The dates for this year’s (2012) racing for the America’s Cup World Series, the global circuit of events leading up to the 2013 America’s Cup regatta in San Francisco, were also confirmed today:
• AC World Series Naples, Italy – April 11-?15, 2012 • AC World Series Venice, Italy – May 15-?20, 2012 • AC World Series Newport, USA – June 26 – July 1, 2012 • AC World Series San Francisco, USA – August 21-?26, 2012 • AC World Series San Francisco, USA – October 4-?7, 2012
Each event will be a combination of practice and championship racing, with additional practice sailing on-?site ahead of each event.
Racing for the Louis Vuitton Cup, the America’s Cup Challenger Series, will take place in July and August, 2013. The America’s Cup Match (finals), pitting the winner of the Louis Vuitton Cup against defending champion ORACLE Racing – Team USA, commences Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013 and is a first to win five-?race series.
America’s Cup racing in 2012 and 2013 will be televised internationally, and for the first time in more than 20 years it will be broadcast free-to-air in the U.S. by the NBC network. It will also be broadcast internationally through a family of media partners, and will be streamed to the web on www.youtube.com/americascup.
Major sponsors include some of the world’s top brands: Louis Vuitton, PUMA, Prada, Emirates Airline, TAG Heuer, and Oracle.
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