America’s Cup in Valencia.
Organizers The America’s Cup has shown interest in the city of Valencia organize the next edition of the oldest regattas in the world after Barcelona decided to no longer remain their official headquarters.. A short message on social network X, published immediately after the meeting with Catalan officials, said: “Valencia next?“, that is, “Valencia will be next”which is interpreted as a clear intention to pay attention to at least the proposals that may be made to him from the capital of Turia.
In addition, everything indicates that before the end of the competition in Barcelonamunicipal officials of Valencia They would travel to Barcelona to discuss this directly with the event organizers.who were already convinced that within two years they would have to change headquarters. Width of Valencia harbor and regatta conditionsideal for this competition are the keys, as well as investments and financial support that can be negotiated in the future.
South pier, current pier of Port Valencia.
His plan will not be much different from the one presented to Valencia two years ago. was rejected by the previous mayor Joan Ribot. Given that the 12 bases built in 2007 to house the teams are no longer available, having been repurposed. Naval companies (EDEM, Lanzadera, Angels Capital) Sesame and Insomnia, among others, are an option – a new mouth and southern pier, where there are at least three large areas to accommodate team bases and a press center, which could not be settled in the old Marine Station, which now functions as a new office and co-working space.. Unlike the 32nd America’s Cup, where these large containers for boats were placed around the inner dock, next to the city, the base of the future 38th America’s Cup The America’s Cup in Valencia will be even further awayalthough they would also be closer to the exit to the regatta route.
Therefore, the area designated for team accommodation would be the south pier, which is currently Marina Port Valenciarun since October under concession by Osibar and Semar, whose managers have already expressed full support for the resumption of the regattas. IN concession groundsIn fact, a clause was included that the concessionaire company would give up the space if the regattas returned to Valencia.
There are three sites available in the southern harbor: from 30,000 to 60,000 square metersOne of them is intended for the construction of a future industrial shipyard, and the other is a large esplanade where concerts and music festivals have until now been held. The south harbor is also home to a construction stand built for the America’s Cup, which will serve as a viewing platform for the competition.
The South Marina, where the America’s Cup bases will be located in the event of a return to Valencia. / Lift-EMV
The team estimates that the maximum investment for the renovation and adaptation work will be between 35 and 40 million euros, to which 80 million will have to be added for fees and event expenses. The Generalitat, then headed by the socialist Ximo Puig, calculated that the costs between the canonical and improvement work will amount to almost 200 million eurosa figure that was not considered justifiable in a crisis, despite the fact that the government Pedro Sanchez already forgave and assumed the debt of sports works of the 32nd edition, which burdened Marina of Valencia..
Now everything is different. President of the Valencian Generalitat Carlos Masonconfirmed yesterday in Barcelona that he will fight to bring the Copa America back to Valencia: “We feel it as ours”.
He said this at a colloquium in Círculo Ecuestre after Barcelona City Council ruled out the possibility of holding the competition again this Wednesday after the celebration of the 37th edition.
Mason expressed regret that Valencia no longer hosted the Copa America after hosting it twice, in 2007 and 2010: “We will fight to bring it home.”
“We lost it (the America’s Cup) due to an unprecedented loss of weapons.. “Nobody believed in even trying,” explained the president of the Genralitat, who was amazed by the fact that Barcelona refused to accept her again.
Mason explained that the Valencian Community and Valencia have a responsibility to be as attractive as possible and stressed that the America’s Cup is “very symbolic” for their territory.