AMERICA’S CUP SAILING | America’s Cup Sailing to add 1.6 million visitors until early October
America’s Cup Sailing Adds 1.6 million visitors until the beginning of October, according to Barcelona City Council. Sports and technology competition, which started on August 22 in the Catalan capital, attracted so many people in various entertainment, cultural or gastronomic spaces where does this happen. This weekend Start of the 37th Louis Vuitton America’s Cupthe peak moment of the event, when even more people are expected.
A few hours before the opening ceremony of the America’s Cup, this Thursday, at 21:00 Moscow time. Bogatell Beachthe city council released the number of visits. This number, 1.6 million, also includes people who visited more than one day to these places, just as is done with public transport. Until now, neither the administration nor the America’s Cup Event (ACE) organization has made attendance forecasts.
America’s Cup fans watch the regattas at the Race Village. / Ivo Rovira / America’s Cup
from the sea
Only responsible for the ACE eventIn June, Leslie Ryan estimated that the busiest days could be piling up. up to 100,000 people in Race Village. This space is the largest at the event, it opens every day, from 12:00 there are regattas, concerts, talks, events about the sea, etc. In addition to the availability wide gastronomic offer.
Mall de la Fusta with a racing village of 25,000 square meters. / Jordi Otix
Are 1.6 million views they would have occurred in this area; V two “fan zones” Bogatell and Plaza del Mar; on the Mall d’España and Rambla del Mirador; and in December Recer in the Olympic Port, from where you can follow the competitions. very close. Here, according to the city council, we must also add people who hired a boat or joined proposals for watch the race from the sea.
Not counting the beaches
However, in this balance still partial number of America’s Cup followers were not counted towards people who have been to the beaches of Barcelona on competition days, since it is not known whether everyone was watching them. The guests who attended the “hospitality” of the administration or teams did not join either.