New Zealanders rule out staying in Barcelona for the next America’s Cup

Unknown decided. He won’t need it anymore Barcelona City Council meet again with the Sailing America’s Cup organization to negotiate. In a statement issued shortly after 8 p.m., New Zealanders themselves repeat of next episode excluded in the Catalan capital after a meeting with municipal officials on Tuesday. The argument New Zealanders make is that there won’t be enough space continue to grow the way they intend.

although he current championthe new winner of Saturday’s 37th edition was always allergic to providing information about an eventthis Tuesday he actually revealed that he had attracted 2.56 million participants from August 22 to October 19, 2024, during The event lasted 59 days.

‘Unprecedented’ opportunity

“He Emirates Team New Zealand completed one of the most successful America’s Cup campaigns in history. Victory for the defender three times in a row represents an unprecedented opportunity for further growth,” the New Zealanders say. I’m proud of this event what they accomplished in Barcelona and they always appreciated it. But here the story ends, with “Moltes gràcies, Barcelona” which flew off the winner’s mast on Saturday.

New Zealanders also claim that They held negotiations with other teams. and they believe they have “valuable properties” that have yet to be developed, they say. “We support impartiality on how best to achieve this using housing or different housingswhat can improve the following with greater global presencemore teams and greater expansion possibilities. It will be difficult to expand the number of teams. depending on the room infrastructure available in Barcelona,” they say.

Larger audience and different regions

“We are looking to grow audiences and engagement across different geographies, territories and demographics,” he says. in the note announced the CEO America’s Cup event (ACE) and from the New Zealand team Grant Dalton. “In addition, from initial conversations “The teams have a collective desire to see the America’s Cup continue to grow commercially, as it does with other major world sports,” he explained. In fact, this 37th edition of Barcelona is the first in which two preliminary regattas were held elsewherefirst in Vilanova and la Geltru in September last year and in November in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia).

scheduled balance meeting between Dalton and his team with municipal officials who had the first say when it came to deciding whether they would seek to carry out new edition belonging America’s Cup for a two-year period, of course, it took place on this Tuesday. In an interview on Sunday, the deputy mayor for economic development: Jordi Vallsassured that the Catalan capital has achieved the goals set for the sporting event, a subtle way to avoid repetition interests of Barcelona.

Two more are coming

sorry for the lack of space It hasn’t been put on the table yet. In fact, port sources consulted by this newspaper say they remained conversations with ACE guess at least two more teams in Port Vell. In an interview, Dalton He also acknowledged that the infrastructure would be sufficient if necessary.

He reset by the winning team The Hundred Guineas Jug will take place following a meeting between both parties, and after Valencia has once again stated, through its mayor, its intention to host the next event. The responsible Kiwi always said that I will make a decision quickly. He did this: three days.