Americas Cup - Valencia Spain

33rd Americas Cup Valencia - Switzerland’s Team Alinghi say they will race America’s BMW-Oracle on 8 February 2010 at Valencia, Spain for the America’s Cup.

The second race is scheduled for Wednesday 10 February and if required, the third race will be on Friday 12 February. For more information on this truly fantastic event check out the official website - AmericasCup

News on Americas Cup! - Bertarelli said the race (the best of three) should be in May and he has been proved right in saying this. The February weather is proving to be a disaster as due to large waves, the race was cancelled until Wednesday and now again until Friday.

The 32nd America Cup was the greatest sailing event of the decade and Allinghi are once again the winners of the Cup!

Valencia was proud to host this wonderful event in 2007 and will be overjoyed to host the event again in 2009.

Valencia has excellent weather conditions and warm steady breezes which are perfect for sailing yachts! A brand new harbor with state-of-the-art marinas and viewing capacity for over a million spectators make this a fantastic venue for the 33rd America Cup.

HISTORY OF AMERICA CUP...
In 1851, the event was sparked off by a sailing race in the Isle of Wight between England and the US. The US won and thus was the birth of this event which is held every 3 to 4 years.

LOCATION FOR 2009 AMERICA'S CUP...
El Grao/El Puerto (The Port)
Full details can be obtained from the house of the Americas Cup which is located at the end of Avenida del Puerto near the Port and entrance is FREE.

AMERICA'S CUP - Sails and Winds building
The London architect David Chipperfield and Barcelona n720 architects recently completed a new center in the Port's inner harbor which is known as the Edificio Veles e Vents (Sails and Winds building). In October 2007 the building was shortlisted and favorite for the British 2007 Stirling building of the year award.

The building connects to a new park and has been specially designed so that the elevated decks will give spectators perfect views of the races. In the America Cup Park are big screen televisions showing live-action from the race course. There's a public restaurant on the ground floor with reception and VIP facilities The first floor is open-air and contains shops and a viewing deck and the second and third level is where the VIP area is.

Getting to Valencia
There are many buses which connect to the center of town and many pass the City of Arts & Sciences and El Saler shopping center.

Buses - Bus numbers 35 and 95 will drop you right outside the entrance to the City of Arts & Sciences. Or... you can take the tram from Pont de Fusta (opposite Torres de Serranos) to Las Arenas and it's just a few minutes to the America's Cup Village. Buses going to the Americas Cup Valencia Port from the center are: 1, 2, 3, 19, 30, 35 and 95 - (During the summer you can also take the 20, 21 and 22).

Parking - If you're coming by car there's an 800 place parking garage in Port America's Cup located below the Veles e Vents building.