America's Cup: Valencia's Mayor unhappy over missing venue choice

12:45 AM Sun 14 Nov 2010 GMT

'Announcement of the 33rd America's Cup. From left to right, Francisco Camps, President of Generalitat Valenciane, Elene Salgado, Spanish Minister of Infrastructure, Rita Barber?, Mayoress of Valencia, Ernesto Bertarelli, Alinghi Head Syndicate.' Ivo Rovira /Alinghi Click Here to view large photo

As America's Cup teams in Dubai compete for attention with the final Formula 1 race in neighbouring Abu Dhabi at the start of the last Louis Vuitton Trophy in the current series, a long and painful complaint has been lodged by Valencia over the selection of the venue for the 2013 America's Cup. Valencia staged the 2007 cup as the first defence in Europe by Ernesto Bertarelli's Alinghi team from Switzerland and then his second unsuccessful defence in giant multihulls earlier this year. The new holder, the San Francisco-based BMW Oracle, is expected to announce the 2013 venue before the ...

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by Stuart Alexander and Las Provincias