Gladwell's Line: America's Cup Venue is San Francisco's to lose

12:18 PM Thu 9 Sep 2010 GMT

'Pier 50 is adjacent to the current Lot A for the Giants AT&T Park in China Basin. Slated to take 10-12 bases for the 34th America's Cup.' Erik Simonson ? www.pressure-drop.us

The Venue is the third element in the formula for the 34th America's Cup. The first two - the Protocol which governs the conditions under which the Match and its preliminaries will be conducted; and the Boat to be used for the Match will be announced in Valencia in Monday at 1300CET. As for the Venue, there are three options, but maybe more. First and probably the frontrunner, is San Francisco, home port of the Defender, Golden Gate Yacht Club. Others in the mix are Valencia, host to the 32nd and 33rd America's Cups, and an Italian venue understood to ...

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by Richard Gladwell