Volvo Ocean Race inaugurates brand new HQ in Alicante

11:09 AM Thu 16 Sep 2010 GMT

'Partial view of the 'Volvo Ocean Race Control Room'. The data and images on the screen are obviously, from the previous race but the countdown clock is real. A little more than 400 days are left until the start of the 2011-12 race. Alicante, 15 September 2010' Valenciasailing.com Click Here to view large photo

A brand new era started yesterday with the official inauguration of the Volvo Ocean Race headquarters. Although it was a purely symbolic act, the premiere round-the-world race now has a new 'home' at the Spanish city, and what a spectacular home it is. I had already been there a few times since 2008 but I have to admit the change has been radical in the last 12 months, transforming a temporary infrastructure into a fully-fledged office building that will house the headquarters of the event for nearly 10 years. This being a sailing and not an architectural website, the building ...

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by ValenciaSailing.com