September 2010 Feedback On Recent AC34 Announcements

Kimball Livingston: Kiss My Tail Lights Goodbye

With this, the event is no longer committed to a long event at a cup village. That would be a shame, but when I think back to the Moet Cup on San Francisco Bay—way back, so far back that Larry Ellison and Ernesto Bertarelli were buddybuddy—Ellison was envisioning a traveling circuit that would have no need for massive outlays on infrastructure. He’s re-opened that door, I believe.

Sail World: Hark! A New America's Cup Era Dawns!

'This will be a competition for the Facebook generation, not the Flintstone generation,' said BMW/Oracle CEO Russell Coutts at the Defender's seminal press conference, which was held in Valencia at the team's base on Monday.

For sports fans who viewed the Cup as a stale leftover from days when a fit runner could out clip a 'racing' monohull, say hello to a Brave New World. For speed freaks who can't quite imagine match-racing maneuvers played out at 30-plus knots, buckle up. Your father's America's Cup this will not be.

SF Examiner: America's Cup making businesses feel pier pressure

Officials propose converting more than a mile of waterfront property from the Bay Bridge south into a “village” to accommodate the racing teams and fans of the event, which would require displacing businesses that currently occupy Piers 28, 30, 32, 48 and 50. No detailed plans for this displacement have been revealed, but city officials have indicated some of the businesses might move to Pier 70. On Sept. 2 the Port wrote its tenants saying if San Francisco wins the bid, “all existing tenants’ rights will be honored.”