New Zealand has won the America’s Cup for the third time in a row. This gives them the right to decide where the next edition will be held.
After the New Zealand team has ruled out Barcelona as the host city for the next edition , Valencia has opened its doors to host again this great sailing tournament.
According to the CEO of Emirates Team New Zealand, the city of Barcelona has become too small for them and does not offer all the necessary infrastructure for the possibilities they are considering for the America’s Cup 2026/2027. Specifically, they want, on the one hand, new teams to participate and, on the other, to increase their commercial capacity, something that Barcelona would not be able to do.
Therefore, Valencia, from now on, has 90 days to formalize its candidacy to host a new America’s Cup. If it goes ahead, it would not be the first time that our city hosts this great sporting event, since the 32nd edition, in 2007, and the 33rd, in 2021,10, were held in Valencia.
In this sense, the president of the Generalitat Valenciana, Carlos Mazón, has confirmed that he will do everything possible to bring the America’s Cup back to Valencia.
For her part, Maria José Català, the mayoress of Valencia, has also stated that the possibility of holding the sporting event in the city again is consistent with the city’s own tourism policy and that it is an issue on which they are working.