Port’s Plan For Pier 29: Themed Retail/Restaurant Marketplace
With San Francisco no longer in the running to host the 35th America’s Cup, the Port is preparing to issue a request for proposals to redevelop San Francisco’s Pier 29.…
San Francisco Cut From America’s Cup Shortlist
An email to Mayor Ed Lee last night has confirmed the BBC’s original report that San Francisco will not be hosting the 35th America’s Cup in 2017. Chicago, San Diego,…
San Francisco’s Deficit For Hosting America’s Cup Doubles To $11.5M
Having failed to account for $5.5 million in net costs incurred by the Port of San Francisco, the City’s revised deficit for hosting the 34th America’s Cup has risen from…
San Francisco Officially Bids For Another America’s Cup
In a letter to sent to Oracle Team USA’s CEO yesterday, Mayor Ed Lee has officially expressed San Francisco’s interest in hosting the 35th America’s Cup in 2017, but with…
San Francisco’s America’s Cup Accounting And Projected Deficit
Preliminary accounting for the 34th America’s Cup in San Francisco pegs the economic impact of the event at $364 million versus original projections of $1.4 billion, with roughly 700,000 spectators…
America’s Cup Spectator Count Isn’t Lagging, It’s Luffing
According to America’s Cup officials, around 500,000 people to date have been counted as spectators at the official race venues on San Francisco’s Marina Green and Piers 27-29 with another…
America’s Cup Waterfront Concert Series Permit Suspended
Ten days ago San Francisco’s Entertainment Commission approved the plans to hold 30 ticketed concerts at the upsized America’s Cup pavilion on Piers 27/29 which is two-thirds built, granting Live…
America’s Cup Economic Impact And Fundraising Questions
On the agenda for San Francisco’s Budget and Finance Sub-Committee this morning, a hearing to review the status of the America’s Cup Organizing Committee’s (ACOC) efforts to meet its fundraising…
Pier 29 on Fire: Teams Racing to Save the America’s Cup Site
A tipster delivers a photo of the four alarm fire in progress at Pier 29, one of the key piers upon which the America’s Cup Village venue is being constructed.
Amended America’s Cup Host Agreement Approved
San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a scaled-down development and host agreement for the 34th America’s Cup in San Francisco with warm-up races, the World Series, scheduled to begin…