Following a new agreement with the Spanish state, the Valencia Regional Government and the Valencia Municipality, the event will take place between May and July, with two pre-regattas to be held in 2008. One of them will be in Valencia in July and the other one in another European country in the autumn. They will be raced on the existing America´s Cup Class (Version 5) boats.
Michel Bonnefous, CEO of America's Cup Management (ACM), said: "We are glad to announce the cornerstones of the 33rd America's Cup, which should extend the positive trend for the event that was launched with the 32nd edition. As the Event Authority, we have now secured a venue that has already proved to be ideal and we hope to have set the elements to facilitate a close competition."
“We will continue to work hard over the next few months to recreate an outstanding platform for the public, the media and the sponsors. The 32nd America's Cup saw more than six million
members of the public visit the racing venues and over 4 billion enjoyed the television coverage of the racing. We are looking forward to building on this in the future."
Valencia mayor Rita Barbera added: "When we set out to hold the 32nd America's Cup we committed ourselves to hold the best ever America's Cup and we did just that.
