Plans for the 2017 America’s Cup in Bermuda were revealed by Premier Michael Dunkley at New York City press conference on December 2, 2014. The event village will be built in the South Basin of the Royal Naval Dockyard, just north of the race course on the Great Sound. All the team bases will be located together and will give visitors a “pit row” experience. Renderings of the site showed superyacht moorings just north of the Event Village. A dramatic, floating concert venue was shown in renderings of the North Basin, which already has a pier for cruise ships.

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Bermuda residents Catherine Zeta Jones and Michael Douglas attended the press conference. Premier Dunkley told the audience that they will soon break ground on a major new hotel in Bermuda.

Since the Dockyard already houses the Bermuda Maritime Museum and the cruise ship pier, there is a ferry service from Hamilton, which will no doubt be expanded for the America’s Cup.

Premier Dunkley encouraged all America’s Cup fans to come to Bermuda for a warm welcome with British charm and island culture.

Full replay of America’s Cup press conference

America’s Cup Commercial Commissioner and Bermuda Premier Michael Dunkley

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