The America’s Cup of sailing adds 1.6 million views until early October, according to Barcelona City Council. The sports and technological competition, which started on August 22 in the Catalan capital, has attracted this volume of people in the different recreational, cultural or gastronomic spaces where it takes place. This weekend the 37th Louis Vuitton America’s Cup beginsthe peak moment of the event, which is when it is expected that there will be even more influx of public.
A few hours before the opening ceremony of the Copa América will be held, this Thursday at 9:00 p.m. at the Bogatell beachthe city council has made public the number of visits. This number, 1.6 million, also includes people who have attended more than one day to these places, the same as is done with public transportation. Until now, neither administration nor the organization, America’s Cup Event (ACE), had made attendance forecasts.
America’s Cup fans follow the regattas at the Race Village. / Ivo Rovira / America’s Cup Event
from the sea
Only the responsible for the event ACELeslie Ryan estimated in June that the busiest days could accumulate over an entire day. up to 100,000 people in the Race Village and in the rest of the spaces. The Moll de la Fusta is the largest location for the event, it opens every day that there are regattas from 12:00 p.m. and programs concerts, talks, activities about the sea, etc. In addition to having a wide gastronomic offer.
The Moll de la Fusta with the Race Village that occupies 25,000 square meters. / Jordi Otix
It is 1.6 million views they would have occurred in this area; in the dos ‘fan zone’ del Bogatell and the Plaza del Mar; in the Moll d’Espanya and the Rambla del Mirador; and in the Dic de Recer of the Olympic Port, from where you can follow the competition very close. Here, according to the city council, we must also add the people who have hired a boat or have joined the proposals for watch the races from the sea.
Not counting the beaches
However, in this balance still partial of the volume of followers of the Copa América, have not been counted to the people who were on the beaches of Barcelona during the competition days, since it is unknown if everyone was following them. The guests who have attended the ‘hospitality’ of the administrations or the teams have not joined in either.
