Palma candidate for the America's Cup

According to the organisers of the competition, Palma is one of the five finalist cities that are opting to be the venue for the next America's Cup. Valencia, Lisbon, Marseilles and Naples are the cities selected, together with Palma, as finalist candidates to hold the competition. Barcelona and the rest of candidates have been dropped from the list of possible host venues for the 2007 event.

The America's Cup is one of the most important international sports events, together with the Olympics and the World Cup for football. Palma's candidature to be the venue for the next America's Cup, promoted by the Real Club Náutico de Palma, was presented in March with the support from the Balearic public institutions. More over, on June 5, after the results of the recent elections, the future president of the Balearic Government, Jaume Matas, and the future Mayor of Palma, Catalina Cirer, accompanied by the president of the Real Club Náutico de Palma, Gabriel Barceló, and the director of the candidature, Jaime Enseñat, travelled to Geneva to reiterate to the organisers their support to Palma's candidature.

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Date of publication: 12/06/2003

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