The 38th American Cup Louis Vuitton will take place in Naples Between spring and summer of 2027. Team New Zealand, who had already made it known that he had already made it known that he would not defend the trophy in his country as already happened in Barcelona in 2024, chose the Campania capital for the next edition of the oldest international sports competition still existing. The candidates of Cagliari and Athens beaten. For the first time ever, the Louis Vuitton Cup and Louis Vuitton the American Cup Match will take place in Italya country with one of the most extraordinary and passionate stories in the tradition of the American Cup. The race will take place in the waters between Castel dell’Ovo and Posillipo and the bases of the teams should be in Bagnoli, in an urban area redeveloped on an environmental level.
The announcement was made by the Italian government, in collaboration with the New Zealand team and the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron. In 2027, the world will look to Italy, and in particular in Naples, the capital of the Campania Region, the UNESCO heritage site and one of the oldest cities in Europe, which will become the host city for the oldest international sports trophy in the world.
Andrea Abodi, minister for sport and young people, stressed that “the choice of Italy and, in particular, of Naples as the seat of the 38 edition of the American Cup It represents for the entire nation an extraordinary opportunity for the enhancement, development and growth of the territory Which will host the events, with the commitment on our part to expand the benefits, also promoting initiatives, projects and measures to support the education and the economy of the sea “. “The assignment of this edition of the most important worldwide competition was a wonderful victory of a team, for which I thank President Meloni who was once again decisive, having cultured the strategic value from the beginning of bringing to Italy an international event of such great impact, sporting, social, tourist and industrial,” he added.
“The significant investment, the organizational skills and the positive response to all the requirements necessary for the assignment of the American Cup, even richer in content with the competitions dedicated to women and young people”, added the minister, “testify to the preparation, competence and professionalism of a team led by the Government, with different departments involved, and entrusted to the technical management to our company Sport and Health that will be, with great merit, the entry from the point of view. organizational. Together, we have shown that we have all the credentials to better respond to the expectations of the owners of the competition rights, the New Zeland team, winner of the last edition ». “Once again, thanks to sport, Italy at the center of the world,” concluded Abadi.
The Minister of Economy, Giancarlo Giorgetti, He added his support to this important announcement: “This prestigious sporting event represents an important step in the redevelopment of an area that has long faced difficulties and to whose development and growth we have remained firmly engaged”. The mayor of Naples and extraordinary commissioner of government on Bagnoli, Gaetano Manfredi: «hosting the 38th edition of the American Cup in Naples represents an extraordinary showcase for the international level for the beauty and history of our territory for the city and Italy. We worked hard on the dossier in recent months together with the government by winning the competition with other cities by capturing an extraordinary success that will produce enormous economic impact on the territory as happened in the past for Barcelona and Valencia. This is the largest sporting event ever hosted by Naples, a global appointment that will see our wonderful Gulf become the scene of spectacular challenges among the best sailing teams in the world.
An opportunity to show the world not only the beauty of our landscape, but also the ability of the city to face the great challenges of the present with competence. The races will take place in the extraordinary mirror of water between Castel dell’Ovo and Posillipo while Bagnoli will host the bases of the challenging teams in a strategic area on which the government has chosen to invest decisively to finally return it to the city and citizens. The complex work of reclamation and redevelopment of Bagnoli has already started and proceeds according to the program, the American Cup will represent a powerful and further catalyst for tourism, the economy of the sea, the local entrepreneurship and the formation of new skills, immediately offering a concrete preview of what this area can become at the end of the urban regeneration process. I would like to thank the Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, the Minister for Sport and the young Andrea Abadi and all the institutional and technical subjects involved in the trust placed in our city. Naples is ready and will continue to give great proof of concreteness ».
The Defender of the American Cup Team New Zealand, the CEO Grant Dalton, said he could not “be more enthusiastic” than this announcement: “In Italy there is a real spirit and an absolute pride that make it appropriate to host here the next American Cup. It is as if we were taking the Louis Vuitton American Cup among the people, in our ambition to continually grow the American audience of the American Cup and sailing sport. The Italians are the most passionate and involved audience of the American Cup and of course it is the homeland of Luna Rossa, who is an extraordinary team and a strong competitor ».