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Design as of July, 2011, showing Piers 27-29, which will be the
main onshore public space for the 2013 America's Cup and Louis
Vuitton Cup. The building at right would be completed in
January 2013, in time for the event, and later become a cruise
ship terminal. The new terminal project has been in the
works since 2007. For more views of the terminal building,
see
SF Department of Public Works website, and
still more detail at the SF Port site.
Image:©2011 americascup.com
Piers 27-29 will also host superyacht
berthing, as shown above. The media center and other
support functions will be housed in Piers 19 and 23, slightly
visible at left of the picture. Just out of view to the
right of this image are
Fisherman's Wharf and
Pier 39,
ranked by
Forbes magazine as one of the ten most popular tourist
destinations in the US, and at the top center of this image is
local landmark
Coit Tower.
Image:©2011 americascup.com
Piers 30-32, south of the Bay Bridge, will
be the location for the main team bases and the AC72 multihulls
competing in the Louis Vuitton Cup and the America's Cup.
Image:©2011
americascup.comcom
Depicted above, Marina Green will have a
prime view of the race area. To the left is the beginning
of West Harbor Marina, which is also the location of the St.
Francis YC as well as the Golden Gate YC, the current trustee of
the America's Cup. For the two ACWS events expected in July
and August 2012, Marina Green will be the main America's Cup
Village while construction work hopefully proceeds on the Piers
in preparation for the 2013. At times the AC45 yachts could
be moored in front of the Village, but the main team bases for
2012 will probably be located on Piers 30-32 or Pier 80 depending
on progress with Pier 30-32 improvements. Independent of
the America's Cup, West Harbor is scheduled for improvements to
be completed in 2012. Fort Mason, Aquatic Park, Crissy
Field, Alcatraz Island, and Cavallo Point are other proposed
onshore viewing areas.
Image:©2011 americascup.com
Marina Green America's Cup Village Plan for 2012, from DEIR.
Image:©2011 americascup.com/AECOM
Overall preliminary event plan,
from January, 2011. Image:
©2011 Americascup.com
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