City Finishes Media Building at America's Cup Village
ACEA Takes Over New Facility to Prepare for 2013 Event: Press Release
San Francisco, USA, February 26, 2013
Photo:©2013 ACEA/Gilles
Martin Raget
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Top: New Building will serve as a cruise terminal following the 2013 America's Cup. Middle: Mayor Edwin Lee and San Francisco Longshoreman workers. Bottom: Stephen Barclay, CEO ACEA, and Mayor Lee. Photos(3):©2013 ACEA/Gilles Martin Raget |
The Port and the City of San Francisco came together on Tuesday afternoon to celebrate the completion of the James R. Herman Cruise Ship Terminal on Pier 27 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
The building will be turned over to the America's Cup Event Authority on March 1st, who will make it the centerpiece of the America's Cup Park.
The Cruise Ship Terminal will host the America's Cup Media Center, and have areas for the competing teams, for public exhibitions, as well as food and beverage points. Following the Summer of Racing, it will be turned back to the Port and become a working Cruise Ship Terminal.
"I want to congratulate the City and the Port on achieving this milestone," said Stephen Barclay, the CEO of the America's Cup Event Authority.
"It's been a fantastic effort to get to this point. We're very proud to be the first tenant of this facility, which will host the international media, as well as thousands of guest and the public, who will come to the America's Cup Park this summer."
The waterfront was buzzing with anticipation on a warm and sunny San Francisco afternoon as Mayor Edwin M. Lee told the crowd the project was an example of the legacy this America's Cup will leave for the city.
“The new Cruise Terminal is a legacy project that will not only boost tourism and create jobs this summer during the America’s Cup races, but it will welcome visitors and residents to our waterfront for generations to come,” said Mayor Lee.
“This major infrastructure project that is being delivered on time and on budget is the centerpiece of the America’s Cup Park and when it begins serving the cruise industry next year, it will provide a significant economic impact to our City.”
Following the America's Cup, the Port is scheduled to complete the James R. Herman Cruise Terminal by 2014 to make it operational for cruise ships, and create a new 2.5 acre public park known as the Northeast Wharf Plaza.
---From America's Cup Event Authority/©2013
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