The City of Venice is taking part to the BIT with its partners of
SISTEMA VENEZIA
ACTV SpA, Società di Trasporto Pubblico Locale
AEPE - Associazione Esercenti Pubblici Esercizi di Venezia
Alilaguna S.p.A. - servizio pubblico di linea
Casinò Municipale di Venezia SpA
ExpoVenice
Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa
Fondazione La Biennale di Venezia
Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia
Fondazione Querini Stampalia Venezia
Fondazione Teatro La Fenice
Hellovenezia: marchio commerciale di Vela S.p.A., Gruppo Actv.
Museo Ebraico di Venezia
Patriarcato di Venezia - Ufficio Turismo
Peggy Guggenheim Collection
Promovenezia S.c.p.A.
Venezia Marketing & Eventi S.p.A.
VeneziaSì Hotels Reservation
Venice Convention
The press conference, was held at the Veneto Region Stand (Pavillion 1 Stand H11 M20) and included speeches by the Deputy Mayor for Tourism, Roberto Panciera, and the CEO of Vela Spa, Vincenzo Monaco.
From June 1, 2012 the "Art vaporetto", the new waterbus line dedicated to tourists will connect 20 main sites of the cultural heritage in Venice. it will run every 30 minutes, from 9 am until 8 pm, functioning like the Hop-On, Hop-Off buses.
The press conference, "America's Cup in Venice" was attended by Andrea Ferrazzi, Venice City Councillor for Sport, and Roberto Panciera, Venice City Councillor for Tourism, and Alberto Sonino the Mayor representative for the America's Cup
The regattas
The races will be held from 2 pm to 5 pm, on two routes:
open sea, in front of San Nicolo del Lido (race course 1), and
Venice lagoon (San Marco Basin), between the island of Lido and Piazza San Marco (race course 2).
The program, which may be subject to change for weather conditions, is as follows:
Date and Schedule |
(provisional) |
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|---|---|---|
Friday 11th |
training and testing session |
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Saturday 12th |
Match racing (challenge between two boats) |
race course 1 |
Sunday 13th |
Fleet racing |
race course 1 |
Monday 14th |
Rest day and side events of Venitian rowing style and Vela al Terzo |
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Tuesday 15th |
Rest day and side events of Venitian rowing style and Vela al Terzo |
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Wednesday 16th |
Fleet racing |
race course 1 |
Thursday 17th |
Fleet racing |
race course 1 |
Friday 18th |
Speed Trials, Fleet racing |
race course 2 |
Saturday 19th |
Match racing |
race course 2 |
Sunday 20th |
Speed Trial, Fleet race |
race course 2 |
download the presentation (in Italian)
