America’s Cup event village plans
Plans for the America’s Cup Event Village, along with broader plans for the 2017 event, have been submitted to the Department of Planning for approval.
As well as detailing the physical layout of the village, the proposals include broader elements such as parking throughout the West End.
Moresby Plain will be the closest parking area for the event, but the documents also show parking at Lagoon Park tennis courts, Boaz Island sports field, Sandys Secondary Middle School, West End Primary, Somerset Primary and Warren Simmons Field. Each of the more distant sites would be serviced by shuttles, taking spectators to and from the village.
The plans show Moresby Plain having 350 car spaces and 300 motorcycle spaces, along with containers. The other fields will increase parking options by adding another 950 motorcycle spaces and 1,710 car spaces, if needed.
Meanwhile, services and transportation hubs are set to be placed between Cockburn Road and Cochrane Road on Ireland Island South.
The service hub will include a trash collection area and a container area for vendors, while the transport hub will allow visitors to transfer from buses or shuttles to “trains” that will carry guests to Dockyard.
Land Rover BAR, Groupama Team France, Softbank Team Japan and Oracle Team USA will all have their bases of operations on Ireland Island North, on the coast of the South Basin, while Artemis Racing and Emirates Team New Zealand will have their bases on the newly reclaimed land inside the South Arm.
They will be joined on the new land by the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup base, the AC Endeavour Programme, a broadcast compound, merchandise shop and other event amenities. A new superyacht tender marina is shown on the inside of the south arm, while larger superyachts will dock on the outside of the arm, near the event ferry landing and a spectator boat drop-off area.
The largest superyachts will be given dock space near the very end of the South Arm, along with emergency service boats.
Work on the village began last year with workers using 140,000 cubic yards of dredged material from the North Channel and 160,000 cubic yards of imported crushed granite to reclaim land in the South Basin.