Fresh plans for America's Cup focus on Cork City centre

The new plans shown to the Department of Sport use publicly owned land at Tivoli Docks rather than a private dockyard in Cobh
Fresh plans for America's Cup focus on Cork City centre

Visual showing how the team base and technical area could be accommodated at Tivoli Docks

A new America’s Cup ‘set-up’ in Cork, which could save the State an estimated €80m in staging costs, has been pitched to civil servants in a bid to keep the city’s hopes of hosting the 2024 yacht race afloat.

It includes a proposal to use publicly-owned land at Tivoli docks for the event’s technical and team base instead of a privately-owned dockyard site in Rushbrooke near Cobh.

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