SailGP hosting fee exceeds $1 million

Published on January 15th, 2025

Tātaki Auckland Unlimited has committed more than $1 million to host the SailGP regatta in Auckland on January 18-19 – an event expected to bring a multimillion-dollar boost to the city.

The regatta was expected to result in 10,000 visitor nights for the city, with about 25,000 people anticipated to experience the action across the two-day event.

Tātaki Auckland Unlimited said it had committed $1,050,000 to SailGP for the hosting fee and consenting for the 2025 event, subject to obligations being met and SailGP delivering a successful event.

The Auckland Council-controlled agency, which is tasked with promoting Auckland and delivering events, did not provide specifics about what those obligations were and exact figures of in-kind contributions would be made public in post-event reports, the organisation said. – Full report

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Season 5 Leaderboard (after 1 of 14 events)*
1. New Zealand, 10 points
2. Great Britain, 9 points
3. United States, 8 points
4. Spain, 7 points
5. Australia, 6 points
6. Canada, 5 points
7. France, 5 points
8. Denmark, 4 points
9. Germany, 3 points
10. Switzerland, 2 points
11. Brazil, 1 point
12. Italy, 0 points
* Ten of the 12 teams are privately owned, with the league having ownership of New Zealand and Spain.

Season 5 Schedule – 14 events
2024
November 23-24 – Dubai, UAE

2025
January 18-19 – Auckland, New Zealand
February 8-9 – Sydney, Australia
March 15-16 – Los Angeles, USA
March 22-23 – San Francisco, USA
May 3-4 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
June 7-8 – New York City, USA
July 19-20 – Portsmouth, Great Britain
August 16-17 – Sassnitz, Germany
September 6-7 – Taranto, Italy
September 20-21 – Geneva, Switzerland
October 4-5 – Andalucía – Cádiz, Spain
November 7-8 – Middle East *
November 29-30 – Grand Final – Abu Dhabi, UAE
* Venue to be announced

Format for Season 5:
• Teams compete in identical F50 catamarans.
• Each event runs across two days.
• Five qualifying fleet races of approximately 15 minutes may be scheduled for each regatta.
• The top three teams from qualifying advance to a final race to be crowned event champion and earn the largest share of the prize purse (amount not confirmed; Season 4 had $400,000.00 USD prize purse with winning team earning $200k at each event).
• The season ends with the Grand Final, which includes the Championship Final Race for the top three teams in the season standing with the winner claiming a monetary award (amount not confirmed; Season 4 had $2 million USD prize).
• The top team on points ahead of the three-boat Championship Final will get a monetary award (amount not confirmed; Season 4 had a $350,000.00 prize).

For competition documents, click here.

Established in 2018, SailGP seeks to be an annual, global sports league featuring fan-centric inshore racing among national teams in some of the iconic harbors around the globe.

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