Nick Hill: Auckland Unlimited CEO on the Auckland SailGP leg being held just off Wynyard Point

Published: July 9, 2024, 8:26 p.m.

Auckland Council has confirmed the venue for next year's SailGP.\xa0 \xa0

It's hosting the start of the Australasian leg in January after Christchurch proved too problematic and it was moved. \xa0

Auckland Unlimited Chief Executive Nick Hill says the international event will be based just off Wynyard Point. \xa0

He told Andrew Dickens it will be under the Harbour Bridge with a grandstand close to the water.\xa0

Hill says all previous legal and environmental issues in the area have been dealt with, to have the event how SailGP's always wanted it.\xa0

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