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Richard Lindroos: America's Cup gets people flocking to Auckland's waterfront

Published: March 14, 2021, 8:57 p.m.

Thousand of people flocked to soak up the America's Cup action in Auckland over the weekend.
America's Cup Events senior advisor Richard Lindroos told Mike Hosking there were 48-thousand people through the village in the Viaduct yesterday.
He says that's on top of the nearly 50-thousand through on Saturday.
"If you were out on the water on Saturday, 2,000 boats, phenomenal number, and on Sunday, 1,300 boats. Given the scale of the event, that's massive."
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He says anecdotally people were spending bill - and those figures will come through.
"It's important to realise it's been a difficult month of delivery, but getting that weekend trade in is just fantastic."
Team New Zealand and Luna Rossa are locked at three wins each after a lack of wind yesterday meant there was no racing.
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