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According to Las Provincias, Valencia's
main newspaper, the official contract between America's
Cup Management and the three Spanish public administrations
(central government, region of Valencia and city
of Valencia) will be signed in Valencia tomorrow
Tuesday, September 4th.
Although Valencia was announced as the host the
city of the 33rd America's Cup in 2009 last July,
no formal contract had been signed to this date
because of the disagreement among the three public
entities regarding the powers each one will have
in this edition of the event.
For that reason, always according to the same article,
the President of the Valencia region and the mayor
of Valencia met on Monday with high-level representatives
of the central government in Madrid in order to
agree on the person that will preside the public
entity that represents Spain in the America's Cup
organization.
In the 32nd edition the president was the mayor
of Valencia but this time, according to the article,
the central government will try to impose its own
president. For that reason, hard bargaining is expected
to take place till the last moment before the minister
of Public Affairs arrives in Valencia on Tuesday
morning in order to put her signature on the contract.
As a result, if this information is correct, starting
4 September 2007, Valencia will officially be the
host city of the 33rd America's Cup, unless of course
the New York Supreme Court decides to the contrary.
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