Thousands attend opening of 33 Copa America in Valencia port.
Valencia, Feb. 7 .- Thousands of people have witnessed today in the vicinity of Veles e Vents building of the port of Valencia the inauguration of the 33rd edition of the America Cup from tomorrow they will face in a duel, the best of three races , the Swiss dnder Alinghi and American challenger BMW Oracle.
Organizers of the inauguration have been estimated at 60,000 people, gods and heroes gold, attended the event, which is attended by the president of the Generalitat, Francisco Camps, the Mayoress Rita Barbera and the Secretary of State for Sport, Jaime Lissavetzky besides representatives of the municipal corporation and the Consell.
On a big stage with a replica of the mountain most representative of Switzerland and who hid the Jug trophy of the, ffxiv gil, Hundred Guineas, took the stage representatives of both teams and clubs of the two opponents, Golden Gate Yacht Club and BMW-Oracle Geneva Nautical Society with Alinghi.
Race director, Harold Bennett, throw the coin decided the fate of both teams in the race, with the BMW-Oracle with yellow and exit into the starboard side of the race committee and, buy aion kinah, Alinghi, with the blue, on the opposite side.
A show of capoeira encourage the opening, which was projected paths of both teams, the construction of their boats and navigation times, before the fireworks Caballer Vicente put the colophon with a big 'masclet??' fifteen minutes long and 700 kilos of gunpowder.
After the inauguration, it was his turn to solidarity, and under the slogan "A granite for Haiti" will cook a giant paella for 5,000 guests, with a price of EUR 5 per plate and the proceeds going to the reconstruction of Haiti.
This action had its replica in the restaurant Quique Dacosta, who had also planned to cook a paella for the same purpose but for VIP guests and celebrities attending the inauguration.
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