A hospitality boss says the Government's missed a major financial opportunity by not backing an Auckland America's Cup bid
A hospitality boss says the Government's missed a major financial opportunity by not backing an Auckland America's Cup bid
1 April 2025
The play for 2027 series can't go ahead without that funding.
Ministers estimated it would have cost them 75-million-dollars.
Hospitality NZ Chief Executive, Steve Armitage, says this contradicts the Government's growth message.
He says it would double the money put in - if the event went half as well as Barcelona.
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