Genoa Prepares to Host The Ocean Race Finale: Excitement Builds as City Welcomes Visitors

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GENOVA – The unofficial estimate is 300,000 visitors. A few days later The Ocean Race The Gran Finale will land in Genoa. The city is preparing to host the great event. Signs have already appeared on the street for days suggesting how to get to the heart of the event as well as the stalls. One million and 200 thousand people have visited the Genoa stand in recent months around the stages of the great round-the-world regatta which lands in Italy for the first time, data provided directly by the mayor Marco Bucci.

Saturday will officially open theOcean Live Parkset up on the areas of the new Waterfront of the Levant designed by the architect Renzo Piano. There will arise a village full of activities and experiences between sailing, sport, art, innovation, sustainability, shows and entertainment. Admission will be free, from Saturday 24 June to Sunday 2 July, from 10 to 22. Launched a mobility system public by train, bus and taxi useful for reaching the Ocean Live Park with free shuttles from Brignole station and the Old Port every 10/15 minutes. Mayor Bucci together with the councilor for Sport of the Liguria Region and Palazzo Tursi Simona Ferro and Alessandra Bianchi, accompanied by the president of the Porto Antico Mauro Ferrando visited l’Ocean Live Park.

“Hosting the final stage of The Ocean Race in Genoa is an incredible promotional opportunity, an opportunity to bring the name of our city to the world – he underlines Bucci – There will be hundreds of thousands of enthusiasts, but not only, who will follow the Grand Finale of a competition that focuses on the sea and sustainability from all over the world. It is the first major event in an area of ​​our city undergoing renewal thanks to an extraordinary urban regeneration project: an event of international caliber that will have a great direct and indirect return on the city. It will be a great success. What do I ask the Genoese? To all come here because it is an appointment not to be missed, I ask to treat tourists well and above all to ensure that the experience can be repeated and become an advantage for everyone”.

Official opening on Saturday at 10am with the ribbon cutting, accompanied by the notes of the Marching Band. The public will immediately be able to try out the numerous activities. From workshops and immersive experiences in the Sustainability Pavilion (where it will also be available the cancellation of the stamp dedicated to the Grand Finale) at prove sportive nell’area Genova 2024 in various disciplines: tennis, padel, football, fencing, hockey, golf, bocce, billiards and subbuteo. Space also for “e-sports” in the Jean Nouvel Pavilion with four e-sailing stations, three dedicated to Play Station FIFA 2023, Nintendo (Mario Kart and more) and a simulator to experience the thrill of sporty driving. On the opening day it will also be launched Northern Lightthe first fully recyclable sailing one-design, and inaugurated l’Innovation Village with nine technological solutions that aim at sustainability and inclusion all to try.

“From Saturday – explains the president of the Liguria Region John Toti – Genoa, with the Ocean Live Park, will become not only the world capital of sailing but will host a calendar full of events and activities to meet sailing enthusiasts and those who want to try all other sports, have fun with concerts and shows as well as dabble with experiences related to innovation and sustainability. Genoa will be the beating heart of all of Liguria, also welcoming the tourists who will arrive in their thousands to attend the Grand Finale, a real happening which once again demonstrates how our region has built a tourism not tied solely to summer and the sea, but also to the big events that after the pandemic are bringing many people to get to know our beautiful Liguria. Inside the Village, Regione will be present with a pavilion linked to its excellencescapable in recent years of expanding not only the tourist offer but also promoting the territory together with our industry, research and innovation”.

While awaiting the arrival of the boats, engaged in the seventh and final leg of the world tour, the attention will be drawn to the Palinuro school ship of the Italian Navy which will welcome the public on board with daily visits. Sailing enthusiasts will find at the Jean Nouvel Pavilion the Fiv Experience Village which for the first time in Italy will propose the Next Generation Foil Academy powered by Luna Rossaexcellence in flying sail which will be an important presence at the next Paris 2024 Olympics. The space dedicated to the Para Sailing Academy, a model of inclusiveness that allows everyone to approach the world of sailing. There will also be theAcademy Mini 6.50 for those who want to experience the thrill of sailing on a Mini 6.50, considered the first step towards ocean sailing. Visitors will have the opportunity to try sailing thanks to the precious help of FIV instructors, both on simulators and at sea. To inaugurate the Fiv space (3 pm) will be Silvia Salisdeputy vice president of Coni, alongside the president of Fiv Francesco Ettorre and Primazona Maurizio Buscemi.

Genoa was able to count on a important institutional support: the Ministry for Sport and Youth, Enit, the Ministry of Tourism and ICE, the Agency for the promotion abroad and the internationalization of Italian companies, thanks to which journalists, sector operators and opinion leaders from Worldwide. Old Port of Genoa Spa took on the role of co-organizer of Ocean Live Park. “It is the recognition of the company’s know-how, strengthened by an organizational experience gained in over half a century of Saloni and in the field of major events”, underlines the president Mauro Ferrando who participated in the inspection alongside Mayor Bucci and the councillors Simona Ferro (Liguria Region) e Alessandra Bianchi (City of Genoa). “It will be an extraordinary anticipation of the potential that the Marinas of the former exhibition center will be able to express once the works on the Eastern Waterfront are completed. A confirmation also of our attention to the environment and to sustainability, a conscious choice made by the company some time ago”.

The Ocean Live Park will also be able to count on the spaces of Waterfront Marina managed by Amico & Co. on whose piers some of the Legends, or the boats that have marked historical pages in the 50 years of sailing around the world, among which New Zealand Endeavour, Rolly Go and Ericson stand out. They will compete in the “Legends Regatta” on June 27 and in the “Legends Coastal Race Genova-Portofino-Santa Margherita Ligure” on June 30 with celebrations at Villa Durazzo in Santa Margherita Ligure. Entertainment, music, DJ sets, theatrical performances, show cooking every day will involve the public in the village. At the stand Liguria WOW all the excellences of our region will find space.

Industry, research, innovation, but also food and wine, local products, artisans, historic shops and consortia will present themselves to the public in an innovative exhibition that satisfies the eyes, heart, smell and sight. From morning to evening, at the stand, it will also be possible to get to know the protagonists of the various sectors with meetings, workshops and speeches. The space was created by the Liguria Region, with the support of the Chambers of Commerce of Liguria and the University of Genoa.

It will be possible to immerse yourself in the emotions that boats experienced around the world thanks to the Immersive Room developed by ETT. So many curiosities to discover in the team foundations Malizia, Guyot, Holcim, 11th Hour Racing and Biotherm. How do sailors sleep during an ocean crossing? What are the spaces inside the boat? At Ocean Live Park it will be possible visit a life size ocean boat.

Many activities dedicated to children and families, from testing the driving simulator at the stand of the Automobile Club Genova, to workshops on the sea and sustainability. There will also be a artistic path with some installations among which “Ocean light” stands out, the sail created by the master Marco Nereo Rotelli. From New York comes “Sailing Together”, the trophy that the American artist Charlie Kapland will exhibit at the village and then donate to the winner of the Regatta of Legends. on the van”Hetty the painted sails”, the children will be able to paint the sails which will then be transformed into bags. On stage they will rotate numerous events: the BeatBox Battle European Contest, the Buio Pesto concert, Dj set, the Talenti al Quadra show, the Town Halls Regatta award ceremony, the Polene show “Gli Occhi del Mare”, the Street Workout and the theater show “A sea without plastic – The eco musical” organized by Iren. And still there painting competition addressed to all the artistic Institutes and the final of Pesto World Championship with the winners of the stages in Alicante, Cape Town, Itajaì, Newport, Aahrus and The Hague. The complete program is online at https://theoceanracegenova.com/programma-1

In the sustainability pavilion in Genoa, the works produced by some schools will be on display thanks to the “Learning Program”, but also the work of the Family Services Centers and the “productions” of the Work Education Centers of the Municipality of Genoa. Developed in the name of social and environmental sustainability and the circular economy. Two le mascot that will welcome the little ones: Wisdomthe seagull from The Ocean Race, and Sea Wolf, symbol of Genoa The Grand Finale. There One Blue Voice Immersive Experience it will take visitors on a journey beneath the waves to discover the race that protects the ocean and it will also be possible to sign the petition in favor of the Oceans.