Rules for off-leash dogs are among the topics the National Park Service is asking for public input on during an open house scheduled for tonight in San Francisco.Officials will be on hand to answer questions related to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, including the America’s Cup sailing races, the status of the park service’s off-leash proposal and plans for the Golden Gate Bridge’s 75th anniversary.
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The City is still moving forward with a proposal to overhaul a busy thoroughfare at Fisherman’s Wharf even though once-ambitious plans to renovate San Francisco’s waterfront have been scaled back due to financial issues with the upcoming America’s Cup.
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New York City could get a taste of America’s Cup yacht action, race organizers say, after a broadcast deal with NBC prompted some possible scheduling changes.Some August racing dates could occur in New York instead of San Francisco, although race officials also tentatively scheduled an additional series of events to coincide with Fleet Week in early October here in The City.
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The America’s Cup regatta will be televised live in the United States for the first time in two decades, after race officials announced Thursday that NBC will carry the international event coming to San Francisco Bay over the next two years.
It’s an exciting development for organizers, who are attempting to remake the sport with larger and faster boats that they hope will draw new sailing fans and impress aficionados.
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Loose lips sink ships. That was the lesson city leaders said should be learned from the sudden breakdown of a massive real estate deal tied to the America’s Cup yacht race.
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The America’s Cup yacht race is still coming to San Francisco, but a related $111 million deal to fix some of San Francisco’s rotting piers was cast adrift Monday.
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America’s Cup officials expect The City to present a new waterfront development agreement today, but negotiators were reportedly far apart as of late Tuesday afternoon.“If we don’t agree, there are serious questions about the cup being held in San Francisco,” said Stephen Barclay, chief operating officer for the regatta.
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The business formula of the America’s Cup seems simple: If you race them, they will come.But as city officials consider a waterfront investment deal finalizing the terms of the yacht regatta, they are left guessing just how many will come.Along with the complex long-term agreement for race officials to fix crumbling piers in exchange for lucrative development rights on public property, the event’s popular appeal also is raising questions.
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Battle lines solidified Wednesday over the vast development deal between The City and event planners trying to bring the America’s Cup yacht race to San Francisco over the next two years.As currently structured, the pact would require race officials to finance repairs to some of San Francisco’s long-crumbling piers in exchange for prime property to build condominiums, plus lucrative 66-year waterfront development and lease rights to publicly owned land.
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The group charged with ensuring that San Francisco taxpayers aren’t hung out to dry on costs for the America’s Cup needs to do “significant additional fundraising,” according to a memo released Monday by the Controller’s Office.
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