{"id":14725,"date":"2014-06-12T15:06:29","date_gmt":"2014-06-12T07:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=14725"},"modified":"2014-06-12T12:08:58","modified_gmt":"2014-06-12T04:08:58","slug":"san-francisco-out-as-americas-cup-host-san-diego-bermuda-chicago-remain-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/06\/12\/san-francisco-out-as-americas-cup-host-san-diego-bermuda-chicago-remain-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco out as America\u2019s Cup host; San Diego, Bermuda, Chicago remain alive"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_14726\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14726\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/1200px-2013_Americas_Cup_race_1_mark_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14726\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/1200px-2013_Americas_Cup_race_1_mark_1.jpg\" alt=\"Team New Zealand leading Oracle Racing at the first mark in the first race of the 2013 America's Cup. Photo by Donan.raven \/ Wikimedia Commons.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/1200px-2013_Americas_Cup_race_1_mark_1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/1200px-2013_Americas_Cup_race_1_mark_1-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/1200px-2013_Americas_Cup_race_1_mark_1-1024x702.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14726\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Team New Zealand leading Oracle Racing at the first mark in the first race of the 2013 America&#8217;s Cup. Photo by Donan.raven \/ Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>SAN DIEGO\u2014America\u2019s Cup officials have confirmed that San Francisco is out of the running to host the 2017 regatta, with the field narrowed to San Diego, Bermuda and Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>Russell Coutts, CEO of two-time defending champion Oracle Team USA, tells The Associated Press the offers from the three remaining ports are \u201cmore compelling\u201d than what San Francisco offered to have the races return.<\/p>\n<p>Coutts says by the end of the month he\u2019ll chose two finalists to host the challenger semifinals and finals, and the 35th America\u2019s Cup match.<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco Bay provided a spectacular backdrop in September when Oracle Team USA staged one of the greatest comeback in sports to beat Emirates Team New Zealand and retain the cup.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Ed Lee says San Francisco had a \u201cstrong proposal.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAN DIEGO\u2014America\u2019s Cup officials have confirmed that San Francisco is out of the running to host the 2017 regatta, with &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":14726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","mauthors-bernie-wilson","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}