FILE PHOTO - Britain Sailing - America’s Cup Media Event - House of Garrard, Mayfair, London - 25/1/17 Sir Ben Ainslie of the Land Rover BAR team during a press conference Action Images via Reuters / Andrew Couldridge Livepic
AUCKLAND (Reuters) - The next America's Cup regatta will be sailed in Auckland in 2021 in 75-foot monohull yachts but only if New Zealand's largest city can build the infrastructure needed to stage the regatta, holders Team New Zealand said on Friday.
They took international sport's oldest trophy off Oracle Team USA with a stunning 7-1 victory in Bermuda's Great Sound in June in a regatta raced in high-powered foiling catamarans.
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