America’s Cup lights up Naples: 87,000 visitors fill the Race Village

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# ⛵ America’s Cup lights up Naples: 87,000 visitors fill the Race Village

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**Naples delivered an extraordinary public response to the America’s Cup Preliminary Regatta, with 87,000 people passing through the Race Village during the second day as the city's famous Lungomare Caracciolo became a huge natural grandstand overlooking the racing in the Gulf.**

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Foiling yachts racing across the water, packed viewing areas and thousands of spectators lining the coast created one of the most striking scenes yet on Naples’ road towards the 2027 America’s Cup.

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The second day of racing produced impressive attendance figures and confirmed the growing enthusiasm surrounding the competition.

👥 87,000 visitors in one day

The most remarkable figure came from the Race Village.

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During the second day, **87,000 people passed through the venue**, with approximately **33,000 spectators present at the busiest moment of the racing programme**.

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Viewing platforms and waterfront areas filled with fans eager to watch the AC40s compete just off the Naples coastline.

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The turnout exceeded expectations and provided another indication of the extraordinary level of public interest generated by the event.

🌊 Lungomare Caracciolo becomes a grandstand by the sea

Naples' waterfront emerged as one of the stars of the event.

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For kilometres along the coastline, Lungomare Caracciolo effectively became a natural grandstand where residents, visitors and sailing enthusiasts could watch the action taking place across the Gulf.

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It created a spectacular combination: cutting-edge foiling yachts racing at high speed with the unmistakable Naples skyline providing the backdrop.

📈 135,000 visitors after three days

The second day's figures were part of an even larger attendance story.

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After **three days of Race Village activity — only two of which featured racing — total attendance had already reached 135,000 people**.

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And those figures were recorded before the final day of the event.

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The numbers demonstrated that America’s Cup racing was attracting an audience extending well beyond traditional sailing fans.

🇮🇹 Luna Rossa fuels the excitement

The presence of **Luna Rossa** naturally added another dimension to the atmosphere.

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Watching the Italian team compete in the Gulf created an immediate connection with spectators lining the waterfront.

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The extraordinary speed of the AC40s, flying above the water on their foils, also introduced many people to a form of sailing they had never previously experienced live.

❤️ Bringing young people closer to sport

The event also carried a wider social dimension.

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Among the scenes highlighted by Sport e Salute were **young people from suburban communities taking to the water alongside Olympic medallists**.

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It provided an example of how an international sporting event can become an opportunity to involve different parts of the local community.

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That dimension will be increasingly important on the road to 2027, as Naples seeks to build an America’s Cup experience that extends beyond the racing itself.

🏟️ The Gulf becomes a sailing stadium

The Preliminary Regatta offered an early glimpse of one of the characteristics that could make the Naples America’s Cup particularly distinctive.

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The shape of the city's coastline allows spectators to experience the racing directly from the waterfront.

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Lungomare Caracciolo can effectively become a vast natural grandstand, with the Gulf serving as the sporting arena.

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It is a combination of landscape, high-performance sport and public participation that has already produced memorable scenes during the preliminary event.

🏆 Naples looks towards the 2027 America’s Cup

The **87,000 visitors recorded during the second day and 135,000 cumulative attendees at that stage of the event** tell a story that goes beyond statistics.

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They show a city beginning to discover the America’s Cup — and increasingly embracing it as one of its own major events.

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The Preliminary Regatta was only a preview.

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The main event comes in **2027**, when Naples hosts the 38th America’s Cup and the Gulf becomes one of the focal points of international sailing.

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**For a few days, Lungomare Caracciolo has already become a grandstand by the sea. Naples is now beginning to discover what it could mean to truly live the America’s Cup. 🌊⛵🇮🇹**

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