Tātaki Auckland Unlimited today confirmed that SailGP has chosen not to stage their March 2024 event in Auckland.

The unavailability of Wynyard Point land as a spectator facility proved to be a barrier, as the land had been contaminated by oil tanks from the old tank farm.

Chief Executive Nick Hill says it was always going to be a long complicated process to get that land back.

"You need to get to a point where the land could be handed back, and they had no obligations back to the council. If you start using that land- they'll turn around and say you caused the problem."

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