America's Cup: Dalton comes out strongly in favour of San Francisco



4:21 AM Tue 21 Dec 2010 GMT
'Emirates Team New Zealand CEO Grant Dalton with trophies for the Trophee de Marseille and winners of the MedCup series so far, MedCup 2009 regatta. 14/6/2009' Emirates Team New Zealand / Photo Chris Cameron ETNZ &copy Click Here to view large photo
In a 40 minute interview on RadioLive Sport this morning, he made it clear that a US venue was far more suitable for Emirates Team New Zealand. 'San Francisco would be way better to us, it is not that far away, it blows ? like Fremantle and is a natural amphitheater,' Dalton said. 'We need a venue, because we have to get going. The venue decision changes the sponsor mix for us', he added. Already Team New Zealand has some sponsors interested in Toyota and Omega, and possibly Emirates ? and he described the US market as being the 'last ...


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by Richard Gladwell and RadioLive Sport





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