DUBAI: SailGP has unveiled its 2024-25 season calendar, featuring new events in Brazil, Germany, Switzerland, and Auckland, as well as a return to Great Britain and New York.
Unfolding over a 12-month period, and beginning and ending in November, the campaign will be the league’s most expansive to date, with 14 events across five continents.
Andrew Thompson, SailGP’s managing director, said: “(The) calendar is another significant milestone in our continued expansion across the globe.
“With an expected 11 teams on the startline, SailGP will establish events in new, strategically important growth territories, while bolstering existing fan bases in some of our most-loved venues to date.”
The season starts and finishes in the UAE, beginning with the Emirates Dubai Sail Grand Prix presented by P&O Marinas (Nov. 23-24, 2024) and closing with the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Sail Grand Prix 2024/2025 Season Grand Final presented by Abu Dhabi Sports Council (Nov. 29-30, 2025).
The global championship will head to New Zealand (Jan. 18-19) and Australia (Feb. 8-9). Following record-setting crowds in past seasons, the ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix makes its debut in Auckland. The entertainment then heads to Sydney for SailGP’s record sixth visit to the city.
It will return to Los Angeles for a weekend of sport and spectacle, bringing together Hollywood glamor and action-packed entertainment (March 15-16), before visiting one of the most dynamic locations on the calendar, San Francisco Bay (March 22-23).
The Mubadala Brazil SailGP Team will make their home debut at the Brazil Sail Grand Prix (May 3-4). The league then returns to the Big Apple for the Mubadala New York Sail Grand Prix (June 7-8).
The European leg of the campaign includes the much-anticipated return of the Great Britain Sail Grand Prix (July 19-20), a third visit to Taranto (Sept. 6-7) for the ROCKWOOL Italy Sail Grand Prix, and a fourth visit to Spain for the Spain Sail Grand Prix | Andalucia - Cadiz (Oct. 4-5).
New events in Germany at a city yet to be revealed (Aug. 16-17) and Geneva in Switzerland (Sept. 20-21) will provide opportunities for fans of both nations to cheer their respective teams in home waters for the first time.
The season will be completed with an additional Middle Eastern event scheduled for Nov. 7-8, with the finale then taking place in Abu Dhabi with the season’s largest cash prize on the line.
