Il ruolo di un grande evento nella riqualificazione delle città portuali. Il caso di Valencia

The 26 November 2003 Valencia was designated America’s Cup house. Thanks to its winds that blow the whole year and thanks to an upgrading project of the port area, star- ting in 1997, in which is has been very easy inserting some work’s planes, indispensable to the event. A 500 million euros funding has been made available to the city in order to build the necessary infrastructures, services and the racing regata field, to accommodate a spor- ting event of an international resonance. A great development of the port area has been dotained together with a good economic growing. The event has helped Valencia’s people to live the port’s area, to work for its infrastructures, to use the relax area in wich a lot of amusing activities take place. Now the big occasion of the America’s Cup in Valencia seems to have obtained the desired effects.