{"id":2902,"date":"2012-02-23T12:06:42","date_gmt":"2012-02-23T17:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=2902"},"modified":"2012-02-23T18:42:11","modified_gmt":"2012-02-23T23:42:11","slug":"ferris-wheels-americas-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=2902","title":{"rendered":"FERRIS WHEELS AND THE AMERICA&#8217;S CUP"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2902 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/coney-island-223484.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/coney-island-223484-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/coney-island-223484-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/coney-island-223484-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2903'>\n\t\t\t\tCONEY ISLAND\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/ferris-wheel-1-17-12-87337.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/ferris-wheel-1-17-12-87337-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/ferris-wheel-1-17-12-87337-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/ferris-wheel-1-17-12-87337-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2904'>\n\t\t\t\tROUE DE PARIS\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/ferris-wheel-chicago761.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/ferris-wheel-chicago761-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/ferris-wheel-chicago761-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/ferris-wheel-chicago761-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2905'>\n\t\t\t\tNAVY PIER CHICAGO\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/london-12-14-11-93226-Version-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/london-12-14-11-93226-Version-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/london-12-14-11-93226-Version-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/london-12-14-11-93226-Version-2-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text 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PARIS\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I remain fascinated by carnivals and amusements of the past. To see more click <a href=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakisphotography.com\/\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The comment below again came from sailing anarchy, I am inclined to agree. The America&#8217;s Cup has long moved away from the public. Yet they need the public. Many years ago, when it was a race between challenging yacht clubs, not countries, it was very accessible by the public. There is some irony here.<\/p>\n<p>It will be interesting to hear the reaction after the cup has visited Newport in June.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table width=\"563\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"559\">\n<div><strong>reader rant<\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: large;\">i don&#8217;t get it<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sailinganarchy.com\/fringe\/2012\/dont%20get%20it.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailinganarchy.com\/fringe\/2012\/dont%20get%20it.jpg_sml.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"134\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" \/><\/a>I am currently in San Francisco working about three weeks per month. So you can imagine how\u00a0 excited I was to learn that Oracle Racing&#8217;s two week practice session coincided with my visit.\u00a0 Moreover, my son Gavin, an Opti sailor, was going to be in town on the weekend that the two\u00a0 catamarans would be ripping across the bay in 20 knots of breeze. I was sure that, in the face of\u00a0 disappointing spectator interest and almost no outside sponsorship , Oracle Racing would be\u00a0 pulling out the stops with a major PR campaign. Even though it was only a practice session, of\u00a0 course there would be official spectator boats, tons of local exposure, an experiential village for the\u00a0 public, rides on the catamarans for VIPs, insane social media execution, and an all-out effort to\u00a0 build community around the event.Boy was I wrong. Neither the Oracle Racing website nor a Google search could produce any<br \/>\ninformation at all about the practice session. Not one mention! I only discovered the whereabouts of the Oracle Racing compound because I happened to meet a couple of the crew on the train to<br \/>\nwork. Otherwise the boats are completely hidden from public view in a nondescript location well<br \/>\nSouth of the City. There is absolutely zero buzz or excitement in San Francisco (as far as I can tell)\u00a0 about the America&#8217;s Cup. While my son and I did happen to see the boats sail by near St Francis\u00a0 Yacht Club one afternoon, we got no information at all from Oracle Racing or the local press. You\u00a0 get the feeling that the whole event will pass by San Francisco without anyone noticing.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m just a sports marketing guy and sailing fan. When I first heard about Larry Ellison bringing the\u00a0 America&#8217;s Cup to San Francisco, I naively believed the event had the potential to bring the sport to\u00a0 hundreds of thousands of new fans. I now see that the America&#8217;s Cup in 2013 will go down as a\u00a0 huge missed opportunity. Our sport will continue to speak to a small and insular group of people,\u00a0 and we&#8217;ll just write off any hope of building a larger fan base with our marquee event. &#8211; Anarchist\u00a0Peter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I remain fascinated by carnivals and amusements of the past. To see more click HERE. &nbsp; The comment below again came from sailing anarchy, I am inclined to agree. The America&#8217;s Cup has long moved away from the public. Yet they need the public. Many years ago, when it was a race between challenging yacht &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=2902\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">FERRIS WHEELS AND THE AMERICA&#8217;S CUP<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[632],"tags":[2397,1179],"class_list":["post-2902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-americas-cup-34-2","tag-americas-cup","tag-ferris-wheels"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2902"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2910,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2902\/revisions\/2910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}