Team NZ's main sponsor rubbishes talk of America's Cup being taken to UAEGETTY IMAGES Emirates Airline staff accompanied Team New Zealand on their victory parades around New Zealand with the America's Cup. Team New Zealand's major sponsor has rubbished speculation of the America's Cup being taken to the United Arab Emirates but says the regatta could easily be staged there. STUFF Euro founder Leo Molloy said Auckland Council had gone for a "compromised plan" in regards to the proposed America's Cup base. Usually the way it works is in the build-up to the America's Cup it involves a lot of other stages and destinations," Boutros said. Auckland Council are due to make a decision on their preferred America's Cup base location on December 14.

Source: Stuff November 30, 2017 20:29 UTC