Ring that bell

James Spithill and the BMW Oracle Racing team to open the NASDAQ stock exchange

The BMW Oracle Racing team are to ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell on Wednesday June 30th at the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City’s Times Square.

Skipper James Spithill (AUS) will lead the American team in ringing the bell to mark the The NASDAQ Opening Bell ceremony will be simultaneously displayed on the NASDAQ MarketSite tower, NASDAQ's iconic digital sign in the heart of Times Square and the NASDAQ MarketSite broadcast studio wall.

The visit to New York City is part of a tour of the east coast of the United States. The team will visit Newport, Rhode Island (Thursday), the home of the America’s Cup for much of the 20th century.

The America’s Cup now resides at the Golden Gate Yacht Club in San Francisco, the home club of BMW Oracle Racing. Only two other
American yacht clubs have held the trophy – New York Yacht Club and San Diego Yacht Club.