PASO received two bids to host the 2023 Pan American Games and Parapan games from Santiago, Chile and Buenos Aires, Argentina. Later in the bidding process, Buenos Aires withdrew their bid, leaving Santiago as the sole bidder. Santiago was elected as the host city on November 4, 2017.[1] PASO originally intended to hold the host city election in Lima, Peru which would also be the venue of the 55th PASO General Assembly, but moved the venue to Prague, Czech Republic, the venue of the 22nd ANOC General Assembly to allow Peru to focus on Pan American Games preparations.[2][3]
| Overview | |
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| XIX Pan American Games VII Parapan American Games | |
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| Winner: Santiago | |
| Details | |
| Committee | PASO |
| Election venue | Prague, Czech Republic 55th PASO General Assembly |
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| Important dates | |
| Bid | February 1, 2017 |
| Decision | November 4, 2017 |
| Decision | |
| Winner | Santiago |
Candidate cities
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Santiago, Chile
The Chilean Olympic Committee (COCH) presented a last minute bid on January 31, 2017, right before the deadline to submit bids.[4] Neven Ilic, president of the COCh, said the bid would use the 2014 South American Games as base.[5] Santiago bid to host the 2019 Pan American Games, and was awarded the 1975 and 1987 Pan American Games but both times financial difficulties and political problems forced the organizers to withdraw. Santiago was selected to host the 2023 Pan American Games on November 4, 2017.[6]
Cancelled bids
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
The Argentine Olympic Committee confirmed Buenos Aires' bid on January 27, 2017, after president Mauricio Macri and chief of government Horacio Rodríguez Larreta signed supporting letters. Rosario or Mar del Plata would host some open water events.[7] The Argentine capital hosted the first Pan American Games, the 2006 South American Games and the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. However, on April 21, 2017, the Argentine Olympic Committee withdrew the Buenos Aires bid, leaving Santiago as the only candidate city.[8] Werthein told reporters, "I would like Argentina to present its Olympic candidacy for 2032, but for now I’m only thinking about (the PanAm Games in) 2027 ... The budget necessary to organize the Pan American Games was $650 million... It’s too much for this moment in Argentina."[9]
Showed preliminary interest in bidding
editOther cities in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Puerto Rico expressed interest in bidding but failed to submit bids when applications were due.
References
edit- ^ "CANDIDATE CITIES PAN AMERICAN GAMES 2023" (PDF). PASO. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 11, 2017.
- ^ "PASO Moves General Assembly to Prague". Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
- ^ Prague replaces Lima as host of PASO Ordinary General Assembly
- ^ "Santiago and Buenos Aires Will Compete To Host 2023 Pan American Games".
- ^ "Presidente del COCH: Chile debe postular de inmediato a los Juegos Panamericanos 2023".
- ^ Santiago confirmed as host of 2023 Pan American Games
- ^ "Buenos Aires se postulará para organizar los Juegos Panamericanos 2023 y podría ser la única candidata". Archived from the original on January 30, 2017. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
- ^ "Santiago virtual sede de los Panamericanos del 2023 tras la baja de Buenos Aires". AS Chile. April 21, 2017.
- ^ "Buenos Aires drops out of running for 2023 PanAm Games". Reuters. April 21, 2017. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
- ^ "Panamericanos 2023: El Congreso acompañará la postulación de Mar del Plata". Archived from the original on October 11, 2017. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
- ^ "Rosario irá por la candidatura de los Juegos Panamericanos 2023".
- ^ "Pan em SP só com dinheiro privado".
- ^ "Radicado en el Congreso proyecto para que Cali sea Distrito Especial". Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
- ^ "PANAMERICANOS 2023, PRÓXIMO RETO PARA MEDELLÍN". Archived from the original on April 13, 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Bogotá será postulada como sede de los Juegos Panamericanos 2023". Archived from the original on February 16, 2017. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
- ^ "Puerto Rico solicitará la sede de los Juegos Panamericanos 2023 -VÍDEO".