Toronto Pan Am Games 2015

Toronto D Pan Am Games 2015 On July 10th 2015, the opening ceremonies will take place for the 2015 Pan American Games at the Pam Am Ceremonies venue in Toronto. To get things rolling, here are some fun facts about the Games and what they've meant for Canada. Facts 1951 1967, 1999 1,2 3 2015 This year, Toronto is hosting the 17th edition of the Pan Am Games. The first Games were held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1951. This will be the third time that Canada has hosted. The Games were previously held in Winnipeg in 1967 and 1999, 10,000 41 51 Approximately 10,000 athletes, coaches and team officials from 41 different countries will compete in 51 sports. Hosting the games has created 26,000 jobs and 23,000 volunteer opportunities, from organizing, building, operating and managing facilities and systems to providing hospitality. There will also be 125 volunteer therapy dogs at the Althlete's Village. 23,000 26,000 125 volunteer opportunities jobs therapy dogs Canada is expected to field the largest number of athletes. Ontario's venues Games will be held in 30 venues across 15 host municipalities throughout Ontario. for the Games Games will span 5,300 square kilometres 1. Exhibition Centre 2. Exhibition Stadium 01 3. Ontario Place West Channel 4. CIBC Pan Am Park 5. Chevrolet Beach Volleyball Centre 6. Toronto Coliseum O 30 28 2-17 . 18-22 29 7. Centennial Park Pan Am BMX Centre 8. Canadian Tennis Centre 23 24 26, 27 O O 32 25 9. CIBC Pan Am / Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House 31 0 33 10. Pan Am Ceremonies Venue 11. Pan Am / Parapan Am Fields 12. Pan Am Bowling Centre 13. Sugar Beach 14. Ryerson Athletic Centre 15. University of Toronto Scarborough Tennis Centre 16. Varsity Stadium 17. CIBC Pan Am / Parapan Am Athletics Stadium (Toronto) 25. Mississauga Sports Centre 26. Cisco Milton Pan Am / Parapan Am Velodrome 18. Abilities Centre 27. Milton Time Trial Course 19. President's Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark 28. Hardwood Mountain Bike 20. Angus Glen Golf Club 29. Pan Am Shooting Centre 21. Atos Markham Pan Am / Parapan Am Centre 30. Minden Wild Water Preserve 22. Oshawa Sports Centre 31. CIBC Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium 23. Pan Am Cross-Country Centre 32. Royal Canadian Henley Rowing Course 33. Welland Pan Am Flatwater Centre 24. OLG Caledon Pan Am Equostrian Park The most significant investments in venues for the Games: Athlete's Village $709,000,000 Markham Pan Am Centre $34,000,000 University of Toronto Goldring Centre for High Performance Sport $22,500,000 Hamilton Stadium $22,500,000 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 $ (million) Traveling during the Games To ease traffic congestion and help out-of-town travelers attend the Games, the Union Pearson Express operates between the country's two busiest transportation hubs, Toronto Pearson 25 mins for $27.50 International Airport and Union Station in downtown Toronto. The trip takes 25 minutes and costs $27,50 To accommodate travel during the Games, 235 kilometres of temporary HOV lanes have been created on all of the arterial roadways that are part of the 1,500 km Games Route Network. 235 km The Mascot $383, 045 6. PACHI, the Porcupine, is the mascot for the Games. He has 41 multicolored quills, one for each of the participating countries. It has cost more than $383,000 to develop and promote PACHI. The cycling track The brand new $56-million Cisco Milton Pan Am / Parapan Am Velodrome was built to stage cycling events at the Games. For over a month, a crew of over 50 carpenters installed nearly 60 kilometres of Siberian spruce wood to build the 230 metre long track which boasts 42-degree banks. 80-millimetre nails were hammered into every 30 centimetres of wood, by hand. No drills, no nail guns. The Beach Volleyball Stadium 185 dump trucks will bring in 50,000 cubic feet of finely filtered sand to build the five-court beach volleyball stadium at the Exhibition Centre. x185 Sources: toronto2015.org'about-us/pan-am-games www1.tororto.ca/wpa/portalcontentonlyivgnextoid-eszablc851241ovgnivCM10000071080eORCRDFACB toronto2015.org/volunteer toronto2015.orgvenues ontario.ca/travel-and-recreation/pan-am-parapan-am-games-toronto-2015 ontario.ca/travel-and-recreation/about-pan-amparapan-am-games toronto2015.org/venues ontario.ca/travel-and-recreation/pan-amparapan-am-games-budget ontario.ca/travel-and-recreation/pan-amparapan-am-games-transit-driving-and-traffio-routes thestar.com/newalgta/panamgames/2014/11/24/prepare_for_the gidock pan_am_games_trafic plans_indlude exponded hov lanes.html news.nationalpoet.com/hewa/canada/provinces-trafic-strategy-for pan-am-games-ack-nicely-for-ontario-drivers-to-carpool A Division of DUFF&PHELPS theglobeandmal.com/newstorontotoronto-pan-am-games-mascot-has-cost-taxpayers-383045-s0-tarlaricle21712033 news.nationalpost.com/sports/velodrome-bult-for 2015-pan-am-games-haled-as-new-home-for-canadan-cycling thestar.com/hews/gta/panamgames/2013/12/13/pan am.games_a_calculated scramble_to_toronto_2015.html American Appraisal.