2027 Pan American Games

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2027 Pan American Games
Candidatura Lima 2027.png
Bid Logo for the XX Pan American Games
Host Lima, Peru
Nations41
Events39 sports
Opening16 July 2027
Closing1 August 2027
Main venue National Stadium of Peru
←  2023 Santiago
2031  →

The 2027 Pan American Games (Spanish: Juegos Panamericanos de 2027), officially the XX Pan American Games (Spanish: XX Juegos Panamericanos) and commonly known as Lima 2027, is an upcoming international multi-sport event governed by the Panam Sports Organization. from 16 July to 1 August. It will be held for the second time in Peru's capital, Lima eight years after hosting the 2019 Pan American Games.

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Barranquilla, Colombia was initially announced as the host in August 2021. However, the city was stripped of its hosting rights in January 2024 after the country's Ministry of Sports failed to meet contractual obligation, as well as financial reasons. [1]

First Bidding process

The bidding process to determine the host of the 2027 Pan American Games was to begin in January 2021. However, in July 2021, president of Panam Sports Neven Ilic confirmed that the bidding process would be postponed until January 2022. The deadline to submit bids for the event is November 15, 2021. [2]

Host city election

On August 27, 2021, at an event in Barranquilla, Colombia, it was announced, that after a round of direct negociations the city was signed as the host of the games. [3]

Bidding results
CityNOC nameVotes
Barranquilla Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia—

Interested cities

Buenos Aires initially bid for the 2023 Pan American Games, but withdrew their bid for financial reasons. Gerardo Werthein, the president of the Argentine Olympic Committee (COA), stated, "I would like Argentina to present its Olympic candidacy for 2032, but for now, I'm only thinking about [the PanAm Games in] 2027." [4]
On January 14, 2019, the Minister of Sports of Bolivia, Tito Montaño expressed his interest for Bolivia to host the Pan American Games. Although a specific city had not been determined, Montaño stated that a candidate city would have been determined within the coming weeks since the announcement. Bolivia has never submitted a bid for the Pan American Games. [5] [6]
On October 24, 2018, Mayor of Barranquilla Alejandro Char confirmed Barranquilla's interest in the 2023 Pan American Games. After a successful hosting of the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games, Char was inspired to meet with Panam Sports President Neven Ilić Álvarez. After the meeting, Char told reporters, "After this meeting I’m feeling more calm, confident and sure than ever that we can do it ... We are going to do everything in our power to make the advancements to hold the Games that Barranquilla wants and deserves." [7]

Barranquilla loses its rights as host city

After several rounds of negotiations regarding financial guarantees were frustrated,on January 3, 2024, Barranquilla was stripped of hosting rights by PanAm Sports.This lost of rights was results of frustred rounds of negotiations with the new Colombian national and local authorities headed by the Ministry of Sports failing to meet contractual obligations, as well as failing to arrange the financial guarantees to hold the event before December 31, 2023. [8] PanAm Sports also considered legal action for damages of USD$8 million caused by no signature of the host city contract . [9]

A few days after Barranquilla was removed,the president of the Colombian Olympic Committee Ciro Solano ,made public that there was pressure from Paraguayan authorities for Colombia to have its rights as host revoked, as there were clear intentions from the city of Asunción to host the event as a replacement host.Solano claimed in an interview with AFP, "Paraguay has been insisting on holding the [2027 PanAm] Games since August". [10]

Second selection

Host city election

The new host city was confirmed at a virtual Extraordinary General Assembly on March 12, 2024.Asunción would consequently face the Peruvian capital Lima, which had hosted the 2023 Games and was seen as a safe choice, given the little time available to organize the Games and the little need for additional works.In addition to the fact that only the new Pan-American Village would need to be built. [11] [12]

Bidding results
CityNOC nameVotes
Lima Flag of Peru.svg Peru28
Asunción Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay24

Confirmed candidates

Asunción will host the 2025 Junior Pan American Games, and if it had won its bid to replace Barranquilla it would have served as a dress rehearsal for the Games, as well as being the first time Paraguay has hosted the senior Pan American Games. As Paraguay is a landlocked country, it was proposed that the surfing events be held in El Salvador, as confirmed by the El Salvador Olympic Committee, making it the first continental Central American country to host a Pan American Games event. [14]
Lima previously hosted the 2019 Pan American Games and with success and will host the 2025 Bolivarian Games.,their project will reuse 100% infrastructure from those games, in line with Olympic Agenda 2020+5. The current president of Peru, Dina Boluarte announced her support for the bid on 18 January 2024. [16]

Previously interested cities

São Paulo previously hosted the 1963 Pan American Games, and has expressed interest in bidding for the 2031 Pan American Games. Brazil last hosted the Pan American Games in 2007 in Rio de Janeiro.
Guadalajara, in the state of Jalisco, previously hosted the 2011 Pan American Games. On 16 January 2024, the Mexican Olympic Committee announced they would withdraw their bid for the 2036 Summer Olympics to focus on bidding for the Pan American Games and the Youth Olympic Games. [19]

The Games

Participating National Olympic Committees

All 41 nations of the Pan American Sports Organization are expected to compete.

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A map of all 41 participating nations
Participating National Olympic Committees

Sports

As of October 2024, the sports program has yet to be announced.

In October 2024, during the Panam Sports General Assembly held in Asunción, Paraguay, the International Cricket Council (ICC) proposed made the formal proposal for cricket to be added to this edition's program, as it will be one of the five optional sports during the 2028 Summer Olympics , which, if added, would make its Pan Am Games debut. Of the other 4 sports that were proposed by the LA2028 Organizing Committee, baseball/softball and squash are already part of the Pan American Games program.However, it is not yet known whether flag football and lacrosse will be added to the program due to the low number of federations in the Americas or due to a lack of infrastructure. [20]

See also

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