Pan American Games has another candidate: a city with better infrastructure would beat Barranquilla
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The Pan American Games are the priority of Gustavo Petro’s Government after losing the venue on January 3, it is doing everything possible to recover said organization from Panam Sports and the president announced actions for that objective, but with competitors such as Asunción and, now, a new city.
Although the Colombian head of state assured that the Atlantic capital had a certain advantage to win again because its sports infrastructure is in good condition, A new candidate would have better scenarios suitable for international competition.
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On January 26, Panam Sports, through its president Neven Ilic, will meet with President Petro to discuss the games, the Foreign Ministry is in lobby to convince other Latin American countries to support Colombia and the pending money, which is eight million dollars, is ready to be disbursed and continue with the initial process in Barranquilla.
After Barranquilla lost the venue for the Pan American Games, different cities showed interest in hosting the games and the first was Asunción (Paraguay), with an official announcement on Thursday, January 11, and would be followed by none other than Lima (Peru) and with better conditions.
Through a letter, the mayor of the Peruvian capital, Rafael Aliaga, asked Panam Sports to take into account the application of the Olympic Committee of that country, guaranteeing that it will comply with all rules, agreements and conditions of Panam Sports, so as not to make the same mistakes of the Sandy.
“In this regard, as Provincial Mayor of the Metropolitan Municipality of Lima, I express my support for the Peruvian Olympic Committee to hold the XX Pan American Games 2027, in the city of Lima-Peru and, if they grant us the venue, we commit to respecting the statute. of PANAM SPORTS, the regulations of the Pan American Games and any agreement signed between Panam Sports and the City of Lima and/or the Organizing Committee including, but not limited to, the Contract with the City of Lima,” the document says.
In addition to that, the local president assured that the best conditions will be offered for attendees: “We will provide all the facilities to athletes, leaders, officials, judges, media representatives and other participants during the Pan American Games.”
However, Mayor Aliaga told Peru 21 that The approval of President Dina Boluarte is missing to officially announce Lima’s aspiration: “I still don’t have an answer, because it is up to the central government to ask for the headquarters.”
During a press conference on Tuesday, January 9, President Gustavo Petro stated that Barranquilla could host the Pan American Games again because they preserved the sports venues of the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games, which would only need to do some remodeling work.
“It is difficult for other countries to have that infrastructure that Colombia has available in the short term to be presented as a guarantee for the holding of the Games. So the best letter of introduction is that we have already held games, both Pan American and Central American, and we have developed a good sports infrastructure in the cities that have been candidates,” he stated.
Unfortunately for the SandyLima would win that fight because the city hosted the 2019 edition of said fairsthe majority were located on the outskirts of the metropolitan area and divided into five clusters to give fans the ease of reaching certain disciplines.
In the city, only the opening and closing ceremonies were held at the National Stadium, and the soccer matches at the Universidad Mayor de San Marcos stadium. The other competitions were held in the districts of San Miguel, San Luis, San Borja, La Molina, Miraflores, Villa María del Triunfo, Chorrillos, Surco, Villa El Salvador, Jesús María, San Isidro and Punta Negra.
Added to that, Other places were also used such as the city of Callao, the department of Ica, and the provinces of Cañete and Lunahuaná, these two belong to the department of Lima. and allowed logistics to accommodate the 39 sports of the 2019 Pan American Games.
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