Bids for the 2019 Pan American Games

Four cities submitted bids to host the 2019 Pan American Games and Parapan games that were recognized by the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO), all four of which made the PASO Executive Committee's shortlist. PASO selected a host city for the 2019 Pan American Games at the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel in Toronto, Canada on October 11, 2013, which Lima won. The other shortlisted cities were Santiago, Chile, La Punta, Argentina, and Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela.^[1]

Bids for the
2019 (2019) Pan and Parapan
American Games

Overview
XVIII Pan American Games VI Parapan American Games
Winner: Lima Candidate: Santiago · La Punta, San Luis · Ciudad Bolívar
Details
Committee	PASO
Election venue	Toronto, Canada 51st PASO General Assembly
Map
Location of the bidding cities
Important dates
Bid	January 31, 2013
Decision	October 11, 2013
Decision
Winner	Lima (31 votes)
Santiago and La Punta were both runners-up.

Lima won an absolute majority of votes after just one round of voting, eliminating the need for subsequent rounds of voting. PASO delegates and the media identified a number of factors in its favor, including the size of the country, safety, experience in staging multi sporting events, government guarantees, security and cleanliness.

Host city selection

On May 1, 2013, the National Olympic Committee (NOC) members of PASO were informed of the confirmation of the four candidate cities to host the 2019 Pan American Games. Each city was required to pay a deposit of $50,000 by that date, in which each one fulfilled, in order to continue with the election process. From April 30 to May 8, the Evaluation Commission carried out its visits to Ciudad Bolivar, La Punta, Santiago de Chile and Lima, in that order.^[2]

Lima was selected as the host city for the 2019 Pan American Games on October 11, 2013 by PASO at the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel in Toronto, Canada on October 11, 2013.^[1]

2019 Pan American Games bidding results
City	NOC	Round 1
Lima	Peru	31
Santiago	Chile	9
La Punta	Argentina	9
Ciudad Bolívar	Venezuela	8

Candidate cities overview

Candidate cities

Logo	City	Country	National Olympic Committee	Result
	Lima	Peru	Peruvian Olympic Committee (COP)	Winner
	Lima 2019 was a successful bid for the 2019 Pan American Games by the president of the Peruvian Institute of Sport and the Peruvian Olympic Committee.[3] The Pan American Village was planned to be located in El Callao, with a capacity of 9,000 people on 43 hectares (430,000 m2) in 60 buildings.[4] Lima had previously submitted a bid for the Pan American Games to host the 2015 Pan American Games, but lost out to Toronto.[5] On the Olympic circuit, Peru hosted the 1990 South American Games, the 1947 Bolivarian Games, the 1997 Bolivarian Games, and the 2012 Bolivarian Beach Games.[4]
	Santiago	Chile	Chilean Olympic Committee (COCH)	First runner-up
	During the 2011 Pan American Games, the Chilean capital had been lobbying for these games, and stated their 2014 South American Games venues are being built to high Panamerican standards.[6] Their interest was confirmed in March 2012 when the Secretary of Sports and the President of the Chilean Olympic Committee presented their bid at the Assembly of the Pan American Sports Organization.[7][8][9] The city of Santiago proposed to have the 2019 Pan American Games held from October 8 to 25, and the city estimated a budget of US$658 million for funding the Games. The Pan American Village was planned to have 26 apartment buildings, shopping areas, a press and television center, pools and recreation areas, and 115,000 square meters of green areas.[4] Although the bid failed, Santiago was elected to host the 2023 Pan American Games in 2017.[10]
	La Punta	Argentina	Argentine Olympic Committee (COA)	First runner-up
	On June 14, 2012, the Argentine Olympic Committee selected La Punta, San Luis to be put forward as Argentina's bidding city for the 2019 Pan American Games. The city was selected over Rosario by a vote of 30 to 20.[11] La Punta aimed to hold the first fully sustainable Pan American Games, with the use of hybrid transport, wind and solar energy, and the "Plant Awareness, Plant a Tree" campaign, where each athlete competing in the Games would plant a tree. To that end, the Pan American Village was to be called the Pan American Green Village. The city's budget for the Games was to be split into three parts: sports infrastructure and the Green Village, refurbishment not related to sports facilities (such as airport and highways), and operation expenditure.[4] In addition to La Punta's bid for the Pan American Games, Buenos Aires bid to host the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics and was elected as the host city on July 4, 2013.[12]
	Ciudad Bolívar	Venezuela	Venezuelan Olympic Committee (COV)	Third runner-up
	The city of Ciudad Bolívar proposed to hold the 2019 Pan American Games from September 20 to October 6, 2019, with the 2019 Parapan American games held from October 20 to November 30, citing that the city would be "surrounded by a landscape of lush beautiful greenery." With an estimated a budget of US$1.5 billion (VEB 9.6 billion) for funding the Games, the city planned to develop the outskirts of the city, such as building world-class sports facilities, hotels, and the 292 hectares (1.13 sq mi) Pan American village. The village was expected to hold 12,000 athletes and officials and would have encompassed a total number of 68, five-story buildings, such as offices, stores, and gyms.[4]

Candidate cities venues list

Note that the selected candidate cities may have slightly changed venues plan in the final proposal to PASO.

Event		Lima	Santiago	La Punta	Ciudad Bolívar
		PER	CHI	ARG	VEN
Pan American Games dates		26 Jul – 11 Aug	8 Oct – 25 Oct	October	20 Sep – 6 Oct
Parapan American Games dates					20 Oct – 30 Nov
Opening and closing ceremonies		National Stadium of Peru	Chile National Stadium
Aquatics
	Diving	Campus Marte	Chile National Stadium	Sports Theme Park
	Swimming	Campus Marte	Chile National Stadium	Sports Theme Park
	Synchronized swimming	Campus Marte	Chile National Stadium	Sports Theme Park
	Swimming (open)	Ring 1 (Callao)
	Water polo	Campus Marte	Chile National Stadium	Sports Theme Park
Archery		Lima Cricket and Football Club	Peñalolen Sports Park	Pan American Archery Venue
Athletics		Miguel Grau Complex
Badminton		Villa Deportiva Nacional	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico (CEO 1)	The Racquet Centre
Basketball		Eduardo Dibós Coliseum	El Salto Sports Center	Pan American Sports Stadium
Boxing		Miguel Grau Complex	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico (CEO 2)	Jose Maria Gatica Sports Venue (Villa Mercedes)
Canoeing		Ring 1 (Callao)	Lake Curauma	Florida Reservoir (San Luis Province)
Cycling
	Cycling	Villa Deportiva Nacional	Velódromo Peñalolén
	Cycling (road)	Peru Highway 1	Santiago Street Circuit	San Luis / La Punta Highway and Potrero de los Funes Circuit
	Cycling (BMX)	New venue (San Juan de Lurigancho district)	Peñalolen Sports Park	Sports Theme Park
	Mountain bike	Manchay (Pachacamac District)	Santiago Metropolitan Park
Equestrian
	Dressage	Huachipa Equestrian Club	Quillota Equestrian Center	Estancia Grande Polo Club
	Eventing	Huachipa Equestrian Club	Quillota Equestrian Center	Estancia Grande Polo Club
	Jumping	Huachipa Equestrian Club	Quillota Equestrian Center	Estancia Grande Polo Club
Fencing		La Punta Coliseum	Chimkowe
Field hockey		New venue	Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo	Sports Theme Park
Football		Campus Marte	Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander
Golf		Los Inkas Golf Club	San Cristóbal Polo and Riding Club
Gymnastics		Villa Deportiva Nacional	Movistar Arena	Sports Centre C
Handball		Villa Deportiva Nacional	Chile National Stadium	Sports Stadium B
Hockey		Miraflores District
Judo		Sports Coliseum of the Catholic University of Peru	Viña del Mar Sports Center	Sports Theme Park
Modern pentathlon		Miguel Grau Complex	Chilean Military Academy	Sports Theme Park
Rowing		Ring 1 (Callao)		Florida Reservoir (San Luis Province)
Rugby 7		Newton College	High Performance Center (CARR)
Sailing		Ring 1 (Callao)	Lake Curauma or Higuerillas Yacht Club	Florida Reservoir (San Luis Province)
Shooting		FAP Captain José Abelardo Quiñones González International Airport	Shooting Range	Pan American Shooting Range
Table tennis		Coliseum of the Peruvian-Chinese School John XXIII	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico (CEO 1)	Sports Theme Park
Taekwondo		Manuel Bonilla Stadium	Ramón Cruz Sports Center
Tennis		Miraflores Las Terrazas Tennis Club	Chile National Stadium	Sports Theme Park
Triathlon		Near La Punta District	Viña del Mar Street Circuits
Volleyball
	Beach Volley	Miraflores District	Peñalolen Sports Park	Pan American Beach Volleyball Stadium
	Indoor Volleyball	Coliseum of Lima	Playa Ancha Sports Club (Valparaíso)
Weightlifting		Hotel Maria Angola (Miraflores District)	Ramón Cruz Sports Center
Wrestling		Sports Coliseum of the Catholic University of Peru	Viña del Mar Sports Center

• Italics indicate venue does not yet exist.

Showed preliminary interest in bidding

• Bogotá, Colombia ^[13]
• Puerto Rico^[14][15]

A number of cities had been mentioned as possible bids from Puerto Rico such as San Juan, Ponce, Mayagüez and Caguas.

• San Salvador, El Salvador^[16][17]
• Miami, United States

During the 2011 Pan American Games, United States Olympic Committee chief Scott Blackmun said that the United States would be interested in hosting the Pan American Games at some point.^[18] Miami had been mentioned as a potential bidder for the 2019 Games.^[19]

• Montevideo, Uruguay^[20]