Organizers of the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games are scaling down the geographic scope of the Games to keep within its $1.4 billion budget.
Toronto Pan Am Park will host more than a dozen sports, such as road cycling, triathlon, squash and rugby, while the Pan Am complex at the Scarborough campus of the University of Toronto will host aquatic and field sports such as swimming, diving and pentathlon.
There will be other clusters located around the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) including Mississauga, Markham, Etobicoke, as well as the University of Toronto’s downtown complex, and another at York University.
Organizers say putting more sports in one venue will keep costs down to help the organizing committee stay within its budget.
Ian Troop, Toronto 2015 CEO said, “we’re using a combination of new construction and repurposing of existing facilities. That means affordable, accessible Games as well as an important legacy of new facilities throughout the region”.
Organizers say putting more sports in one venue will keep costs down to stay within budget.
The revised Toronto 2015 plan, which still requires final approval, involves 11 municipalities and three universities hosting 36 sports.
The original 2009 Toronto 2015 bid book involved 16 municipalities hosting 36 sports at more than 40 venues.
