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BIDBOOK


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INTRODUCTIONWelcome to Orlando, The City Beau ful, at the heart of Florida, at the crossroads of Northern Ameri-

can, La n -American and Caribbean cultures. We want to welcome the athletes of all Americas at the Pan

American and ParaPan American Games in 2023, for the rst me in the United States since 1987. Orlando o ers the perfect combina on of a warm weather, a large enough popula on (but not too

large, with just over 2 million inhabitants in the metropolitan area), a range of exis ng world -class sportvenues, an important number of hotel rooms (144,000 in 2012) to accommodate both the media and visi-

tors, and an interna onal airport.

THE GAMESWe plan to host the Pan American Games over a period of 17 days, star ng with the Opening Cere-

mony on Friday, July 7th and ending on Sunday, July 23rd. This has the advantage of being the least busy

period of the US sports calendar, with all major professional leagues on a break for all or part of the games.

This will give the games the media exposure they deserve.

The Para Pan American Games would take place over a period of 8 days, star ng with the Opening

Ceremony on Friday, August 4th and ending on Friday, August 11th.

We plan to host the games in venues located in four clusters across the Orlando region, taking ad-vantage of the exis ng sport infrastructures. The Main Cluster, located around the exis ng Orange County

Conven on Center and the new Pan American Sports Park, will be home to 16 sports and the Main Media

Center. The University Cluster, located on the University of Central Florida campus, at 30 minutes by road

from the Main Cluster, will host 10 sports as well as the Athletes Village. The Wide World Of Sports Clus-

ter, located on Walt Disney Worlds property, 38 minutes away from the Athletes Village and 13 minutesfrom the Main Cluster, will be home to 9 sports. The Downtown Cluster, located in Central Orlando and

home to 8 sports and the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, is 18 minutes away from the Athletes Village

and 15 minutes from the Main Cluster. Addi onal venues will be located in Orlando, Kissimmee, Lake

Picke , Lake County, and the Tampa Bay Area.


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1. Wide World Of Sports Complex

2. Orlando City Soccer Stadium

3. University Of Central Florida

4. Orange County Convention Center

5. Downtown Arena

6. Florida Citrus Bowl


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VENUE EVENTS (Pan American Games) EVENTS (ParaPan Ame-rican Games) CAPACITY

EXISTING VENUES, no permanentwork required

Baseball Quadraplex at Wide Baseball (prelims) 1,000 (incl. temporarysea ng)

Bay Hill Club Golf 1,000*

Center Court Stadium at WideWorld of Sports Complex

Tennis Wheelchair Tennis

8,500 (center court) 1,000 (court n1) 200 (other courts) (incl. temporary sea-

ng)

Champions Stadium at WideWorld of Sports Complex

Baseball (prelims and nals) 9,100

Downtown Arena Gymnas cs (ar s c, rythmic, trampoline),Basketball ( nals) 18,500

Equestrian Park at Wide World of

Sports Complex Equestrians 5,000 (incl. temporary

sea ng) Field House at Wide World ofSports Complex

Judo, Taekwondo, Karate, Wrestling Judo, Wheelchair Rugby 5,000

Florida Citrus Bowl Ceremonies 61,348

Hess Sports Fields at Wide Worldof Sports Complex

Field Hockey Football 5-a -side, Football 7

-a -side 2,500 (feld 1) 500 (feld 2)

Jay Bergman Field So ball (prelims and nals) 3,000 Orange County Conven on Center1

Badminton, Table Tennis Table Tennis 2,000 (incl. temporarysea ng)

Orange County Conven on Center2 Boxing, Weightli ing Boccia, Powerli ing

2,000 (boxing)

1,500 (weightli ing) (incl. temporary sea-

Orange County Conven on Center3

Handball (prelims), Roller Ska ng (prelims) Goalball 1,500 (incl. temporarysea ng)

Orange County Conven on Center Racquetball, Squash 1,500 (incl. temporarysea ng)

Orlando Watersports Complex Water Skiing 1,500 (incl. temporarysea ng) Silver Spurs Arena Volleyball (indoor) 8,300

St Petersburg Municipal Marina Sailing (general admissiononly)

The Venue at UCF Arena Fencing, Modern Pentathlon (Fencing)

Si ng Volleyball

2,500

UCF Arena Basketball (prelims), Handball ( nals) Wheelchair Basketball 10,045 UCF Intercollegiate Rowing Centeron Lake Picke

Canoe/Kayak (sprint), Rowing 2,000*

UCF Knights Stadium Football 45,301

UCF So ball Complex So ball (prelims) 1,000 (incl. temporarysea ng)

UCF Track and Soccer Stadium Modern Pentathlon (Equestrian,shoo ng andrunning) 2,000

PLANNED VENUES

Orlandy City Stadium Rugby Sevens 19,500 The Bowling Center at WideWorld of Sports Complex

Bowling 1,500 (incl. temporarysea ng)

* (+ general admission)

COMPETITION VENUES


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NEW PERMANENT VENUES

Pan American Sports Park BMX Cycling (BMX) 1,500

Pan American Sports Park Shoo-ng Center

Shoo ng 1,000 (fnals hall)

2,000 (outdoor events)

Pan American Sports Park Slalom Canoe/Kayak (slalom) 5,000*

Pan American Sports Park Sta- Athle cs (track and eld) Athle cs, Ceremonies 25,000

Pan American Sports Park Ve-lodrome

Cycling (track) Cycling (track) 3,000

UCF Pan American Aqua cs Cen-ter

Aqua cs (swimming), Modern Pentathlon(swimming)

Aqua cs (synchronised swimming, diving,water polo)

Aqua cs (swimming) 10,000

4,000

TEMPORARY VENUES Lake County Bike Park Cycling (mountain bike) 1,000*

Lake Eola Park Cycling (road), Swimming (open water), Tria-

thlon 1,000*

Pan American Sports Park Cycling (road) 1,000 * Pan American Sports Park ArcheryFields

Archery Archery 2,000

Pan American Sports Park Volley-ball Stadium

Volleyball (beach) 5,000

* (+ general admission)

NON-COMPETITION VENUES

CEREMONIES:

Opening and closing ceremonies will take place in the newly renovated Florida Citrus Bowl. With acapacity of over 61,000 seats, its capacity is similar to that of previous Pan American Games. As the stadi-

um will be only used for ceremonies during the games, it will be possible to create an elaborate stage de-

sign.

M IN MEDI CENTER (INTERN TION L BRO DC STING CENTER/M IN PRESS CENTER):

All media opera ons will be concentrated in the Orange County Conven on Center (North/South

Building) which o ers 88,000 square meters of space. It is located in the Main Cluster, with 16 sports tak-

ing place nearby.

THLETES VILL GE:

All athletes and o cials will be housed on the campus of University of Central Florida. By 2023,thanks to an ongoing expansion program, the campus will have a capacity of over 10,000 beds.


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