2026 South American Games: Pullaro opens Latin America's top range | OneFootball

The Invencible International Sports Shooting Center was inaugurated this Saturday. It features 80 shooting lanes, three international shotgun ranges, and state-of-the-art technology approved by the International Shooting Sport Federation.

Governor Maximiliano Pullaro led the inauguration ceremony this Saturday in Recreo for the Invencible International Sports Shooting Center, a sports facility with unique characteristics in the country that will shine at the South American Games. It is the most modern shooting center in Argentina, with equipment and technology designed for the development of high-level competitions.

First, the governor recalled that “when, almost three years ago, we made the decision to host the South American Games in the province of Santa Fe, it was not an easy time; it was a very big challenge, because the province was not going through a good moment. But we understood that with great determination we would be able to offer a future outlook and support to many young people through the values of sport, which are the values and legacy that the South American Games will leave behind.”

Along those same lines, he stressed that “the culture of effort and sport shapes you so that you can build a better society. And that is what we understood at that difficult moment in the history of the province of Santa Fe: that we would be able to carry it forward. And today we are inaugurating sports infrastructure throughout the province that will make us the national capital of sport, and internationally as well, because we have the best sports infrastructure in our country and in many places in Latin America.”

“The most modern in Latin America”

Pullaro highlighted the efficiency of the State in carrying out the different works being inaugurated for the Games, and said that the one in Recreo will be “the most modern Shooting Center in Latin America,” which will also make it possible for “many people from the province and the country to come and hold sporting events. That is also an opportunity for sports tourism, for our hotels and gastronomy to flourish, for many local residents to find job opportunities, and for this to be a legacy that remains in this city and in this region.”

The new venue will be one of the sites for the 2026 South American Games, from September 12 to 26, and will host the athletes competing in the sport shooting events during the competition. Its infrastructure was designed under international standards and includes spaces for different modalities, from rifle and pistol to shotgun disciplines.

The event was also attended by ministers Fabián Bastia (Government and Public Innovation), Victoria Tejeda (Equality and Human Development), Pablo Cococcioni (Justice and Security), and Pablo Olivares (Economy); provincial senator for the La Capital department Julio Garibaldi; the mayors of Recreo and Santa Fe, Omar Colombo and Juan Pablo Poletti, respectively; Public Works Secretary Marcelo Pascualón; Provincial Undersecretary of Architecture Lucas Condal; among other authorities, along with representatives of Renar and leading Argentine shooting athletes, including Olympians Alexis Eberhardt and Amelia Fourne.

A venue prepared for top-level competition

The Invencible International Sports Shooting Center was designed to host competitions in different modalities. It has 80 shooting lanes: 30 at 10 meters, 20 at 25 meters, and 30 at 50 meters.

In addition, there are three shotgun fields for the Skeet and Trap disciplines. The venue also has seating capacity for 448 spectators and designated areas for athletes, delegations, authorities, press, and the public.

The event featured Alliana Volkart, medalist at the 2018 Odesur Games and participant in the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games. The athlete, originally from San Carlos, took part in the inauguration.

Among the main figures of the day were also Alexis Eberhardt and Amelia Fourne, both Olympic representatives, who took part in the activities scheduled during the opening.

A project designed for after the Games

The project was conceived to continue operating once the international competition is over and includes future expansions both in the shooting lanes and in the fields intended for shotgun disciplines.

In that sense, the work is part of one of the main legacies of Santa Fe 2026: the infrastructure built and renovated to host the athletes. The Province is making an investment of more than 90 million dollars in works related to the Games, with 75 million dollars in external financing granted by CAF (Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean), in addition to contributions from the provincial treasury.

The intervention also extended to the surrounding area of the complex, with internal roads, drainage, paving, lighting, sidewalks, pedestrian paths, parking areas, and green spaces.

In addition, tactile paving slabs were installed to improve accessibility, along with new electrical infrastructure, water and sewer networks, and sports lighting prepared to meet the demands of top-level competition.

Recreo gets ready to welcome the athletes

With the inauguration of the Invencible International Sports Shooting Center, Recreo is now ready to host one of the disciplines that will be part of Santa Fe 2026. The South American Games will bring together more than 4,000 athletes from 15 countries, competing in 43 sports and more than 60 disciplines across the three host cities.

During the days of competition, the new venue in Recreo will be the meeting point for the sport shooting events, in a discipline that will now have a space especially prepared for high performance.

For the town, the opening also represents the addition of a venue that will remain after the Games and can be used for new competitions and for the growth of sport shooting in the region.

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