Panam Sports committee visits COB to assess Rio-Niterói’s Pan Am Games bid | OneFootball

The Panam Sports Evaluation Commission began on Wednesday the inspection of facilities in Rio de Janeiro and Niterói, cities competing to host the 2031 Pan American Games. The group, composed of five members and led by President Neven Ilic, will stay until Friday to visit the sports structures presented in the bid dossier.

Ilic explained the purpose of the visit by stating: “It is an honor to be here in Rio de Janeiro. The idea is to be able to reconfirm all the proposals that Rio and Niterói presented in their bid dossier. We will analyze in detail over these three days all the planning, infrastructure, and programming prepared. I thank the cities for following this process, which will be decided on October 10.”

The agenda is led by the president of the COB, Marco La Porta, with the presence of mayors Eduardo Paes and Rodrigo Neves. The initial itinerary started at the Barra Olympic Park, which houses a large part of the arenas planned for the competitions.

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La Porta highlighted the moment for the cities and the potential of the project: “We are very happy with the visit from Panam Sports. We know the capacity of our cities to deliver major sporting events to the world. We have worked hard and this visit will be very fruitful. We have a project with a lot of cooperation with other countries in the Americas, since our facilities are practically ready. I am sure that Rio and Niterói will be ready to put on a great show. Now it is time to work until the end so that on the 10th we can win the right to host the Pan American Games.”

Throughout the day, the evaluators visited venues such as the Maria Lenk Aquatic Park, the Rio Olympic Museum, the Velodrome, and multi-use arenas that have been in operation since 2016. The visits are conducted with technical support from both city halls and the COB.

The delegation also visited the Brazilian Olympic Committee Training Center, where they saw areas dedicated to artistic gymnastics, presented by Jade Barbosa, as well as the High Performance Center.

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