2023 Parapan American Games

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VII Parapan American Games
File:2023 Pan American Games logo.svg
HostSantiago, Chile
MottoFollow Your Passion
Spanish: Sigue Tu Pasión
Nations participating31
Events17 sports
Opening ceremonyNovember 17
Closing ceremonyNovember 25
Main venueChile National Stadium

The 2023 Parapan American Games, officially the VII Pan American Games and commonly known as the Santiago 2023 ParaPan-Am Games, is an international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities. It celebrates the tradition of the Parapan American Games as governed by the Americas Paralympic Committee and is scheduled to be held from November 17 to 25 in Santiago, Chile.[1]

Development and preparation

Budget

The budget for the games is $507 million USD, with $170 million reserved for the building of ten new sporting venues and the upgrade of six arenas.[2] The budget is about 36% of what was spent for the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada and 50% of the last Pan American Games in 2019, in Lima, Peru.[3]

Venues

Main article: Venues of the 2023 Pan American and Parapan American Games
National Stadium is the main stadium for the games.

Various venues across Santiago will host the games.[4]

In June 2022, organizers revealed the final venue plan consisting of 41 competition venues. 14 of the 41 will be used for the Games.[5] The venues span four regions of the country: Santiago, Valparaíso, O'Higgins and Biobío, however all Parapan venues are located in the Santiago area.[6]

Athletes Village

In December 2021, a ceremony was held to lay the first brick for the village. The village is expected to cost approximately $100 million USD, and will consist of 1,345 apartments.[7] After the games, the village will be converted to social housing. The village is being built in the Cerrillos Bicentennial Park community of Santiago.[8]

The Games

Participating National Paralympic Committees

There will be 33 nations participating.

Participating National Paralympic Committees

Sports

Events in 17 sports will be held during the 2023 Parapan American Games. Archery returns to the sports program for the first time since 2015, while sitting volleyball has been dropped from the games.[9]

Marketing

Emblem

2023 is the icon of the Games. It represents the target and goal of athletes and the organization, but also the beginning the legacy that will be built.

The creative inspiration comes from sports: geometry, angles, links and also the movement and dynamism that are and have always been present in sports particular form of expression. The morphology originates from sports venues and the connections between them, generating active life circuits that merge with the city. These forms build a distinctive and particular language, that represents both the spirit and essence of sports, as well as its integration with an active urban lifestyle.  

The color palette is inspired in the current city of Santiago and its future projection: a vibrant, modern, entertaining and multicultural city, that connects with its inhabitants and attracts its visitors.

The official emblem was unveiled on July 17, 2019, at the Centro de Alto Rendimiento CAR. The emblem was designed by Consultora b2o.

Mascot

For the election of the official mascot of the games, a vote will be held on the Internet from August 5 to 25, 2021 among the 5 options presented: «Fiu», a seven-colored bird; «Pewü», a pine nut of araucaria; «Chitama», a runner lizard from Atacama; «Juanchi», a penguin; and «Santi», a winged puma.[10][11]

Slogan

The slogan was unveiled the same day as the emblem. The slogan of the games is "Follow Your Passion" (Spanish: "Sigue tu pasión").

See also

References

  1. ^ Livingstone, Robert (November 4, 2017). "Santiago To Host 2023 Pan American Games". Games Bids Inc. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  2. ^ Berkeley, Geoff (September 26, 2021). "Chilean President features Santiago 2023 prominently in $82.1 billion budget for 2022". Inside the Games. Dunsar Media. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
  3. ^ "Toronto 2015 Budget and Financial Performance - Q3 FY2015" (PDF). TO2015. February 13, 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 21, 2015. Retrieved February 21, 2015.
  4. ^ Lloyd, Owen (November 15, 2021). "Viña del Mar, Valparaíso and Algarrobo to act as Santiago 2023 sub-sites". Inside the Games. Dunsar Media. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
  5. ^ "Santiago 2023 Officially Confirms Sports Venues". www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. June 14, 2022. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
  6. ^ Burke, Patrick (June 15, 2022). "Santiago 2023 Pan American and Parapan American Games venues set to cover 19 Chilean districts". Inside the Games. Dunsar Media. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
  7. ^ "Santiago 2023 Lays the First Stone of the Pan American Village". www.anocolympic.org/. Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC). December 15, 2021. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
  8. ^ Dowdeswell, Andrew (December 15, 2021). "Santiago 2023 Organising Committee lays first stone of Athletes' Village". Inside the Games. Dunsar Media. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
  9. ^ Pavitt, Michael (December 16, 2020). "Archery returns to Parapan American Games but sitting volleyball not included at Santiago 2023". Inside the Games. Dunsar Media. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
  10. ^ "Desde un piñón a un lagarto de Atacama: las cinco mascotas que luchan por ser la figura de Santiago 2023". La Tercera (in Spanish). August 5, 2021.
  11. ^ "¡A votar! Los juegos Panamericanos de Santiago 2023 busca su mascota entre cinco candidatos: Fiu, Pewü, Chitama, Juanchi y Santi" (in Spanish). August 5, 2021.

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