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INTRODUCTION
Welcome to Orlando, The City Beautful, at the heart of Florida, at the crossroads of Northern Ameri-
can, Latn-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 frst tme in the United States since 1987.
Orlando ofers the perfect combinaton of a warm weather, a large enough populaton (but not too
large, with just over 2 million inhabitants in the metropolitan area), a range of existng world-class sport
venues, an important number of hotel rooms (144,000 in 2012) to accommodate both the media and visi-
tors, and an internatonal airport.

THE GAMES
We plan to host the Pan American Games over a period of 17 days, startng 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, startng 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 existng sport infrastructures. The Main Cluster, located around the existng Orange County
Conventon 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 minutes
from 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. Additonal venues will be located in Orlando, Kissimmee, Lake
Picket, Lake County, and the Tampa Bay Area.
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6. 5.
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
VENUE EVENTS (Pan American Games)
EVENTS (ParaPan Ame-
rican Games)
CAPACITY
EXISTING VENUES, no permanent
work required


Baseball Quadraplex at Wide Baseball (prelims)
1,000 (incl. temporary
seatng)
Bay Hill Club Golf 1,000*
Center Court Stadium at Wide
World of Sports Complex
Tennis Wheelchair Tennis
8,500 (center court)
1,000 (court n1)
200 (other courts)
(incl. temporary sea-
tng)
Champions Stadium at Wide
World of Sports Complex
Baseball (prelims and fnals) 9,100
Downtown Arena
Gymnastcs (artstc, rythmic, trampoline),
Basketball (fnals)
18,500
Equestrian Park at Wide World of
Sports Complex
Equestrians
5,000 (incl. temporary
seatng)
Field House at Wide World of
Sports Complex
Judo, Taekwondo, Karate, Wrestling Judo, Wheelchair Rugby 5,000
Florida Citrus Bowl Ceremonies 61,348
Hess Sports Fields at Wide World
of Sports Complex
Field Hockey
Football 5-a-side, Football 7
-a-side
2,500 (feld 1)
500 (feld 2)
Jay Bergman Field Sofball (prelims and fnals) 3,000
Orange County Conventon Center
1
Badminton, Table Tennis Table Tennis
2,000 (incl. temporary
seatng)
Orange County Conventon Center
2
Boxing, Weightlifing Boccia, Powerlifing
2,000 (boxing)
1,500 (weightlifing)
(incl. temporary sea-
Orange County Conventon Center
3
Handball (prelims), Roller Skatng (prelims) Goalball
1,500 (incl. temporary
seatng)
Orange County Conventon Center Racquetball, Squash
1,500 (incl. temporary
seatng)
Orlando Watersports Complex Water Skiing
1,500 (incl. temporary
seatng)
Silver Spurs Arena Volleyball (indoor) 8,300
St Petersburg Municipal Marina Sailing
(general admission
only)
The Venue at UCF Arena Fencing, Modern Pentathlon (Fencing) Sitng Volleyball 2,500
UCF Arena Basketball (prelims), Handball (fnals) Wheelchair Basketball 10,045
UCF Intercollegiate Rowing Center
on Lake Picket
Canoe/Kayak (sprint), Rowing 2,000*
UCF Knights Stadium Football 45,301
UCF Sofball Complex Sofball (prelims)
1,000 (incl. temporary
seatng)
UCF Track and Soccer Stadium
Modern Pentathlon (Equestrian,shootng and
running)
2,000

PLANNED VENUES
Orlandy City Stadium Rugby Sevens 19,500
The Bowling Center at Wide
World of Sports Complex
Bowling
1,500 (incl. temporary
seatng)

* (+ general admission)
COMPETITION VENUES
NEW PERMANENT VENUES
Pan American Sports Park BMX Cycling (BMX) 1,500
Pan American Sports Park Shoo-
tng Center
Shootng
1,000 (fnals hall)
2,000 (outdoor events)
Pan American Sports Park Slalom Canoe/Kayak (slalom) 5,000*
Pan American Sports Park Sta- Athletcs (track and feld) Athletcs, Ceremonies 25,000
Pan American Sports Park Ve-
lodrome
Cycling (track) Cycling (track) 3,000
UCF Pan American Aquatcs Cen-
ter
Aquatcs (swimming), Modern Pentathlon
(swimming)
Aquatcs (synchronised swimming, diving,
water polo)
Aquatcs (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 Archery
Fields
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 a
capacity 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.

MAIN MEDIA CENTER (INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING CENTER/MAIN PRESS CENTER):
All media operatons will be concentrated in the Orange County Conventon Center (North/South
Building) which ofers 88,000 square meters of space. It is located in the Main Cluster, with 16 sports tak-
ing place nearby.

ATHLETES VILLAGE:
All athletes and ofcials 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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