intoronto1125
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I found this list/pics of all the Pan-Am venues, quite interesting.
http://www.gamesbids.com/forums/top...an-games-venues/page__pid__362142#entry362142
That was me at another forum.
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I found this list/pics of all the Pan-Am venues, quite interesting.
http://www.gamesbids.com/forums/top...an-games-venues/page__pid__362142#entry362142
If nothing else comes out of these games, at least the region will have become equipped with the venues to train Olympic level athletes, something very lacking in this province. The legacy for kids and existing athletes is going to be the most significant of all.
One thing that strikes me when looking at the venue plan is that some of the out of city venues don't need to be hosted outside Toronto at all. Take this:
This just sounds like Provincial officials trying to be fair to other cities. The goal of hosting the PanAm games isn't to be fair. It's to be efficient. Why are we sending athletes, media and spectators to Ajax to play and watch softball and baseball? Hmm.... was the SkyDome not available? How about one of the dozens and dozens of baseball diamonds in parks all over the city?
The Rogers Centre** seats 51,000 and will host the Ceremonies during the games. That is a lot of seats to fill for all the games.
Not like the Jays ever fill the SkyDome....
If I recall, there's a configuration for smaller events where the upper levels are covered. Not having more venues in the city because nobody demonstrated interest just sounds to me like the City hasn't put much effort into the PanAm games as it should have.
^ When the call went out for Baseball and Softball, the city didn't put forward any candidate sites. Ajax did. With all the baseball diamonds in this city, there had to be one that could fit. These are the Sprawling Games.
^ When the call went out for Baseball and Softball, the city didn't put forward any candidate sites. Ajax did. With all the baseball diamonds in this city, there had to be one that could fit. These are the Sprawling Games.
No no no, see... who cares?? They should fund themselves. Just ask Riverdale Rink Rat
Now you're just being prissy, and a latecomer at that. Go back in this thread and read my opposition to this games, and my declaration that now they're inevitable, I'll enjoy the rugby 7s and see what my daughters want to see. You're getting your 10m tank at UT Scarborough, which I'm 4 or 5 non-student divers will actually be allowed to use (and no students, as they may hurt themselves) and as collateral damage a swimming pool the students will get to use for recreational use. In a better, non-stupid-ass non-Olympic world, we fund a pool at a university because it's a good thing, not spinoff from high priced tomfoolery.
I think people can use it out of the school. Off course at a charge.
Quite frankly, a 10m tower can only be used by very few prople, so that part of the complex will be a bit of a white elephant, .
What a strange thing to say...sorry but you're way out of touch to competive sports in this country