Venue changes coming to city’s Pan Am Games: report
Posted January 27, 2012 10:07 am.
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Organizers for Toronto’s 2015 Pan American Games have reportedly decided to reduce the number of venues by up to 60 per cent.
Ian Troop, who heads the Pan Am team, said the revamp won’t sacrifice the spirit of regionality that the original blue-print tried to accomplish by using up to 50 venues from Niagara through Hamilton, Burlington, Toronto, Pickering and out to Oshawa.
He’s not ready to reveal details because the plan hasn’t yet been approved by Ottawa and Queen’s Park, but he’s lashing out against Paul Henderson, who led Toronto’s 1996 Olympic bid, for criticizing some of the stand-alone venues.
Henderson told 680News that there are venues in Toronto that are still not being considered.
He also said the viability of bid book venues changed as soon as the athletes village was moved from York University to the waterfront.
