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The Pan Am Pool, built for the 1967 games, featured in the 1999 games for all aquatic events. The venue underwent a $3.3 million renovation for the games. [ 2 ] Other new venues included the $8.7 million Investors Group Athletic Centre built for multiple sports and the $12 million CanWest Global Park for the baseball competition.
Happyland Park was an amusement park in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Construction started on May 1, 1906, on 13 hectares (32 acres) of land between Aubrey and Dominion streets. Portage Avenue bounded it to the north and the Assiniboine River was to the south. [1] Today this area is part of the Wolseley neighbourhood of Winnipeg.
Baseball at the 1999 Pan American Games was held between July 25 and August 2 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. A total of nine teams competed: Brazil , Canada , Cuba , Dominican Republic , Guatemala , Mexico , Nicaragua , Panama , and the United States .
The 1999 Pan American Games, officially the XIII Pan American Games (French: XIII Jeux panaméricains) or the 13th Pan American Games and commonly known as Winnipeg 1999, were a major international multi-sport event that was held from July 23 to August 8, 1999, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and surrounding towns and cities.
Three cities submitted bids to host the '1967 Pan American Games that were recognized by the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO). [1] On April 22, 1963, Winnipeg was selected over Caracas and Santiago to host the V Pan American Games by the PASO at its general assembly in São Paulo, Brazil.
In 1988, the Winnipeg delegation announced plans to submit a bid to host the games, which first enquired approval from the Canadian Olympic Association. On December 5, 1992, Winnipeg secured the Canadian bidding rights, defeating Toronto by one vote. Other three Canadian cities in the running were Halifax, Edmonton, and Sherbrooke. [3] [4]
Winnipeg Alderman Lillian Hallonquist, at a January 1966 Finance Committee meeting, stated "the whole location is wrong" because the Grant Park site would not be easily accessible from other parts of the metro area. Alderman Grant McLeod expressed fears that Pan Am Pool would become a financial white elephant after the Games were over. [8]
The host city selection was set to be made prior to the opening ceremonies of the 1963 Pan American Games in São Paulo, but the voting was delayed until Monday April 22. [1] The Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg (Metro) was expected to assist in Winnipeg's finances for the Games, but backed out right before the vote was to take place.
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