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2031 Pan American Games

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2031 Pan American Games
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The 2031 Pan American Games (Spanish: Juegos Panamericanos de 2031), officially the XXI Pan American Games (Spanish: XXI Juegos Panamericanos) will be an international multi-sport event governed by the Panam Sports Organization.

Bidding process

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Two bids met the 30 April deadline. Initially, the bidding process to determine the host of the 2031 Pan American Games would be held from 5-7 August 2025 during a PanAm Sports General Assembly in Asunción, a few days before the start of the 2025 Junior Pan American Games in the same city.[1][2][3][4] However, due to the Paraguayan candidacy, coinciding with the Junior Games in the same city, it was postponed to 10 October, in Santiago, Chile.[5]

Confirmed candidates

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Asunción will host the 2025 Junior Pan American Games and was the runner-up during the second selection of the 2027 Pan American Games, in which Lima, Peru eventually won. The city officially launched their candidacy on 26 December 2024. If their bid is successful, it would be the first time that Paraguay hosts the main Pan American Games. As Paraguay is a landlocked country, the surfing events would be held in El Salvador, as confirmed by the El Salvador Olympic Committee, which would make it the first continental Central American country to host any Pan American Games event..[6] An article by The Sports Examiner suggested that Asuncion could bid for and host the 2031 Pan American Games "without delay" after making a "forceful and memorable" case to host the 2027 Pan American Games.[7] A letter of guarantee was signed on 30 January 2025, around the same time the Paraguayan Olympic Committee expressed interest in bidding for the 2030 Summer Youth Olympics.[8][9][10] Their strongest point for their bid is a consolidated and stable institutional political support, both from the country's president Santiago Peña — who remains on office during preparation of the Games — and from Paraguayan Olympic Committee president and IOC member Camilo López, who has a huge influence in Panam Sports, occupping a prominent position as second vice president, increasing the visibility and legitimacy of the Paraguayan proposal.
Both cities launched a joint application, with Rio as the main host, and Niterói co-hosting the outdoor and some indoor sports modalities, sent to the Brazilian Olympic Committee on 3 December 2024.[11] The bid is idealized by the current vice-mayor of Niterói, Beijing 2008 bronze medalist sailing athlete Isabel Swan, who is also president of the Panam Sports Athletes Commission.[12] Rio de Janeiro previously hosted the 2007 Pan American Games and the 2016 Summer Olympics. The potential estimated budget for the Games is R$3.7 billion (US$667 million). This project's proposal is to reuse as much as possible the facilities left as a legacy from both previous games, in addition to existing and some new facilities in the neighboring city (part of them already in construction regardless of the games). The bid has also proposed the construction of the new Pan American Village in the Central region of Rio — on the surroundings of the former Leopoldina railway terminal station, as part of the Porto Maravilha revitalization project — ensuring athletes' proximity to all the venues in both cities.[13][14] If this bid were to host the Games, Rio would be the fourth city to host the games twice after Winnipeg, Canada; Mexico City, Mexico; and Lima, Peru; it would be the first time Niterói hosting an international multi-sport event; and it would also make Brazil the third country after Mexico and Canada to host the games thrice. Once São Paulo withdrew their bid, the cities' application to officially become the Brazilian bid was confirmed during a COB assembly in 29 January 2025.[15][16] According to Guilherme Schleder, the bid’s committee coordinator, they intend to talk to the Paraguayan bid to reach an agreement and guarantee the event in Brazil in 2031, leaving it to the neighboring country to organize the following one, in 2035.[17]

Interested cities

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An article from WSOC-TV speculated Charlotte's odds of hosting major sporting events such as the 2031 Pan American Games and 2040 Olympics after Charlotte City Council approved US$650 million in renovations to Bank of America Stadium.[18] A regional bid stretching into other North Carolina cities such as Greensboro is also possible.[19]
Winnipeg previously hosted the 1967 and 1999 Pan American Games. The city council was said to be exploring a bid for the 2031 Pan American Games as of November 2021.[20]

Withdrawn bids

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The city officially launched their bid for the 2031 edition in Santiago, Chile, a day before their 2023 Pan American Games began.[21] São Paulo previously hosted the 1963 Pan American Games. But the city began to have internal competition within the Brazilian Olympic Committee, with the joint candidacy of Rio and Niterói, in November 2024. The entity had until 31 January 2025 to present the chosen application to be the Brazilian bid for Panam Sports.[22] However, São Paulo withdrawn their bid in 16 January 2025 and showed support for the Rio-Niterói candidacy[15]

References

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  1. ^ "Rio e Niterói enviam dossiê, Panam aceita, e candidatura ao Pan de 2031 é oficializada". ge.globo.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). 30 April 2025. Archived from the original on 1 May 2025.
  2. ^ "Asunción, Paraguay and Rio-Niterói, Brazil enter final lap in bid to host the 2031 Pan American Games". GamesBids. 8 May 2025. Archived from the original on 13 May 2025.
  3. ^ "Asunción and Rio-Niterói bid for Panam Games". www.insidethegames.biz. 3 February 2025. Archived from the original on 16 May 2025.
  4. ^ "Asunción, Rio-Niterói vie for Panam Games". www.insidethegames.biz. 4 May 2025. Archived from the original on 4 May 2025.
  5. ^ "Rio-Niterói ou Assunção? Eleição para a sede do Pan de 2031 acontece em outubro, no Chile". Ge.Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 4 July 2025. Archived from the original on 4 July 2025.
  6. ^ "Noticias - TEAM ESA EQUIPO-OLIMPICO". teamesa.org (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 11 March 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  7. ^ "TSX REPORT: Lima edges Asuncion to land 2027 Pan Am Games; WADA celebrates 25 years, but still worried about Russia; volleyball wins social rankings". The Sports Examiner. 13 March 2024. Archived from the original on 2 April 2024.
  8. ^ "Paraguay oficializa candidatura a los Olímpicos de la Juventud 2030 y Panamericanos 2031". swissinfo (in Spanish). 26 December 2024. Archived from the original on 4 January 2025.
  9. ^ "Paraguay avanza en su candidatura para los Juegos Olímpicos de la Juventud 2030" [Paraguay advances its bid for the 2030 Youth Olympic Games]. Paraguayan Olympic Committee (in Spanish). 26 December 2024. Archived from the original on 27 December 2024.
  10. ^ "Paraguay eye 2030 Youth Olympics". www.insidethegames.biz. 3 January 2025. Archived from the original on 4 January 2025.
  11. ^ "Rio e Niterói entregam carta ao COB e oficializam intenção de sediar o Pan de 2031". ge.globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 3 December 2024. Archived from the original on 6 December 2024. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  12. ^ "Rio e Niterói planejam candidatura para sediar Jogos Pan-Americanos de 2031". ge.globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 23 November 2024. Archived from the original on 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  13. ^ "Rio-Niterói 2031 propõe Jogos Pan-Americanos e Parapan-Americanos para unir continente e desenvolver esportes nas Américas". City of Niterói (in Portuguese). 1 May 2025. Archived from the original on 1 May 2025.
  14. ^ "Vila do Pan para atletas deve ser construída no Centro do Rio de Janeiro; veja fotos". CBN (in Brazilian Portuguese). 30 April 2025. Archived from the original on 30 April 2025.
  15. ^ a b "São Paulo desiste de se candidatar à sede do Pan de 2031". GE.globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 28 November 2024. Archived from the original on 16 January 2025. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  16. ^ "Rio and Niterói submit joint Pan Am Games bid". Inside the Games. 17 January 2025. Archived from the original on 18 January 2025.
  17. ^ "Rio/Niterói vai tentar acordo com Assunção para garantir Pan-2031 no Brasil". UOL (in Brazilian Portuguese). 8 February 2025. Archived from the original on 14 February 2025. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  18. ^ "Charlotte City Council approves $650 million for Bank of America Stadium renovations". WSOC TV. 25 June 2024. Archived from the original on 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  19. ^ "Could Charlotte host the 2040 Olympics? One councilman thinks so". Yahoo Sports. 1 July 2024. Archived from the original on 26 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  20. ^ Snell, James (17 November 2021). ""Winnipeg exploring bid for 2031 Pan Am Games"". Winnipeg Sun. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021.
  21. ^ Staff, The Latin American Post (19 October 2023). "The Largest City in Brazil will Present its Candidacy for the 2031 Pan American Games". LatinAmerican Post. Archived from the original on 26 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  22. ^ "Niterói e Rio articulam candidatura conjunta à sede do Pan 2031". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 28 November 2024. Archived from the original on 28 November 2024. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
Preceded by XXI Pan American Games
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(2031) 		Succeeded by
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