Venues of the 1999 Pan American Games

The 1999 Pan American Games were held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and surrounding area. The Pan American Games ran from July 23 to August 8, 1999.[1]

Planning

A total of 32 sporting venues were used for the games. 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.[2]

The main stadium for the games was the Winnipeg Stadium, which staged the ceremonies and the beach volleyball competitions.[3]

A portion of the Pan American Games Society (1999) budget supported the refurbishment of University of Manitoba campus residences to serve as the Athletes Village, the upgrade of various sport and training facilities including the Pan Am Stadium (University Stadium), which had hosted events of the 1967 games.[4]

The Winnipeg Velodrome, also built for the 1967 games, had become obsolete and disused for cycling and so was demolished prior to the 1999 games. The 1999 games used a temporary facility at Red River Exhibition Park.

Winnipeg venues

Venue	Sports	Capacity	Ref.
Assiniboine Park	Archery Athletics (race walk)		[5]
CanWest Global Park	Baseball (preliminaries through medal round)		[6]
Centennial Concert Hall	Weightlifting		[5]
Duckworth Centre	Boxing Karate Racquetball (preliminaries)		[7][8]
Grant Park High School	Roller sports (speed)		[9]
Investors Group Athletic Centre	Basketball (preliminaries) Gymnastics (rhythmic) Volleyball (preliminaries)		[5]
Kildonan East Collegiate	Field hockey		[5]
Le Club La Verendrye	Bowling		[7]
Maples Complex	Fencing Modern pentathlon		[5]
Max Bell Centre	Inline hockey Roller sports (figure)		[5]
Pan Am Pool	Diving Swimming Synchronized swimming Water polo		[5][10]
Red River Exhibition Park (Red River Meadows)	Equestrian (jumping)		[5]
Red River College soccer field	Football (women)		[5]
Red River College Gym	Table tennis		[5]
University Stadium	Athletics		[5]
Winnipeg Arena	Basketball (preliminaries and medal round) Gymnastics (artistic) Volleyball (preliminaries and medal round)		[5]
Winnipeg Convention Centre Hall A	Badminton Handball		[5]
Winnipeg Convention Centre Hall B	Judo Taekwondo Wrestling		[5]
Winnipeg Lawn Tennis Club	Tennis		[10]
Winnipeg Squash Racquet Club	Squash (preliminaries)		[10]
Winnipeg Soccer Complex	Football (men)		[5]
Winnipeg Stadium	Beach volleyball Ceremonies (opening/closing)		[5]
Winnipeg Winter Club	Racquetball (preliminaries + finals) Squash (preliminaries + finals)		[5][10]

Venues outside of Winnipeg

Venue	Sports	City/Town	Capacity	Ref.
Birds Hill Provincial Park	Cycling (road) Roller sports (speed road events) Triathlon	N/A		[5]
Birds Hill Provincial Park Equestrian Park	Equestrian (dressage and eventing)	N/A		[5]
Birch Ski Area	Cycling (mountain biking)	Roseisle		[11]
Gimli Yacht Club	Sailing	Gimli		[12]
John Blumberg Softball Complex	Softball	Headingley		[13]
Minnedosa Lake	Canoeing Rowing	Minnedosa		[5]
Stonewall Quarry Park	Baseball (Preliminaries + quarterfinal)	Stonewall		[5]
Transcona Water Ski Site	Water skiing	Transcona		[5]
Winnipeg Revolver And Pistol Association	Shooting (pistol + rifle)	West St. Paul		[14]
Winnipeg Trap & Skeet Club	Shooting (shotgun)	Oak Bluff		[14]

Map of host cities/towns

Winnipeg, Transcona

Birds Hill

Roseisle

Gimli

Headingley

Minnedosa

Stonewall

Oak Bluff

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W. St. Paul

References

1. "'Best ever' Pan Am Games end". CBC News. August 9, 1999. Archived from the original on May 10, 2008. Retrieved July 27, 2009.
2. Bergman, Brian (26 July 1999). "A fanfare for the Pan-Ams". Maclean's. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
3. Gibson, Shane (23 July 2019). "'The city was on a high': 1999 Pan Am Games held in Winnipeg 20 years ago". Global News. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
4. "1999 Pan Am Games News – Legacies". University of Manitoba. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
5. "Winnipeg 1999 Results book" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
6. Donatelli, Joe (27 July 1999). "Baseball: O, upset! Canada stuns U.S. at Pan Am". Kitsap Sun. Bremerton, Washington, United States. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
7. "1999 News Releases" (Press release). City of Winnipeg. August 7, 1999. Retrieved July 1, 2011.
8. Mojer, Linda. "13th Pan American Games Racquetball". www.lindamojer.com/. Retrieved 14 July 2020. The court will be used during the preliminary Pan Am Games competition, along with two courts at the Duckworth Centre. Quarterfinal play through the finals will be held at the Winnipeg Winter Club in the portable court. The finals for the racquetball competition of the Pan Am Games have been sold out.
9. "Sport". Government of Manitoba. www.gov.mb.ca/. 14 June 1999. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
10. Robb, Sharon (22 July 1999). "The Events and Athletes of the Xiii Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba". Sun-Sentinel. Deerfield Beach, Florida, United States. Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
11. "Mountain Biking at Birch Trails". www.canadatrails.ca/. Canadian Trails. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
12. "Gimli Yacht Club 50 years and still making a splash with the sailing best". www.canadianyachting.ca/. Canadian Yachting. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2020. Bringing the story full-circle the Club hosted the Sailing Competition of the Pan American Games for a second time in 1999
13. "John Blumberg Softball Complex". Government of Manitoba. www.gov.mb.ca/. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
14. Pearson, Barry W. (2003). "Club History". www.wrparange.com/. Winnipeg Revolver And Pistol Association. Retrieved 14 July 2020.