Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 24, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba A6 Winnipeg free july when is Panama Price tag too games costs keep rising As funding prove iffy by pave sup eve and Kim Guttormson staff reporters two years from today Winnipeg will burst to life with great spectacular set Tings and buoyed by unbridled optimism and but As the 13th pan american games creeps the question remains can we afford the games budget total has jumped nearly million Between the original business plan drafted by a Volunteer bid committee in 1996 and the one now sitting in front of revenues have fallen while costs have climbed As the number of participants has theres no Indi cation the Federal government is willing or Able to come up with million in additional funding now being asked the province is ready to kick in half of what the feds contribute to the that run from july 24 to Are we in a deficit position Panama games president and chief executive officer Don Mackenzie said last of course were in a deficit right our guarantee is there will be no the accountability stops at the Board of Mackenzie Promise will be Tough to keep without financial Relief from the Federal and provincial govern ments totalling All this for games now expected to Cost a far cry from the million Tab first that figure lasted just 45 minutes at the first meeting before pegging million As a More realistic Price the total has now climbed another million to from the the Federal government has committed what was asked million in Cash and million Worth of the revised business plan asks for the provinces initial Promise was million there now being asked for the cites share of million stays although with the increased its actual contrib 5 Tion to the total drops per at f the same while the City is the games most vocal its been involved in a Tugo War Over building a Ballpark that most agree is essential to the Success of the while adjustments have been made in most the two biggest changes affecting the Bottom line Are a decrease of million in projected the new look the eve changing face of the 1999 pan am games original current projection projection million million 41 team staff broadcast million million operations million million ticket million million million million broadcast and marketing revenues and an increase of million in the operations operations covers the expenses for 35 sports now up to 41 disciplines athletes and coaches and an increase of along with housing and feeding the athletes and the Panama games society is also responsible for subsidizing their airfare to the All this has increased the Cost of operating the games by More than million to revenues have fallen from the original that mostly because the committee has not be Able to sign a lucrative to contract leaving corporate sponsors to carry the Jerry the games vice president of marketing and promo says the original estimate for broadcast rights was Overly opt initial negotiations with Fox television had million on the table that never arid anyone associated with to or big sporting events would say that number was never the Point of getting an american to Deal is being Able to Tell your sponsors their signs will be shown to millions of the Panama games society is Likely to almost give the rights the the 1967 games rights sold for 1967 dollars and its Possi ble the 99 rights will bring in a Simi Lar Mackenzie says the so will be televised in 41 of the 42 participating a spokeswoman Many families Are left wondering do Chapel Lawn memorial gardens to n i f e Lic festival thanks 21st Century supplies 3m Canada commercial division asm records Canada Abc fire safety equipment Altmar distributors applied multimedia Arrow wheelchair transportation services Assiniboine credit Union by imaging baked expectations Bank of Nova Scotia Erie Bari pastry Beaver bus lines Belay re rentals big Rock breweries Birds Hill provincial Park Booke partners Leon Brown Csc Manitoba Job Cynd to a Kab Cox Lam sky to Canada 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Are sponsors contributing ism May provide information Wawanesa insurance is a games Maslowsky said a number of marketing deals will be announced in the next few George now president and ceo of was president and ceo of the 1994 Commonwealth games in Victoria the event with which most Panama comparisons Are that event Cost with a million contribution from the Federal which the pan am organizers Are Quick to Point that works out to 38 per cent of the total compared to the asked for 41 per cent in the pan am As broadcast and marketing rights in Victoria accounted for almost 27 per cent of the total Bud while there estimating 14 per cent for the Panama it Heller says you cant compare the two do is equate the commercial value of the common wealth games versus the Panama he said from Toron if youre talking the Panama Canada Doest pay a Heck of a while the Commonwealth games could sell broadcast rights to wealthy countries such As Australia and South the Panama games Are looking at mostly South and latin american despite bringing More athletes and sports to Winnipeg than the Commonwealth games did to the Panama games dont have the same drawing Heller says they didst Start attracting corporate sponsors until about 18 months before their local which the Panama games already is the first to its the Herd nobody wants to be Kravco pools spas thanks Manitoban with these 16th anniversary specials tabs Fucks granular with Purchase of 6 pkg Sun tabs pucks or granulated free water testing with Purchase off dispenser limited supplies Cash t Cabry must present expires au8u9t limit one Coupon Peh cannot be combined with any other Sargent at Berry Lagimodiere at Grassie 7866957 6543847 loonie Days specials expire july buy 2 clearance windows v get 1 for a loonie or lesser value Post on All door install Iii windows storm door installation for a loonie with Purchase of storm door and Entrance door free in Home consultation window poor supermarket 45 i coins 9561793 fax 9479477 hours tit 9 98 global Job Worth every Penny fans great Deal for City mayor by Kim Guttormson staff reporter when the Panama games run for 16 Days in Winnipeg will be in the minds and living rooms of proponents say you cant buy that kind of showcase especially for the million the City is putting up for the but Many question spending million for two weeks of Competition and its the Impact it will have on the says Dave chairman of the Winnipeg chamber of the focal Point will be Winnipeg for that period of its a Chance to showcase our City image As a positive to live to do business the economic benefits to the province Are estimated to be half a billion dollars and the games should create about local an economic Impact assess ment by the Manitoba Bureau of statistics said there will be million in spending in the part of million in the while the assessment didst look at prolonged tourism impacts or Media Angus feels the games will tourists to the area after everything is oven so 41 of the 42 participating countries with the exception of the United states will broadcast the what is not Good is having Angus a lot of the Benefit is no one seems to know whether a study was done after the 1967 Panama games to track any increase in tourism or but Jean co chairwoman of the choices social said there is concern that the Small percent age of the budget dedicated to the facilities makes it harder to justify a lasting legacy from the about 10 per cent of the million budget is for construction of such As partial funding of a proposed new Ball Altemeyer said the group Doest have a stated policy on the but questions that amount of Money being spent on a on shot you want to support people that put an incredible amount of Volunteer time into she but if a very Small portion of that Energy was put into dealing with some of the other do we want to be known for being yet another North american City pulling off an extravaganza Altemeyer said governments seem to put up Large amounts of Cash for Short term but cant find the much smaller dollars required to keep inner City recreation facilities or youth programs its absolute peanuts com pared to what they spend on a 16day venture without Ting an she Winnipeg mayor Susan Thompson said the games will be Worth every will be a million Impact from these said that is extremely there will be jobs existing facilities upgraded and new facilities Thompson said few people realize that these games will be larger than the los Angeles and Calgary olympic in Winnipeg will Host the worlds largest sporting event As the Century comes to a Thompson said Winnipeg will be the focus of International Media and the City never afford to buy that Femey Well have exposure on a it ;