Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 25, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free july a7 to Cio heres where events take place whats right for the City organizers looking to future in fixing facilities by Dave sup eve sports reporter look out on the endless Green of Assiniboine Park and you see a perfect place for a family Mike Ste Dan sees an Archery a Patch of land adjacent to Grant Park High school is nothing More than an open Field for pickup Ste Dan envisions a the Centennial concert Usu ally Home to theatrical works such As grease or the riveting life stories of people like Lauren Bacall or Joan can be More than a Ste Dan likes it As a weightlifting a burned out Bowling Alley looks like a Ste Dan int deterred chateau lanes is still Home to 10pin two years from the opening of the 1999 pan am the constant Challenge is creating a balance Between serdans vision and the eco nomic 1999 pan am games society will throw million into million into the construction of new in when Winnipeg last staged the pan am Money was poured into a new a Northend grandstand at Winnipeg a track and Field site at the University of Manitoba and an overhaul of the Gimli yacht this time the bulk of construction goes into a new fieldhouse at the University of Mani Toba a new track at the u of million renovating the pan am million addressing the need for a million improving the equestrian site at Birds Hill and creat ing a Field hockey were trying to look beyond the games and do whats right for Winnipeg 30 years Down the said Vic president of facilities for the 1999 pan am games we want to add permanent facilities where its that Means gassing the idea of a site at the Forks and possibly renting a portable velodrome at a Price tag of unable to absorb the Cost of building a new baseball the society is throwing in towards River Side a Bijj omillion privately funded the 99 games is also piggybacking on the legacy of the 1990 Western Canada summer for which million was spent on the Ballpark at the Forks gives us a signature said pan am games society president and chief executive officer Don while were Only a Small we played a catalyst scores of Sites will be upgraded and some at great Cost and others at minimal the red River exhibition Board is pick ing up the Tab for work on the show Manitoba minutes new Low cellular Lon distance minute limited time offer jumping ring for equestrian two proposed new Fields at the John Blumberg softball Complex will come at or expense to the pan am insurance will help rebuild chateau site of 10pin the velodrome Issue and what to do with Winnipeg stadium Are key questions facing Mackenzie and their the existing Winnipeg velodrome is in deplorable decimated by years of built for the 1967 pan am it Doest meet International cycling fix ing it will Cost but theres a hardware giant Home depot has bought the the Purchase agreement includes a caveat permit Ting the company to tear Down the facility once the games Are com repairing the velodrome will Cost building a new one costs million and renting a portable As Atlanta did for the 1996 summer runs at that configuration and size of track is not used any said its become an wed prefer not to go with the throw away in its latest budget the pan am games society has jacked up its ticketing Revenue projection to at a ticket that would translate into forcing organizers to maximize use of its roomier organizers explored putting a track in Winnipeg hopeful of staging track and Field in the the logistics of putting athletic sin Winnipeg stadium were too prompting a decision to move one of the games Premier sports into the antiquated stadium at the University of its a Little run Mackenzie Well refurbish the biggest draw of the 67 will once again be in Winnipeg the will necessitate covering the artificial turf the new Field wont be installed until the Only venue that wont be constructed or renovated by the fall of covering the turf will mean build ing a Field hockey pitch at a Cost of the games 41 sports will be staged at 34 25 within Winnipeg arid nine outside the prime Only five Sites Minnedosa Portage la Prairie and Gimli Are More than 50 Kilometres from City weve opted to bring the sports to the people rather than Force the peo ple to find the said Mike the society Vic president of Cool off with a Winner this summer a hot Deal on air conditioning air Cool 3395859 Call very a mod Oak it Pine furniture i Quality i canoeing rowing Stonewall Brandon area cycling Road la Riviere cycling Mountain Bike Birds Hill Park equestrian event triathlon modern Pentathlon Glenn Murphy Range shooting modern Pentathlon Winnipeg trap Sheet club John Blumberg softball Complex softball Gimli yacht club yachting Portage la Prairie water skiing gymnastics artistic Duckworth Centre a of 86xlh0 karate racquetball Winnipeg velodrome track cycling red River sex site show jumping Winnipeg convention Centra fencing judo Tae Wondo team handball modern Pentathlon Winnipeg soccer Complex football 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