[Admiral Beez]

Motorsport Park seems like a pain in the ass to get to if you're coming from out of town and don't have a car.

That made me chuckle. When I was a lad in the late 1970s and early 1980s going to the Mosport races, the thought of an adult race fan not having a car would lead one to conclude the person was either poor or just a plain loser. Times change, when today a 25 year old male can still get a girlfriend when he has no car, no job beyond retail and lives in his mom's basement.

 

[howl]

Don't worry, the pan am games are significantly larger than the commonwealth games and drawer better athletes to boot. Ontario's never seen anything like this before!

I read someplace (maybe it was earlier in this thread) that the 2015 Toronto PanAm Games will be the second largest sporting event ever held in Canada, second only to the Montreal Olympic. This will be bigger than both the Calgary and Vancouver Winter Olympics. I suspect that is in terms of number of events and/or number of athletes, not number of spectators.

 

[TOareaFan]

I read someplace (maybe it was earlier in this thread) that the 2015 Toronto PanAm Games will be the second largest sporting event ever held in Canada, second only to the Montreal Olympic. This will be bigger than both the Calgary and Vancouver Winter Olympics. I suspect that is in terms of number of events and/or number of athletes, not number of spectators.

Given how fast and how much multi-sport games have grown...it would not surprise me in the least that there will be more athletes at Toronto 2015 than Montreal 1976.

 

[howl]

Given how fast and how much multi-sport games have grown...it would not surprise me in the least that there will be more athletes at Toronto 2015 than Montreal 1976.

Did some more research and if you can trust Wiki it will be very close:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Summer_Olympics "Athletes participating = 6,084, Events = 198"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Pan_American_Games "Athletes participating = 6,058 (quota limit), Events = 365"



For comparison: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Winter_Olympics "Athletes participating = 2,566, Events = 86"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Commonwealth_Games "Athletes participating = 4,947, Events = 261"

 

[TOareaFan]

Did some more research and if you can trust Wiki it will be very close:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Summer_Olympics "Athletes participating = 6,084, Events = 198"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Pan_American_Games "Athletes participating = 6,058 (quota limit), Events = 365"



For comparison: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Winter_Olympics "Athletes participating = 2,566, Events = 86"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Commonwealth_Games "Athletes participating = 4,947, Events = 261"

do those numbers include the para games which are now attached to multi-sport events and would not have been in 1976?

 

[howl]

do those numbers include the para games which are now attached to multi-sport events and would not have been in 1976?

I don't believe any of those numbers include the ParaPan/Paralymic numbers. The 2015 ParaPan games will bring an additional 1500 atheletes. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Parapan_American_Games)

 

[nfitz]

I don't believe any of those numbers include the ParaPan/Paralymic numbers. The 2015 ParaPan games will bring an additional 1500 atheletes. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Parapan_American_Games)

Which would make it far bigger than the 1976 Olympics. In terms of events/atheletes, it's far bigger in number of events, and pretty much tied on athletes.

Logistically it's the biggest event ever in Canada. In terms of prominence though it isn't. A fact that is highlighted, that you all have listed the Winter Olympics, but no one has mentioned the much bigger 1999 Pan Am games in Winnipeg.

 

[DSC]

A friend of mine from Panama asked me whether there would be a Pride House at the Games. I assumed yes but there is no mention of this on the Pan-Am Games Website. (It would seem like something that should be noted on their website.) Any ideas?

 

[ChesterCopperpot]

Found this

http://pridehouseto.ca/cibc-proudly-supports-pridehouseto-pavilion-to-encourage-inclusiveness/

 

[freshcutgrass]

When I was a lad in the late 1970s and early 1980s going to the Mosport races, the thought of an adult race fan not having a car would lead one to conclude the person was either poor or just a plain loser. .

Keep in mind there are nasty stereotypes of "car racing" fans as well. Not that Mosport necessarily attracted the "Nascar" types. I miss the no-holds-barred Can-Am series.

 

[DSC]

Found this

http://pridehouseto.ca/cibc-proudly-supports-pridehouseto-pavilion-to-encourage-inclusiveness/

Thanks, I will pass it along but it really ought to have a link from the PAG Site - I certainly could not see anything there.

 

[TOareaFan]

ticketing opened up today at 10 a.m.

http://www.toronto2015.org/tickets

I have already requested tickets for all the events being held in the GTHA's third largest municipality.

 

[nfitz]

ticketing opened up today at 10 a.m.

http://www.toronto2015.org/tickets

I have already requested tickets for all the events being held in the GTHA's third largest municipality.

Yes, I'm eyeing those ... though perhaps not all of them. But certainly Canada's group-stage games. Shame they weren't providing more detail - though it should be fairly obvious.

Shame there isn't some kind of passport-type thing, like there often is - which would cut back on the Screwmaster fees.

 

[TOareaFan]

Yes, I'm eyeing those ... though perhaps not all of them. But certainly Canada's group-stage games. Shame they weren't providing more detail - though it should be fairly obvious.

Shame there isn't some kind of passport-type thing, like there often is - which would cut back on the Screwmaster fees.

Sounds like you may have just promoted Hamilton into 3rd largest from its census position of 4th.

I may go to some of the soccer matches in Hamilton, may have an interest in some track and swimming too....but committing to all the events in Brampton was easy today

Would love to know how much money is beings spent on converting the direct energy centre into a temporary facility for Volleyball while leaving a 5k seat arena that is already built sitting empty?

 

[nfitz]

Sounds like you may have just promoted Hamilton into 3rd largest from its census position of 4th.

Oops, I was looking at the 2006 census rather than the 2011 census. Good grief, Brampton grew by 90,000 and Hamilton grew by only 15,000! I'd assume this trend continues, given the amount of construction I've seen in western Brampton.

I didn't even know there were events in Brampton!

I guess there's one for the "making assumptions" saying ...