2027 Pan American Games

The bidding process to determine the host of the 2027 Pan American Games was to begin in January 2021. However, in July 2021, the president of Panam Sports Neven Ilic confirmed that the bidding process would be postponed until January 2022. The deadline to submit bids for the event was November 15, 2021.{{cite news |title=Race for 2027 Pan American Games Postponed |url=https://www.infobae.com/aroundtherings/articles/2021/07/12/race-for-2027-pan-american-games-postponed/ |access-date=August 7, 2021 |work=Around the Rings |date=July 12, 2021}}

On August 27, 2021, at an event in Barranquilla, Colombia, it was announced, that after a round of direct negotiations, the city was signed as the host of the games.{{cite web|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1112220/barranquilla-2027-pan-american-games|title=Barranquilla confirmed as host of 2027 Pan American Games|last=Morgan|first=Liam|date=8 August 2021|website=Inside the Games|publisher=Dunsar Media|access-date=27 August 2021}}

• As part of the Olympic Agenda 2020 process,no bidding process was held, Barranquilla was appointed as host city.

• {{flagicon|ARG}} Buenos Aires, Argentina

:Buenos Aires initially bid for the 2023 Pan American Games, but withdrew their bid for financial reasons. Gerardo Werthein, the president of the Argentine Olympic Committee (COA), stated, "I would like Argentina to present its Olympic candidacy for 2032, but for now, I'm only thinking about [the PanAm Games in] 2027."{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-games-panamerican-argentina/buenos-aires-drops-out-of-running-for-2023-panam-games-idUSKBN17O034|title=Buenos Aires drops out of running for 2023 PanAm Games|date=April 21, 2017|website=Reuters|accessdate=January 22, 2019}}

• {{flagicon|BOL}} Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

:On January 14, 2019, the Minister of Sports of Bolivia, Tito Montaño expressed his interest for Bolivia to host the Pan American Games. Although a specific city was not designated, Montaño stated that a candidate city would be determined within the coming weeks since the announcement. Bolivia has never submitted a bid for the Pan American Games.{{cite web|url=http://www.rguama.icrt.cu/en/18973-2/|title=Bolivia presents candidacy for Pan American Games 2027|date=January 14, 2019|website=Emisora Provincial Radio Guamá|accessdate=January 22, 2019|archive-date=January 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190123010156/http://www.rguama.icrt.cu/en/18973-2/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1078737/bolivia-declare-interest-in-bidding-for-2027-pan-american-games|title=Bolivia declare interest in bidding for 2027 Pan American Games|date=May 3, 2019|website=Inside the games|accessdate=May 3, 2019}}

• {{flagicon|COL}} Barranquilla, Colombia

:On October 24, 2018, Mayor of Barranquilla Alejandro Char confirmed Barranquilla's interest in the 2023 Pan American Games. After a successful hosting of the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games, Char was inspired to meet with Panam Sports President Neven Ilić Álvarez. After the meeting, Char told reporters, "After this meeting I'm feeling more calm, confident and sure than ever that we can do it ... We are going to do everything in our power to make the advancements to hold the Games that Barranquilla wants and deserves."{{cite web|url=https://www.panamsports.org/news-sport/barranquilla-wants-the-2027-pan-american-games/|title=Barranquilla Wants the 2027 Pan American Games|date=October 24, 2018|website=PanamSports|accessdate=January 22, 2019}}

After several rounds of negotiations regarding financial guarantees were frustrated, on January 3, 2024, Barranquilla was stripped of hosting rights by PanAm Sports.This loss of rights was the result of frustrated rounds of negotiations with the new Colombian national and local authorities headed by the Ministry of Sports failing to meet contractual obligations, as well as failing to arrange the financial guarantees to hold the event.{{Cite web|date=2024-01-03 |title=Oficial: Barranquilla y Colombia pierden sede de Juegos Panamericanos del 2027 |trans-title=Official: Barranquilla and Colombia lost the venue for the 2027 Pan American Games|language=es|url=https://www.eltiempo.com/deportes/ciclo-olimpico/juegos-panamericanos-del-2027-oficial-barranquilla-y-colombia-pierden-sede-841321 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=El Tiempo |publisher=Casa Editorial El Tiempo}} PanAm Sports also considered legal action for damages of USD$8 million caused by no signature of the host city contract .{{cite web|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1143227/barranquilla-2027-panam-sport-withdrawn|title=Barranquilla loses the 2027 Panam Games|last=Daffunchio Picazo|first=Raúl|date=4 January 2024|website=Inside the Games|access-date=2024-01-04}}

A few days after Barranquilla was removed,the president of the Colombian Olympic Committee Ciro Solano ,made public that there was pressure from Paraguayan authorities for Colombia to have its rights as host revoked, as there were clear intentions from the city of Asunción to host the event as a replacement host. Solano claimed in an interview with AFP, "Paraguay has been insisting on holding the [2027 PanAm] Games since August".{{Cite web|date=2024-01-08|title=Colombia accuses Paraguay of undermining lost 2027 Pan Am Games as PASO looks for plan B|url=https://gamesbids.com/eng/other-games-bids/colombia-accuses-paraguay-of-undermining-lost-2027-pan-am-games-as-paso-looks-for-plan-b/|accessdate=2024-01-08 |website=GamesBids.com}}

The new host city was confirmed at a virtual Extraordinary General Assembly on March 12, 2024. Asunción would consequently face the Peruvian capital Lima, which had hosted the 2019 Games and was seen as a safe choice, given the little time available to organize the Games and the little need for additional works, in addition to the fact that only the new Pan-American Village would need to be built.

{{Cite web|date=2024-02-02|title=Asuncion and Lima named only candidates to host 2027 Pan Am Games with winner to be elected next month|url=https://gamesbids.com/eng/other-games-bids/asuncion-and-lima-named-only-candidates-to-host-2027-pan-am-games-with-winner-to-be-elected-next-month/|accessdate=2024-02-02|website=GamesBids.com}}{{Cite web|date=2024-03-12|title=Lima elected over Asuncion as replacement to host 2027 Pan Am Games|url=https://gamesbids.com/eng/other-games-bids/lima-elected-over-asuncion-as-replacement-to-host-2027-pan-am-games/|accessdate=2024-03-12|website=GamesBids.com}}

• {{flagicon|PAR}} Asunción, Paraguay {{Cite web|date=2024-01-03|title=¿Asunción será sede de los Juegos Panamericanos 2027?|trans-title=Will Asunción host the 2027 Pan American Games?|language=es|url=https://onefootball.com/en/news/asuncion-sera-sede-de-los-juegos-panamericanos-2027-38817608 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=OneFootball}}

:Asunción will host the 2025 Junior Pan American Games, and if it had won its bid to replace Barranquilla, it would have served as a dress rehearsal for the Games, as well as being the first time Paraguay has hosted the senior Pan American Games. As Paraguay is a landlocked country, it was proposed that the surfing events be held in El Salvador, as confirmed by the El Salvador Olympic Committee, making it the first continental Central American country to host a Pan American Games event.{{Cite web|date=2024-03-07|title=El Salvador busca ser la subsede de los Juegos Panamericanos 2027|trans-title=El Salvador seeks to be the sub-host of the 2027 Pan American Games|language=es|url=http://teamesa.org/noticias/7--el-salvador-busca-ser-la-subsede-de-los-juegos-panamericanos-2027|accessdate=2024-03-07 |website=El Salvador Olympic Committee}}

• {{flagicon|PER}} Lima, Peru {{Cite news|date=2024-01-08|title=Ante destitución de Barranquilla: Lima postularía para organizar los Juegos Panamericanos 2027|trans-title=Given the dismissal of Barranquilla: Lima would apply to organize the 2027 Pan American Games|language=es|url=https://elcomercio.pe/deporte-total/polideportivo/juegos-panamericanos-2027-lima-postularia-para-ser-sede-del-evento-deportivo-video-noticia/ |accessdate=2024-01-09 |website=El Comercio}}

:Lima previously hosted the 2019 Pan American Games and with success and will host the 2025 Bolivarian Games.,their project will reuse 100% infrastructure from those games, in line with Olympic Agenda 2020+5. The current president of Peru, Dina Boluarte announced her support for the bid on 18 January 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1143426/peru-president-give-endorsement-panamn|title=Peru's president backs bid to host Pan American Games in 2027|last=Daffunchio Picazo|first=Raúl|date=20 January 2024|website=Inside the Games|access-date=2024-01-20}}

• {{flagicon|BRA}} São Paulo, Brazil {{Cite web|date=2024-01-05|title=São Paulo vira opção para sediar Pan-Americano de 2027|trans-title=São Paulo becomes an option to host the 2027 Pan American Games|language=pt|url=https://www.metropoles.com/esportes/sao-paulo-vira-opcao-para-sediar-pan-americano-de-2027| access-date=2024-01-05| website=Metrópoles}}

:São Paulo previously hosted the 1963 Pan American Games, and has expressed interest in bidding for the 2031 Pan American Games. Brazil last hosted the Pan American Games in 2007 in Rio de Janeiro.

• {{flagicon|MEX}} a joint bid by Jalisco and Nuevo León states, Mexico {{Cite web|date=2024-01-03|title=Jalisco y Nuevo León levantan la mano para albergar los Juegos Panamericanos del 2027|trans-title=Jalisco and Nuevo León raise their hands to host the 2027 Pan American Games|language=es|url=https://esto.com.mx/787910-jalisco-y-nuevo-leon-levantan-la-mano-para-los-juegos-panamericanos-del-2027/ |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=ESTO}}

:Guadalajara, in the state of Jalisco, previously hosted the 2011 Pan American Games. On 16 January 2024, the Mexican Olympic Committee announced they would withdraw their bid for the 2036 Summer Olympics to focus on bidding for the Pan American Games and the Youth Olympic Games.{{Cite news |date=2024-01-17 |title=Olympic Games 2036: Mexico withdraws bid to host the summer games |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/olympic-games-2036-mexico-withdraws-bid-to-host-the-summer-games/articleshow/106907776.cms |access-date=2024-01-17 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}

All 41 nations of the Pan American Sports Organization are expected to compete.

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As of October 2024, the sports program has yet to be announced.

In October 2024, during the Panam Sports General Assembly held in Asunción, Paraguay, the International Cricket Council (ICC) made the formal proposal for cricket to be added to this edition's program, as it will be one of the five optional sports during the 2028 Summer Olympics, which was successful. Hence cricket is confirmed to make its Pan Am Games debut.{{Cite web |last=Levy |first=Leighton |title=CANOC President Keith Joseph Calls for Greater Support for Cricket in the Caribbean - Sportsmax |url=https://sportsmax.tv/cricket/regional-cricket/canoc-president-keith-joseph-calls-for-greater-support-for-cricket-in-the-caribbean |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=sportsmax.tv |language=en-gb}} Of the other 4 sports that were proposed by the LA2028 Organizing Committee, baseball/softball and squash are already part of the Pan American Games program. However, it is not yet known whether flag football and lacrosse will be added to the program due to the low number of federations in the Americas or due to a lack of infrastructure.{{Cite web|date=2024-10-05|title=The ICC presented to the Pan Am Congress in Paraguay to include cricket in the 2027 games.|url=https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAvXoyqRjTu/igsh=emQxb2NzYjhsNG04|website=Bermuda Cricket Board on Instagram}}

• 2025 Junior Pan American Games
• 2025 Bolivarian Games - scheduled to be held in Lima with Ayacucho as host cities.
• 2026 Commonwealth Games - similar situation, where the host withdrawn out due to cost estimates
• 2026 South American Games
• 2026 Central American and Caribbean Games
• 2027 Para Pan-American Games
• 2028 Summer Olympics

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