Peru, the good host that dreams of Lima 2027: why will it host up to four sports world cups until August?

He said it on August 18, 2019, but it is amplified from time to time, as if he had said it yesterday. It happens with accurate predictions: we all say that we were there, and we witnessed the wonder of seeing the future. Five years later, this phrase is also a definition of what we can make possible. In the land of half-paved roads, unfinished real estate projects and eternal promises, there was one thing we were absolutely forceful about. “They have been the best Games in history,” said Neven Ilic, president of Panam Sports that distant August, about Lima 2019. And from that echo, Peru has become a notable host for the most important sporting events in this part of the continent. A few days ago, the news changed the newspaper agenda: the U17 Volleyball World Cup will be held in the country.

In fact, the imposing infrastructure that Lima has as a legacy to once again host some Panamerican Games It is the great letter that could bring us pleasant news on March 12, when the venue for this event is known, in 2027.

“As a result of this enormous effort,” Carlos Neuhaus wrote in this newspaper last January, “we completed the construction of all the sports venues and the beautiful Pan American Village on time. We can say, with great pride, that we are in the select group of countries that in the last 50 years have held sports games without exceeding their budget. In fact, we executed close to S/3,800 million, while the master plan was approved for S/5,000 million plus VAT.”

It is our great argument.

The present

Having Olympic-level sports venues will make it possible for Lima to continue, for the fourth consecutive year, in the continental arena in the organization of World Cups, South American Cups and tournaments that will grant classification points to the athletes. Paris Olympic Games.

As part of its fourth anniversary, the Special Legacy Project has a calendar with international sporting events in 2024, including three unprecedented world championships:

The Peruvian capital will also be the scene of competitions that will grant classification points to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, such as Both tournaments will bring together the best in the world in the sports city that lives in the heart of the Lima district of San Luis.

Also included in the 2024 sports calendar are the South American Table Tennis Championships, from June 11 to 16; the South American Fencing, from August 26 to 31; the South American Baseball Championship, from November 15 to 23; and the South American Bmx Freestyle, at the Legado Costa Verde headquarters, in the San Miguel district.

That baptism of Neven Ilic, president of Panam Sports in Lima 2019, is still an indelible seal that has elevated the category of the host sports Peru. Which can also be read in numbers: according to the Peruvian Chamber of Tourism (Canatur), for the Pan American Games five years ago, 50,000 or more foreign tourists arrived in the country and 100,000 visitors from different regions of the country were mobilized for the Pan American Games. This translated into some S/1,155 million in consumption. That will always be good news.