Costa Rica will host the Central American Games

22 venues will receive 35 disciplines throughout the capital and other cities of the country

Since 1973 have been organized the Central American Games and during that time Costa Rica had never been headquarters for them, after a lot of changes to infrastructure, the country prepares for the inauguration of this next 3 and up to 17 March.

For the realization of these games the country had to make an investment of $10 million in infrastructure. Sports spaces will be of top quality and will be able to accommodate 35 disciplines in its 22 campuses nationwide, mostly located in the capital, San Jose.

"An economic effort has been made to have world-class venues, we have made arrangements in several of them and others only tweaks." The majority is located in San Jose and others where there will be aquatic competitions in La Sabana” said Heiner Ugalde, Manager of the Organizing Committee.

80% of the venues received a treatment of infrastructure so that they are in optimal conditions to welcome athletes from all over Central America. The National Stadium, located in the Sabana San Jose, will be the most important site where there will be games of soccer, athletics and chess.

Costa Rica intends to carry out a first world opening, which will be at the height of world Olympic and Soccer World Cup games. The show's opening and closing shall be borne by the Director of the Cirque du Soleil, Daneil Lamarre, and will dominate especially special performances and an emphasis on the traditions and the Costa Rican culture, with the participation of 1400 artists.

"We want these games to leave something positive to all the Central American brothers; It is the first time that we organize this type of event, but I think that we have received the necessary advice so that everything is a success and that they are marked as the best organized Central American Games", said Heiner Ugalde, Manager of the Organizing Committee.

Despite being the first time that Costa Rica has received support and advice from Guatemala who was the first host these games in the region.

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In 2013 San Jose plans the Central American Games

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International experts meet to discuss security at the upcoming sporting event.

The Security Commission for the Central American Games meets this week for a second workshop in preparation for security at next year’s Central American Games.

The event, slotted for March 2013, will be the largest multisport tournament ever held in Costa Rica, and will require significant security coordination within San José.

“As we get closer to the start of the games, we are focused on providing tight security for one of the most important aspects of the event,” said Jorge Villalobos, secretary general of the event. “Security plays a fundamental role for the athletes and others participating in this sporting celebration.” 

The workshop’s participants include experts in event security and terrorism prevention from the United Nations, Canada and Nicaragua, among others.  Two of the workshop’s guests, Brian Powrie, from the U.N.’s Inter-regional Crime and Justice Research Institute, and Brendan Heffernan, from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, will stick around for the weekend to observe security at Saturday’s Festival de la Luz.

By the end of the workshop, the commission plans to have six possible security plans, one of which will be selected and implemented a month before the start of the games.

“Our goal is to share our concerns with these security experts for massive international events in order to gain insight into the results of their previous experiences,” said Marcelo Solano, with the Security Commission. “By the end of the seminar we will have something from which to base our suggestions to improve the final national security plan for the games, which we plan to have ready in January, prior to the start of the torch relay.”

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