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Toronto to host 2015 Pan Am Games

Fri Nov 6, 1:47 PM

SASKATCHEWAN (CBC) - It's mission accomplished for Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, Toronto Mayor David Miller and all other members of the delegation supporting Toronto's bid to host the 2015 Pan Am Games. On the first ballot, Toronto was tapped as the host city in a vote held in Guadalajara, Mexico, on Friday. Bid adviser Bob Richardson said before the vote that he was confident his team did all it could to sell the region to Pan American Sports Organization voters. It seems they did just that, beating out the two other bidding cities - Lima, Peru, and Bogota, Colombia. In the final presentation held shortly before the vote, Miller asked that Toronto be given "the privilege" of hosting the Games, and said "it is Toronto's time." McGuinty said Toronto would be proud to host the Games and that Pan Am officials would be proud of the job the city would do. "We are ready and we will deliver," McGuinty said. More to come