OTTAWA, Feb. 25, 2020 /CNW/ - The Canada Games Council today officially launched the bid process for the 2025 Canada Summer Games that will be held in Newfoundland and Labrador.
The event took place at the Confederation Building in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. It was attended by the Honourable Dwight Ball, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, Honourable Lisa Dempster, Minister of Children, Seniors and Social Development, Derek Bennett, Secretariat for the Canada Games, Danny Breen, Mayor of St. John's, Nathan Young, Youth Olympic Games Gold Medallist, and Canada Games Council Board Director and 2025 Bid Evaluation Committee Chair, Lynn Blouin.
The 2025 Canada Summer Games hosting requirements and bid procedures review began in March 2018 with the Canada Games Council and the Provincial Government having formal discussions around hosting the Games. In March 2019 the Canada Games Council received formal communication from the Provincial Government that it was looking forward to hosting the Games, and would seek interest from its communities in the fall of 2019 to bid for the Games.
In fall 2019, an information session was hosted by the Canada Games Council and the Provincial Government that provided an opportunity for Sport Newfoundland and Labrador, along with municipal and provincial government representatives to raise questions regarding the hosting requirements and bid process. Communities with the capacity to host the Summer Games, working collaboratively or individually, were invited to attend the session. Interested communities were invited to submit their intention to bid for the Games by November 30, 2019. The City of St John's formally submitted its intention to bid, and will be engaging in the bid process with the Canada Games Council.
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"We want the 2025 Canada Summer Games! Hosting the Games is an incredible opportunity as it will contribute to athlete and infrastructure development, as well as bring upwards of 20,000 people to Newfoundland and Labrador. I encourage everyone to rally in support of this bid as we showcase our ability to host world-class sporting events that are truly one of a kind."
Dwight Ball, Premier, Newfoundland and Labrador
"We are excited for the Canada Games to return to Newfoundland and Labrador where the province can once again showcase its passion for Canadian amateur sport and our nation's young athletes. Newfoundland and Labrador has been an incredible host of the Games twice before, and we're looking forward to what will surely be another incredible event."
Evan Johnston, Chair, Canada Games Council
"What a proud moment for our province, our communities and our athletes as, together with the Canada Games Council, we launch the bid process for the 2025 Canada Summer Games. These Games will provide tremendous sport development opportunities for our athletes as they compete here at home against their peers from across the country. Along with creating memories that will last a lifetime, the infrastructure and sport development legacy of the Games will benefit a generation of athletes to come. I wish the City of St. John's every success throughout this process and I look forward to being part of these Games as Newfoundland and Labrador will provide talented athletes, volunteers rich in spirit and a culture like no other."
Lisa Dempster, Minister of Children, Seniors and Social Development, Newfoundland and Labrador
"The City of St. John's is excited for the opportunity to enter into the bid process to host the 2025 Canada Summer Games. Our overwhelming success in hosting major national and international events, such as the 2017 Tim Hortons Brier, demonstrates the dedication, civic pride and community spirit of our residents and volunteers. I am confident that the experience we've gained through hosting past events positions our City as an ideal location for the 2025 Canada Summer Games. If we are successful, this event will provide an opportunity to showcase our unique culture, city and world-class hospitality to thousands of athletes, coaches, volunteers and mission staff from across the country."
Danny Breen, Mayor of St. John's
"The Canada Games is the gateway to excellence in sport for young Canadian athletes. It also opens doors to new opportunities as it did for me with the Youth Olympics Games. It's so exciting to have the Canada Summer Games coming back to Newfoundland and Labrador in 2025! Go Team Newfoundland and Labrador"
Nathan Young, Team NL athlete, 2019 Canada Games alumnus, Curling
About the Canada Games
Held once every two years, alternating between winter and summer, the Canada Games are the largest multi-sport event in Canada for up and coming amateur athletes. Each Games features two weeks of competition, between 16 - 19 sports, approximately 3,400 summer and 2,350 winter athletes, and over 4,000 volunteers. Hosted in every province at least once since their inception in Quebec City in 1967, the Games are proud of their contribution to Canada's sport development system in addition to their lasting legacy of sport facilities, community pride and national unity.
The organization of the Canada Games is made possible thanks to the contribution and support of the Government of Canada, provincial/territorial governments, host municipalities and the Canada Games Council.
SOURCE Canada Games Council
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