2022 Central American and Caribbean Games


The 24th Central American and Caribbean Games are scheduled to take place in 2022. They were planned to take place in Panama City, Panama, until the government announced on 24 July 2020 that it had decided to withdraw as the hosts as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The CACSO has begun a search for alternatives.

Bidding process

Panama City had presented itself as the only candidate to organize the 2022 Central American and Caribbean Games and also announced the commitment of the Panamanian State to invest 200 million dollars for both infrastructure and the organization of the event. One of the advantages presented by the Panamanian delegation to the Central American and Caribbean Sports Organization was that it would not be necessary to build an athletes village for the event, because instead the athletes would be hosted in hotels. On February 3, 2017, CACSO announced that Panama City would host the event. It would have been the third time: Panama City first hosted the Central American and Caribbean Games in 1938 and then in 1970.
On 24 July 2020, Panama announced that it was withdrawing as the host of the 2022 event as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Central American and Caribbean Sports Organization expressed its surprise at the sudden withdrawal and assured that the event will still take place in 2022. It said the Executive Committee would meet on 25 July 2020 to discuss the issue and begin a search for solutions and alternatives.

Sports

The original 2022 program for Panama featured 37 sports.
Events were originally due to take place at 28 venues, with each event being held in one of four geographically segregated clusters: Panama Center, East Panama, Reverted Area, Amador, and North Panama. Surf was to take place in Playa Venao, near Pedasí, Los Santos.
VenueEventsStatus
National Athletics StadiumAthleticsPlanned construction
National Racquet CentreBadmintonPlanned construction
National Racquet CentreTable TenisPlanned construction
Roberto Duran ArenaBasketballExisting
Polideportivo IVolleyballPlanned Construction
Atlapa Convention CentreBoxingExisting
Park of the NorthMountain BikingUnder construction
Park of the NorthBMXUnder construction
Park of the NorthClimbingUnder construction
National Aquatic CentreSynchronized SwimmingPlanned Construction
National Aquatic CentreSwimmingPlanned Construction
National Aquatic CentreDivingPlanned Construction
National Aquatic CentreWaterpoloPlanned Construction
National Aquatic CentreOpen WaterPlanned Construction
Castilla de Oro ClubEquestrianExisting
Estadio MaracanáFootballExisting
Multisport FacilityGymnasticsPlanned Construction
Artes y Oficios StadiumField HockeyExisting
Amador Convention CenterKarateExisting
Amador Convention CenterJudoExisting
Amador Convention CenterTaekwondoExisting
Amador Convention CenterFencingExisting
Amador Convention CenterWrestlingExisting
Amador Convention CenterWeightliftingExisting
Castilla de Oro Club / Oscar Suman Carrillo StadiumModern PentathlonExisting
Amador CausewayRowingExisting
Amador CausewayCanoeingExisting
Fred Marudo CentreTennisExisting
Panama Golf ClubGolfExisting
Luis Ernesto "Cascarita" Tapia StadiumArcheryExisting
Amador CausewayTriathlonExisting
Balboa Shooting ClubShootingPlanned Construction
Cinta Costera IIIBeach VolleyballExisting
Rod Carew StadiumBaseballExisting
Bowling Albrook MallBowlingExisting
National Racquet CentreFrontenisPlanned Construction
National Racquet CentreRacquetballPlanned Construction
National Racquet CentreSquashPlanned Construction
Paraiso Softball StadiumSoftballUnder Renovation
Playa VenaoSurfingExisting
Balboa StadiumRugbyExisting