{"id":55129,"date":"2015-07-10T17:17:29","date_gmt":"2015-07-10T09:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=55129"},"modified":"2015-07-10T17:17:29","modified_gmt":"2015-07-10T09:17:29","slug":"pan-am-games-to-kick-off-with-sold-out-opening-ceremony-in-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/07\/10\/pan-am-games-to-kick-off-with-sold-out-opening-ceremony-in-toronto\/","title":{"rendered":"Pan Am Games to kick off with sold-out opening ceremony in Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_55132\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55132\" style=\"width: 503px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Torch-lighting.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55132\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Torch-lighting.png\" alt=\"Torch lighting at the Pan Am Games (Photo courtesy of Toronto 2015)\" width=\"503\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Torch-lighting.png 503w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Torch-lighting-300x145.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-55132\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Torch lighting at the Pan Am Games (Photo courtesy of Toronto 2015)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>TORONTO \u2013 The Pan Am Games are set to kick off today with a sold-out opening ceremony in Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>Roughly 45,000 spectators are expected at the Rogers Centre \u2013 called the Pan Am Ceremonies Venue for the duration of the Games \u2013 for the performance tonight.<\/p>\n<p>Cirque du Soleil has guarded details of the 150-minute presentation carefully, noting that 625 performers representing 25 nationalities will take part.<\/p>\n<p>Officials have also promised that the show will include surprise appearances from several Canadian sports legends, and that current Pan Am athletes will be part of the show&#8217;s \u201cset design.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cirque du Soleil creative director Jean Guibert said the show would feature audience participation and a clear story that has a \u201cbeginning and an end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also pledged that the opening ceremony would appeal to younger audiences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe decided to blend many new disciplines &#8230; (including) extreme sports, dance, hip hop, acrobatics together, to do a show that is young and fresh.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony will also include the lighting of the cauldron, which sits at the base of the CN Tower, and the Parade of Nations celebrating the event\u2019s 41 participating countries.<\/p>\n<p>The Pan Am Games run through July 26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TORONTO \u2013 The Pan Am Games are set to kick off today with a sold-out opening ceremony in Toronto. Roughly &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":55132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[35],"class_list":["post-55129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-original","mauthors-the-canadian-press1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}