Host city election

Santiago was unanimously acclaimed as the host city at the ANOC General Assembly in Prague on November 4, 2017.^[4] This will mark the first time Chile hosts the Pan and Parapan American Games. Santiago was initially awarded the right to host the 1975 and later 1987 Pan American Games, but withdrew as host both times due to financial and political problems.^[5] Most recently, Santiago was a candidate for the 2019 Parapan American Games but lost to Lima.^[4]

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Bidding results

City	NOC name	Votes
Santiago	Chile	Unanimous

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Budget

The budget for the Games is $507 million USD, with $170 million reserved for the building of ten new sporting venues and the upgrade of six arenas.^[6] The budget is about 36% of what was spent for the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada and 50% of the last Pan American Games in 2019, in Lima, Peru.^[7]

Venues

Various venues across Santiago and the metropolitan region will host the Games.^[8]

In June 2022, organizers revealed the final plan consisting of 14 venues.^[9] And all venues are located in the Santiago area, some often will be used in an exclusive way at the Games.^[10]

Athletes Village

In December 2021, a ceremony was held to lay the first brick for the village. The village is expected to cost approximately $100 million USD, and will consist of 1,345 apartments.^[11] After the games, the village will be converted to social housing. The village is being built in the Cerrillos Bicentennial Park community of Santiago.^[12]

Ceremonies

The opening ceremony was held on November 17, 2023, at the Estadio Nacional do Chile, while the closing ceremony was held on November 26, 2023, in Parapan-American Village, located in the Parque Bicentenario de Cerrillos.

Participating National Paralympic Committees

Thirty-one National Paralympic Committees will participate at the Games. Grenada made their debut appearance at the Parapan American Games. The Virgin Islands returned to participate after last competing in the 2015 edition. Suriname, which last participated in the 2019 edition, was absent.^[13][14]

Sports

Following the rules of the Americas Paralympic Committee, in which a maximum of 17 sports can be part of the Games program. Thus, 378 finals were held in 16 Paralympic sports and one regional sport. Thus, the Organizing Committee chose to remove sitting volleyball for the first time on Games history from the Games program and replaced it with archery.^[21] An extra edition of the Sitting Volleyball Pan American Championship was held between 9 and 13 May 2023 to define the representatives of the Americas in sport at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.^[22][23][24]