The 2014 South American Games is a multi-sport event

Multi-sport event

A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports between organized teams of athletes from nation-states. The first major, modern, multi-sport event of international significance was the modern Olympic Games.Many...

 planned to take place in Santiago, Chile

Santiago, Chile

Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...

. It will be the 10th edition of the ODESUR South American Games

South American Games

The South American Games , formerly the Southern Cross Games are a regional multi-sport event held between nations from South America, organized by the South American Sports Organization .The first...

. This will be the second time that Santiago has hosted this event, the first being in 1986

1986 South American Games

The III South American Games were a multi-sport event held in 1986 in Santiago, Chile, with some events in Concepción and Viña del Mar...

. Most of the events will take place in and around the National Stadium. The games are planned to be held between the 25th of October and the 8th of November.

Bid

In 2006 Medellin

Medellín

Medellín , officially the Municipio de Medellín or Municipality of Medellín, is the second largest city in Colombia. It is in the Aburrá Valley, one of the more northerly of the Andes in South America. It has a population of 2.3 million...

 won the bid for the 2010 edition 8 votes to 6, and the runner up Santiago

Santiago

Santiago is the capital city of Chile. Santiago may also refer to:*Santiago *Santiago , a Spanish given name*Santiago!, a shortened form of the Reconquista battle cry "Santiago y cierra, España"...

 will be organizing the next edition.

The Chilean government said they would invest US$800,000 for the games.

Venues

• The Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos is being renovated to seat 70,000 and get a new roof, inspired by Berlin's Olympiastadion.
• The Aquatic Center, Tennis Courts, Archery, Handball, Velodrome will be next to the Central Stadium.