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The opening ceremony of the 2015 Pan American Games took place on Friday July 10, 2015, beginning at 8:00 p.m. EDT at the Rogers Centre (Pan Am Dome) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[1] The opening ceremony was produced and directed by Cirque du Soleil.[2] The production was the largest event produced by the company ever, and cost approximately $30 million CAD to produce.[3][4]
An audience of 45,000 were in attendance at the venue (sold-out crowd). There were 625 performers from 25 nationalities.[5]
The tickets for the ceremony ranged between CA$100 and CA$350.[6] It was later announced in January 2015 that tickets to the ceremony were sold out.[7]
- ^ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). www.toronto2015.org. TO2015. December 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
- ^ McKnight, Zoe (24 September 2013). "Cirque du Soleil signs on with Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games". Toronto Star. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
- ^ Chan, Kenneth (11 July 2015). "15 photos and videos of the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Opening Ceremony". Van City Buzz. Buzz Connected Media Inc. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ^ Khandaker, Tamara (16 January 2015). "Cirque du Soleil seeks kids, hip-hop dancers for Pan Am opening ceremony". Toronto Star. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ Goddard, Emily (29 January 2015). "Toronto 2015 Pan American Games Opening Ceremony tickets sold out". Insidethegames. Dunsar Media Company Limited. Retrieved 31 January 2015.