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The closing ceremony of the 2015 Pan American Games took place on Sunday July 26, 2015, beginning at 8:00 p.m. EDT at the Rogers Centre (Pan Am Dome) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [1] The closing ceremony was produced and directed jointly by three companies B5C Productions, BaAM Productions and FiveCurrents. [2]
The tickets for the ceremony ranged between CA$90 and CA$200. [3]
In 2014 Live Nation was announced as a sponsor of the games; organizers stated that the company would leverage its resources to invite Canadian and international acts to perform at the ceremony. [4] On July 15, 2015, organizers confirmed that American hip-hop artist Kanye West would headline the closing ceremony, joined by Pitbull and Serena Ryder. [5] The announcement of West's participation was controversial, as critics and others believed that the closing ceremony should have been headlined by a Canadian artist; over 30,000 signatures were made on a Change.org petition to have him replaced. Mayor of Toronto John Tory, was also criticized for mistakenly referring to West as being a "proud product" of Toronto, despite actually being born in Atlanta. [6] [7] [8]
The cultural portion of the ceremony took place on a stage with a scale model of Toronto's skyline, featuring a medley of dances representing various ethnic communities and music styles of Toronto. [9] Following closing speeches by Ivar Sisniega, vice president of PASO, and Saad Rafi, president of the Toronto 2015 Organizing Committee, [9] as per protocol, the Pan American Sports Organization flag was handed over by John Tory to Luis Castañeda Lossio, Mayor of Lima, Peru, host of the 2019 Pan American Games. [9] This was followed by a cultural presentation by Peru, culminating with a sequence set to La Sarita's song "Carnaval". [9]
Serena Ryder performed "Together We Are One", the official theme of the 2015 Pan American Games, along with her own hit " Stompa". Pitbull's segment featured songs such as " Fireball" and " Give Me Everything". Kanye West opened his set with " Stronger". After calling upon the lights to be turned on, he continued on with a set that included " Power, " Black Skinhead", " Gold Digger", " Touch the Sky", " All Of The Lights" and " Good Life". During his performance of "Good Life", West abruptly threw his microphone up in the air and walked off the stage; his performance had been afflicted by audio issues that caused his microphone to only be audible to television audiences. The ceremony concluded with a fireworks display on the CN Tower. [10]
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Part of a series on the |
2015 Pan American Games |
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The closing ceremony of the 2015 Pan American Games took place on Sunday July 26, 2015, beginning at 8:00 p.m. EDT at the Rogers Centre (Pan Am Dome) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [1] The closing ceremony was produced and directed jointly by three companies B5C Productions, BaAM Productions and FiveCurrents. [2]
The tickets for the ceremony ranged between CA$90 and CA$200. [3]
In 2014 Live Nation was announced as a sponsor of the games; organizers stated that the company would leverage its resources to invite Canadian and international acts to perform at the ceremony. [4] On July 15, 2015, organizers confirmed that American hip-hop artist Kanye West would headline the closing ceremony, joined by Pitbull and Serena Ryder. [5] The announcement of West's participation was controversial, as critics and others believed that the closing ceremony should have been headlined by a Canadian artist; over 30,000 signatures were made on a Change.org petition to have him replaced. Mayor of Toronto John Tory, was also criticized for mistakenly referring to West as being a "proud product" of Toronto, despite actually being born in Atlanta. [6] [7] [8]
The cultural portion of the ceremony took place on a stage with a scale model of Toronto's skyline, featuring a medley of dances representing various ethnic communities and music styles of Toronto. [9] Following closing speeches by Ivar Sisniega, vice president of PASO, and Saad Rafi, president of the Toronto 2015 Organizing Committee, [9] as per protocol, the Pan American Sports Organization flag was handed over by John Tory to Luis Castañeda Lossio, Mayor of Lima, Peru, host of the 2019 Pan American Games. [9] This was followed by a cultural presentation by Peru, culminating with a sequence set to La Sarita's song "Carnaval". [9]
Serena Ryder performed "Together We Are One", the official theme of the 2015 Pan American Games, along with her own hit " Stompa". Pitbull's segment featured songs such as " Fireball" and " Give Me Everything". Kanye West opened his set with " Stronger". After calling upon the lights to be turned on, he continued on with a set that included " Power, " Black Skinhead", " Gold Digger", " Touch the Sky", " All Of The Lights" and " Good Life". During his performance of "Good Life", West abruptly threw his microphone up in the air and walked off the stage; his performance had been afflicted by audio issues that caused his microphone to only be audible to television audiences. The ceremony concluded with a fireworks display on the CN Tower. [10]