NY Times · Jul 9, 2015
In an Apathetic Toronto, the Pan-Am Games Land With a Thud
Photo The Pan-American Games officially open in Toronto on Friday, but most residents seem to be greeting the event with a shrug. Credit Mark Blinch/The Canadian Press, via Associated Press TORONTO — The new mayor is excited about his city’s big moment in the spotlight, but hardly anyone else seems to be.
After six years of preparation, construction, marketing campaigns, controversies and snags, the Pan-American Games officially open here on Friday, and some preliminary competition rounds are already in progress. But most Torontonians seem to be greeting the event with a shrug, and Mayor John Tory is so exasperated that he has taken to lecturing them about their attitude.