{"id":497972,"date":"2026-01-18T11:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T15:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/kelvin-cruz-guarantees-100-installations-before-the-2026-games-and-highlights-volunteering-for-maintenance\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T11:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T15:54:09","slug":"kelvin-cruz-guarantees-100-installations-before-the-2026-games-and-highlights-volunteering-for-maintenance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/kelvin-cruz-guarantees-100-installations-before-the-2026-games-and-highlights-volunteering-for-maintenance\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelvin Cruz guarantees “100%” installations before the 2026 Games and highlights volunteering for maintenance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Santo Domingo. \u2013<\/strong> The Minister of Sports<\/strong>, Kelvin Cruz<\/strong>, guaranteed that the Dominican Republic will have all sports facilities ready \u201c100%\u201d before the inauguration of the Central American and Caribbean Games Santo Domingo 2026<\/strong>, assuring that the country is working with record time and with a planning that avoids last-minute improvisations.<\/p>\n\n\nDuring the balance offered at the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center, the official explained that it is a process that requires discipline and time, and that although some areas may appear disordered due to active execution, the essential thing is that the work is happening “very focused”.\n\n\n

\u201cWe are not magicians\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\nThe minister responded regarding the visual state of some external areas of the Olympic Center, indicating that the works usually look more “disheveled” at the time of greatest progress.\n\n“Sometimes at the moment when you are working the most, you will see the house the most messy, untidy,” he stated.\n\n\n

Comparison with other countries<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\nKelvin Cruz indicated that the country is making a difference in relation to international experiences<\/strong>, citing the case of Europe and the organization of sporting events where works are completed even a day before the inauguration.\n\n\n

You may be interested in: <\/strong>Abinader presents progress in the organization of the XXV Central American and Caribbean Games Santo Domingo 2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n“I was in Europe, in Paris, and I could hear the hammering one day before the Olympic Games were inaugurated,” he declared.\n\nHe maintained that the same occurs in other countries that host Central American Games, Pan American Games, and Olympics, where construction takes place alongside the competition.\n\n\n

Volunteering as a Maintenance Guarantee<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\nRegarding the future of the works, the minister highlighted the implementation of volunteering as a sustainability strategy<\/strong>, which he defined as a mechanism of articulation between public and private sectors to guarantee maintenance before, during and after.\n\n“Volunteering… brings together the best of the best from the private and public sectors to coordinate efforts and ensure maintenance,” he assured.\n\nAs an example, he invited to observe the state of the F\u00e9lix S\u00e1nchez stadium, indicating that it remains intact despite the realization of massive activities. “Several concerts have passed and it is resplendent, it is shining,” he said.\n\nCruz insisted that the country already has a firm promise<\/strong>: works ready before the Games, and that this represents an achievement as a nation.\n\n“We are ensuring that the works… will be ready before the Games. Just with that promise alone is something to celebrate,” he maintained.\n\n\n

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Santo Domingo. \u2013 The Minister of Sports, Kelvin Cruz, guaranteed that the Dominican Republic will have all sports facilities ready \u201c100%\u201d before the inauguration of the Central American and Caribbean Games Santo Domingo 2026, assuring that the country is working with record time and with a planning that avoids last-minute improvisations. During the balance offered […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15239,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[42592,18167,42304],"class_list":["post-497972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-sports","tag-central-american-and-caribbean-games","tag-kelvin-cruz","tag-ministry-of-sports"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-25xO","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Diana S\u00e1nchez","author_image":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/69c8b1e2bccf3de82d67a11dbfe000ad325e79bc5968852a7240d1237ac986d1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","categories_name":["Sports"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15239"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=497972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497972\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=497972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=497972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}