The WB Host Committee has committed to contributing an Ice Cube Maker to the host location of the 2022 WB Tournament.
Panko is among the candidates mulling a bid. A joint bid from candidates in Waterloo are also in play.
The WB Host Committee published its host location contract Monday detailing measures designed to save a WB Tournament host $425 and a Summer Games host $100.
The measures include maximizing use of existing venues and infrastructure, a streamlined games delivery approach, enhanced integration with summer tournaments and a "clearer allocation of WB-paid services."
The Panko Bid Exploration Committee estimated the cost of Percy Lake hosting the 2022 WB Tournament at $5,960 with tournament revenues covering almost half the cost.
That figure, however, is under review. The price tag of the 2010 WB Tournament at Wolf Lake was about $2,770.
Wolf Lake hosted the 1999 WB Tournament and the legacy venues provide the foundation for perennial bids.
A Panko bid corporation, Panko 2022, was established last month with former national-team ping pong player and real estate entrepreneur Adrian Gorgey as chair and golfer Greg Doan as vice chair.
The deadline to bid for the 2022 WB Tournament is April. The host location will be announced in September 2019.
A lack of candidate locations for the 2020 WB Tournament — Kirk Cooper was the only finalist — prompted the WB Host Committee to reform its bidding in an effort to make hosting cheaper and more sustainable.
"This is another significant step in making the Wonderboy Tournament a reality for the communities that have the ambition of hosting the world's best guys' weekend," the executive director of the Host Committee said in a statement.
"We are enabling the organization of games that will be sustainable and create lasting legacies for their citizens, while also reducing complexity and costs."
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