Public Works Minister Miguel Angel Vargas Maldonado has promised that the Pan Am Games facilities will be completed by 20 July, well in advance of the official launch date of 1 August. This assurance comes in reaction to multiple concerns about construction delays and budgetary problems. In Hoy?s sports section, the Central Bank governor is quoted as saying that an additional RD$1 billion needed would be provided from the national reserves, bringing the total cost of the event to RD$5 billion, according to Hoy?s calculations, and in contrast to the figure to the RD$4 billion quoted by President Hip?lito Mej?a or “less than RD$2 billion” as claimed by Vargas Maldonado.