By Derek Halas on SwimSwam
The official venues for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics and Paralympics have been revealed. For the upcoming Summer Games, there will be 36 Olympic and 23 Paralympic sports, hosting over 800 competitive events. In total, there are more than 40 venues that highlight all that Los Angeles, Southern California, as well as the United States has to offer.
In 2017, Los Angeles originally bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics, but after discussions with the IOC, the Games were awarded to Paris for 2024 and Los Angeles for 2028. This will be the third time the city of Los Angeles has hosted the Olympics, as it did back in 1932 and 1984.
The city of Angels offers many advantages, such as leveraging existing venues, which minimizes costs and the environmental impact that comes with building new venues. This allows for a focus on sustainability and community engagement. Having pre-existing venues will prioritize the athletes, the competition, and the fan experience, as these venues will be high-quality and ensure a seamless event from opening to closing.
These venues are different from those that were proposed nearly eight years ago, in 2017. When the venues were announced, they were headlined by the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, SoFi Stadium, Dodger Stadium, Staples Center (Crypto.com Arena), and the Rose Bowl.
The aquatics venues include the 1932 Pool in Exposition Park Zone for diving, SoFi Stadium in the Inglewood Zone for swimming, Belmont Shores for coastal rowing, open water swimming as well as sailing. The Long Beach Aquatics Center for artistic swimming, para swimming, and water polo, and the Trestles State Beach in the Trestles Beach Zone for surfing.
Similar to the 2024 Paris Olympics, there will be two sports that are not contested in Los Angeles or even in California. The other location for the Olympics will be in Oklahoma, which is just over 1,000 miles away from Los Angeles. These will be softball and canoe slalom, which will be held in Oklahoma City at Devon Park. This change is due to the Los Angeles area’s limited venue capacity and the desire to utilize pre-existing and high-quality venues.
Breaking the tradition from any other Olympics, venues will be allowed to have corporate sponsor names attached to them. This decision came earlier in August between LA28 and the International Olympic Committee. The two venues with corporate sponsorships thus far are the Comcast Squash Center at Universal Studios and the Honda Center.
Original Bids for Venues That Will Not Be Used
Pauley Pavillion StubHub Center (Dignity Health Sports Park) Staples Center (Crypto.com Arena) Microsoft Theatre Dedeaux Field (USC) Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area Long Beach Marine Stadium Santa Monica State Beach UCLAOfficial List of Venues Being Used
*Bold Denotes Aquatics Venues
1932 Pool- Exposition Park Zone (diving) 2028 Stadium- Inglewood Zone (swimming) Alamitos Beach Stadium- Long Beach Zone (beach volleyball and blind football [soccer]) DTLA Arena- DTLA Zone (artistic gymnastics, boxing, trampoline gymnastics, and wheelchair basketball) Belmont Shore- Long Beach Zone (coastal rowing, open water swimming, and sailing) Carson Courts- Carson Zone (tennis, and wheelchair tennis) Carson Field- Carson Zone (hockey, and para archery) Carson Stadium- Carson Zone (archery, and rugby sevens) Carson Velodrome- Carson Zone (cycling track, and para cycling track) Dodger Stadium- DTLA Zone (baseball) Exposition Park Stadium- Exposition Park Zone (flag football, and lacrosse) Fairgrounds Cricket Stadium- Pomona Zone (cricket) Galen Center- Exposition Park Zone (badminton, para badminton, rhythmic gymnastics, and wheelchair rugby) Honda Center (Anaheim Arena)- Anaheim Zone (volleyball) Inglewood Dome- Inglewood Zone (basketball) LA Convention Center Hall 1-3- DTLA Zone (1- fencing, para taekwondo, taekwondo, and wheelchair fencing) (2-boccia, judo, para judo, and wrestling) (3- para table tennis and table tennis) LA Memorial Coliseum- Exposition Park Zone (athletics and para athletics) Long Beach Aquatics Center- Long Beach Zone (artistic swimming, para swimming, and water polo) Long Beach Arena- Long Beach Zone (handball, and sitting volleyball) Long Beach Climbing Theater- Long Beach Zone (para climbing, sport climbing) Long Beach Target Shooting Hall- Long Beach Zone (shooting, and shooting para sport) Marine Stadium- Long Beach Zone (canoe sprint, para canoe, para rowing, and rowing) OKC Softball Park- OKC Zone (softball) OKC Whitewater Center- OKC Zone (canoe slalom) Peacock Theatre- DTLA Zone (boxing, goalball, and weightlifting) Port of Los Angeles- Port of Los Angeles Zone (sailing) Riviera Country Club- Riviera Zone (golf) Rose Bowl Stadium- Pasadena Zone (football [soccer]) Santa Anita Park- Arcadia Zone (equestrian, para equestrian) Trestles State Beach- Trestles Beach Zone (surfing) Comcast Squash Center at Universal City Squash Center- Universal City Zone (squash) Valley Complex 1-4 – Valley Zone (1st- BMX freestyle, skateboarding) (2nd-modern pentathlon, skateboarding) (3rd-3×3 basketball) (4th- BMX racing) Venice Beach- Venice Zone (para triathlon, triathlon) Venice Beach Boardwalk- Venice Zone (athletics, cycling road, and para athletics) Whittier Narrows Clay Shooting Center- Whittier Narrows Zone (shooting)Read the full story on SwimSwam: Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Venues Compared to 2017 Bids
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