The opening ceremony of the Los Angeles Olympic Games is scheduled to take place on July 14, 2028, with the closing ceremony taking place just two weeks later, on July 30.
The Paralympic Games opening ceremony will be held on August 15, and the closing ceremony will be held on August 27.
In total, more than 50 Olympic and Paralympic sports will be contested across more than 800 events.
The 2028 Games will mark the third time Los Angeles has hosted the Olympics, and organisers – keen to stress their sustainability credentials – have said no permanent new construction will be needed for the event.
Instead, dozens of existing sites have been set aside for use, including the home stadium of the LA Galaxy soccer team and the LA Memorial Coliseum, which will host sporting events as it did for the previous two Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
It’s no surprise that a city known for its palm-lined beaches would host beach volleyball competitions on a real beach – something that wasn’t possible in Paris this year.
But some venues will need some tweaking. For example, SoFi Stadium, as it’s currently known, in the suburb of Englewood, will be converted to host swimming events, with the addition of a stunning Olympic-sized pool.
Meanwhile, UCLA’s student housing will be transformed into an athlete village over the summer, providing training facilities.
From a sustainability perspective, it remains to be seen whether Los Angeles can deliver on the “car-free” Games it pledged after winning the bid in 2017.
Transporting thousands of spectators across the sprawling California city poses a major challenge for organizers — current hopes for car-free transportation are pinned on a fleet of buses, after plans to modernize the main rail network fell through, according to the Los Angeles Times.
And it won’t be cheap.
The latest budget includes spending of nearly $7bn (£5.5bn) on the Games themselves, plus any transport upgrades.
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