The Paris Olympics, not surprisingly, proved a fantastic success, with huge crowds that proved quite a contrast to the COVID-19-locked down 2021 Games in Tokyo.
Sunday night, the torch was literally passed to Los Angeles, the next Olympic host, which will host the Games of the XXIV Olympiad.
Los Angeles is a familiar site, as this will be the third time America’s second-largest city has hosted the Olympics. Here is what you need to know.
Who is hosting the 2028 Olympics?
The 2028 Summer Olympics are headed to Los Angeles.
This marks the first summer Olympics on American soil since the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and the first Olympics of any kind in America since the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics.
How many times has L.A. hosted the Olympics?
This will be the third time Los Angeles has hosted the Olympics, as they had them in 1932 and 1984. The only other three-time hosts are Paris (1900, 1924 and 2024) and London (1908, 1948 and 2012)
This will be the ninth time the U.S. has hosted a Games, more than any other country (five in summer, four in winter). France has served as the host for six Olympics (three in summer and three in winter).
Los Angeles originally bid to host the 2024 Olympics, and after other potential host cities withdrew their bids, only Paris and LA were left. In an unprecedented move, the International Olympic Committee simultaneously awarded both cities Olympics, with LA moving back to 2028.
Los Angeles 2028 Olympic venues
The strength of the Los Angeles bid was its infrastructure that is already in place, as there won’t need to be big construction projects for venues. They already have most of what they need.
Here is where the Games will be.
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Cypto.com Arena in downtown Los Angeles — home to the Los Angeles Lakers, Kings and Sparks — will host gymnastics events.
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SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, home to the Los Angeles Rams and Chargers, will host the swimming event. It will hold 38,000 spectators, making it the largest swimming venue in Olympic history.
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The Intuit Dome in Inglewood, which will be home to the Los Angeles Clippers when it opens later this month, will host basketball.
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Diving will be held at LA84 Foundation/John C. Argue Swim Stadium, which hosted aquatics events for the 1932 Summer Olympics.
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Track and field competitions will be at the LA Memorial Coliseum, where the track at the two previous Los Angeles Olympics was.
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The opening and closing ceremonies will take place at the Coliseum and SoFi Stadium.
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Archery, cycling (BMX racing and freestyle) and skateboarding will be hosted at the Sepulveda Basin Recreation Center.
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The Long Beach Sports Park in Long Beach will host artistic swimming and para swimming competitions.
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Equestrian will be at Galway Downs in Temecula.
Los Angeles Olympics medal count 1984
The Soviet Union and 13 other Communist Bloc nations boycotted the 1984 Olympics, which ended up making it an American bonanza. McDonald’s had a promotion where it gave away Big Macs for each American gold medal and it ended up running out of Big Mac buns.
Here is the top of the medal table.
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United States: 174 (83 gold)
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West Germany: 59 (17 gold)
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Romania: 53 (20 gold)
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Canada: 44 (10 gold)
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Great Britain: 37 (5 gold)
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China: 32 (15 gold)
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Italy: 32 (14 gold)
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Japan: 32 (10 gold)
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France: 28 (5 gold)
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Australia: 24 (4 gold)
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Republic of Korea: 19 (6 gold)
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Sweden: 19 (2 gold)
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Yugoslavia: 18 (7 gold)
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Netherlands: 13 (5 gold)
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New Zealand: 11 (8 gold)
Bret Bloomquist can be reached at bbloomquist@elpasotimes.com; @Bretbloomquist on X.
This article originally appeared on El Paso Times: Los Angeles set to host Olympic Games in 2028. What to know
