An updated venue plan for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles proposes staging basketball games at the Intuit Dome, gymnastics at Crypto.com Arena and swimming events at SoFi Stadium.
LA28, the organizing committee for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic and Paralympic Games, on Friday proposed the first series of, which they say will save more than $150 million and move some events outside of the city.
LA28's previous venue plan was developed in 2017 when the city of Los Angeles was bidding for the Olympic Games. Since then, several new state-of-the-art stadiums and arenas have become available, a previously assigned venue has become unavailable, new sports have been added to the 2028 program, and the International Olympic Committee developed a new policy to encourage organizers to prioritize using existing or temporary venues, even if they are located outside of the host city.
Diving events will return to the same pool that hosted the aquatics events in the 1932 Olympic Games -- the 1932 pool in Exposition Park. The city of Long Beach will host artistic swimming and para swimming competitions, as well as other sports which will be announced at a later date. Taking place outside of Southern California, the canoe slalom and softball events will take place in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The organizers say there are no venues that exist locally or anywhere in the Western U.S. to meet the demands for these events.
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