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Los Angeles Olympics’ Revamped 2028 Venue Proposals: Swimming At SoFi, BMX & Skateboarding In The Valley, Softball To OKC
Organizers of the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games on Friday unveiled its first batch of updates to its venue plan for the 2028 Summer Games.
The biggest moves including earmarking SoFi Stadium in Inglewood to become the largest-ever Olympics venue for swimming; setting Crypto.com Arena to host gymnastics, replacing the Forum; the Los Angeles Clippers’ soon-to-open home Intuit Dome to host basketball; and moving BMX, skateboarding and archery competitions north to the San Fernando Valley. As part of the updated venue plan, a pair of events — Canoe Slalom and Softball — will now take place in Oklahoma City, an unusual move organizers say was due to insufficient facilities in the L.A. region but also “in alignment with the IOC’s Olympic Agenda 2020+5 recommendation which emphasizes sustainability by encouraging the use of existing venues beyond the region of the Host City.” As previously set, the Olympic and Paralympic track and field competitions remain at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, which along with SoFi Stadium will host the Opening and Closing Ceremonies.
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