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Los Angeles Olympics may refer to three different Olympic Games held or to be held in Los Angeles: 1932 Summer Olympics , Games of the X Olympiad 1984 Summer Olympics , Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Los Angeles had unsuccessfully bid for the two previous Summer Olympic Games (1976 and 1980, which went to Montreal and Moscow, respectively). The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) had submitted at least one bid for every Olympics since 1944 but had not succeeded since the Los Angeles Olympics in 1932 , the previous time only a single bid ...
Los Angeles will host the Summer Olympics in 2028. [95] During the 131st IOC Session, the International Olympic Committee officially awarded the 2028 Summer Olympics to Los Angeles on July 31, 2017. [96] [97] The Coliseum will be the first stadium to host events for three different Olympic games. [12]
The selection of the host city for the 1932 Summer Olympics was made at the 23rd IOC Session in Rome, Italy, on April 9, 1923.Remarkably, the selection process consisted of a single bid, from Los Angeles’ Olympic Committee led by Billy May Garland, and as there were no bids from any other city, Los Angeles was selected by default to host the 1932 Games.
So far, a total of 36 sports have been approved to take part in the Los Angeles Olympic Games in 2028. Below is a list of the approved events and the international governing bodies in parenthesis.
Nobody but Tehran, Iran, and Los Angeles bid for the 1984 Games. Ueberroth, supported by then-mayor Tom Bradley, created a private financing plan that relied on media rights and corporations.
New leadership in SCCOG in 1972 along with lessons learned helped Los Angeles in bidding for the 1980 Summer Olympics though this time they would lose out to Moscow for the 1980 Summer Olympics. Los Angeles bid for the 1984 Summer Olympics with a minimal amount of new construction costs and a reliance on corporate sponsorships (unlike Montreal ...
Hosting the Olympics cost Salt Lake City $1.9 billion in 2002 dollars, The Los Angeles Times reported. One of the biggest expenses was $300 million for security -- most of which was paid by taxpayers.