2028 games

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LA28 Men's Gear. LA28 Women's Gear. LA28 Hats. Shop now. Stay informed Sign up to receive updates about LA I am interested in According to the agreement — which passed by an margin — the games are paid for by the nonprofit Los Angeles Organizing Committee, or LA City Administrative Officer Matt Szabo and Chief Legislative Analyst Sharon Tso briefed council members about the agreement before the vote Friday, saying that while it is impossible to eliminate all risk, the city has done its best to mitigate risk.

Szabo noted that the city is at less risk of running over budget because it already has sports arenas and other infrastructure in place to hold the games, meaning it will have less unexpected construction costs than previous host cities.

And hype has been building for the Summer Olympics in Tokyo—although the global coronavirus pandemic led the International Olympic Committee to declare a postponement for the events until July , in a historic twist. That said, Tokyo decided to take down and rebuild the original Olympics Stadium in preparation for a rugby competition and the future Olympic events, although a number of other original venues in the renowned metropolis and foodie destination will be reused.

For the first time, five new sports will be added to the summer Olympics lineup: baseball and softball, karate, sport climbing, surfing and skateboarding. But the global spread of the coronavirus caused the International Olympic Committee to announce a postponement for the Summer Olympics, which were scheduled to kick off in July and run through August.

Instead, they declared in March that the Games would take place sometime before summer The Games are ultimately set to start on Friday, July Local officials implemented a number of protocols and testing requirements to try and prevent a COVID outbreak, though some cases were always to be expected. But the Beijing games took place in the summer, and this time the global capital decided to aim for a winter experience as well.

Its successful bid for the next Winter Olympics makes Beijing the first city to host both a summer and a winter Olympics, beating out the single other candidate of Almaty Kazakhstan. Beijing already has much of its indoor Olympics infrastructure in place, thanks to the games.