Paris, Los Angeles Reaches Agreement To Host 2024, 2028 Olympics
After weeks of negotiations with the International Olympic Committee, Los Angeles officials have reached a deal to host the 2028 Summer Games under terms they hope will generate hundreds of millions in savings and additional revenues.
The agreement will bring the Olympics back to Southern California for a third time, after Los Angeles hosted in 1984 and 1932. It also opens the door for the 2024 Games to be held in Paris.
“It has been certainly a roller coaster LA bid chairman Casey Wasserman told The Times, adding that IOC officials “showed a real willingness to be thoughtful and creative.”
The 2028 Olympics will be the first American-hosted games since 1996 in Atlanta.
The French capital was seen as the sentimental choice for 2024, with the event falling 100 years after it last hosted the Olympics.
The decision avoids inflicting another defeat on Paris — which lost with bids for the 1992, 2008 and 2012 Olympics — and the United States. New York and Chicago both lost heavily for 2012 and 2016, respectively.
