Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 Venues Road to LA 2028

[chargundam 35]

10 hours ago, esube said:

The Peacock theater, in downtown LA, home of weightlifting and boxing's early rounds, is named after NBC's Peacock streaming service.  Presumably because of NBC's massive investment in the games, IOC was already letting this venue keep its corporate name.  So it is not a big leap to allow other corporate naming.   The temporary cricket site will be known as the Tata Cricket Ground.  You read it here first.

Peacock Stadium isn't a in your face corporate name, im not surprised that was approved. 

[clemsonbeav 207]

Looks like Diving is getting a different venue than previously advertised.

 

https://la28.org/en/newsroom/la28-updates-diving-venue-for-the-2028-olympic-games.html

 

"Today, the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games proposed to relocate Diving to the Rose Bowl Aquatics Center in the Venue City of Pasadena...The Rose Bowl Aquatics Center offers an existing world class pool that meets Olympic Diving standards and requires fewer improvements in order to host Diving in 2028."

 

Looks like the other one (Exposition Park, where they held it in 1932) had some safety concerns.  From SwimSwam: 'World Aquatics “advised” LA28 that the pool does not meet the Olympic Diving standards due to athlete safety concerns of pool width and depth, orientation of the diving towers towards the sun, and inadequate clearance behind the towers.'

[George_D 1,473]

On 8/15/2025 at 10:43 AM, heywoodu said:

This is just so tragically American.

https://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/story/2025-08-14/la-2028-olympics-will-be-first-to-offer-venue-naming-rights?

 

We'll get, what, the Walmart Aquatics Stadium and the Coca-Cola Canoe Slalom Track or something?

Athens 2004 = The real pure Olympics in history...:)

[heywoodu 16,003]

3 hours ago, George_D said:

Athens 2004 = The real pure Olympics in history...:)

That would be Athens 2004 minus around 2000 years  

[esube 38]

While my head was turned, finally the mountain bike venue was announced:

 

https://www.singletracks.com/mtb-trails/the-2028-olympic-mountain-bike-course-will-be-located-at-industry-hills/

 

 

This is much closer to downtown LA than Bonelli park (the previously presumed location) would be.  I don't know this particular location, but it is a very hilly area generally so could be a good choice.

 

 

[rafalgorka 1,808]

Coe wants athletics events outside stadium at LA 2028

 

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/oct/02/cross-country-and-cyclocross-could-be-added-to-winter-olympics-by-2030?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

[phelps 8,281]

9 hours ago, rafalgorka said:

Coe wants athletics events outside stadium at LA 2028

 

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/oct/02/cross-country-and-cyclocross-could-be-added-to-winter-olympics-by-2030?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

 

how to kill the Olympic Games once and forever

 

[JoshMartini007 2,765]

Maybe he wants more race walk events and the half marathon. 

 

Why not have cross country in both the summer and winter Olympics?

[phelps 8,281]

1 hour ago, JoshMartini007 said:

Maybe he wants more race walk events and the half marathon. 

 

Why not have cross country in both the summer and winter Olympics?

tbh, if they add the cross-country race (or even if they replace the 10km on the track with cc race) to the Summer Olympics, I've nothing against it

 

it's the "classic" races and field events outside the stadium that I'm totally against

 

not to mention the farce of judo/any other indoor discipline switching to the Winter Games...I don't even want to comment such stupid possibility