LA 2028:
The “No-New-Build” Games
The Green Legacy Strategy
Venue Re-Use
100% of competition venues are existing or temporary. Iconic sites like the Intuit Dome and Crypto.com Arena will be used without permanent modifications.
Public Transit Surge
The “Twenty-eight by ’28” initiative fast-tracks 28 transit projects, ensuring all Olympic venues are reachable via a unified, zero-emission bus and rail network.
Carbon Sequestration
LA28 will fund the planting of 200,000 shade trees across disadvantaged LA neighborhoods to mitigate heat-island effects during the July heatwaves.
Radical Adaptive Reuse
Instead of constructing a new Olympic Village, athletes will be housed at **UCLA**, while the media will utilize existing facilities at **USC**. This move alone is estimated to save over **$2 Billion** in construction costs and prevent millions of tons of concrete-related CO2 emissions.
The flagship venue, **SoFi Stadium**, will undergo a minor temporary transformation to host swimming events—a first for a football-stadium-to-aquatics conversion of this scale. This “plug-and-play” model is being closely watched by the IOC as the new standard for future bids.
Key Quote:
“LA28 is not about what we build, but how we use what we have. We are proving that the world’s greatest sporting event can be a catalyst for urban renewal without the scars of white elephants.”
Venue Master List
Major sites confirmed for 2028:
- Opening Ceremony: SoFi Stadium & Memorial Coliseum
- Athletics: LA Memorial Coliseum
- Swimming: SoFi Stadium (Temporary Pool)
- Basketball: Intuit Dome (Inglewood)
- Gymnastics: Crypto.com Arena
- Surfing: Huntington Beach
Join the Movement
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