Mark your calendars, of us: The Summer season Olympics are returning to American soil for the primary time in 32 years.
The Worldwide Olympic Committee on Wednesday awarded Los Angeles the 2028 Summer season Video games by way of unanimous vote. The IOC additionally gave Paris the 2024 Olympics, marking the primary time the committee has decided two host cities on the identical time.
It is official 🎉
The IOC simply introduced Los Angeles would be the host metropolis of the 2028 Olympic & Paralympic Video games! #FollowTheSun pic.twitter.com/DBlccQK3Kx
— LA28 (@LA28) September 13, 2017
The 2028 Video games, set to run from July 21 to Aug. 6, will mark the third time L.A. has hosted a Summer season Olympics, having additionally hosted in 1932 and 1984. This newest choice was much less dramatic than in years previous, as L.A. and Paris had been the final bidders standing after three different potential hosts — Rome, Hamburg and Budapest — all dropped out.
Boston briefly was within the operating for the 2024 Video games however pulled its bid as a result of lack of assist.
A U.S. metropolis hasn’t hosted the Summer season Olympics since Atlanta in 1996, and an Olympics hasn’t been held in America for the reason that 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake Metropolis.
The subsequent three Video games all might be situated in Asia, with Pyeongchang, South Korea, internet hosting the 2018 Winter Video games, Tokyo internet hosting the 2020 Summer season Video games and Beijing internet hosting the 2022 Summer season Video games.
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