The 2028 Summer Olympics, formally known as the Games of the XXXIV Olympiad and abbreviated as LA28, is an upcoming international multi-sport tournament set to take place in Los Angeles, California, United States, from July 21 to August 6, 2028. It will be the first Summer Olympics in the United States since the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, and the first Olympics in the United States since the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in 2002.
The bidding process for the host city was supposed to start in 2019, with the winning proposal being announced during the IOC Session in mid-2021. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided in July 2017 to award both the 2024 and 2028 Games jointly, following the withdrawal of a number of towns from vying for both the 2022 Winter Olympics and the 2024 Summer Olympics. As a result, on July 31, 2017, a deal was made in which Los Angeles will bid for the 2028 Games with $1.8 billion in additional financing from the IOC, paving the way for Paris to be confirmed as the 2024 Games host. On September 13, 2017, at the 131st IOC Session in Lima, Peru, both cities were formally proclaimed as victors of their respective games. The IOC commended the LA bid for utilizing a record-breaking number of existing and temporary facilities, as well as depending exclusively on corporate support.
Los Angeles will host the Summer Olympics for the third
time, making it the first North American city and the third in the world
to do so after London (1908, 1948, and 2012) and Paris (1900, 1924, and
2024). The previous four Summer Olympic Games were held in the United
States, in St. Louis in 1904, Los Angeles in 1932, Los Angeles in 1984,
and Atlanta in 1996. These will be the fourth Olympics in California and
the ninth in the United States overall, with four winter games held in
Lake Placid in 1932, Squaw Valley in 1960, Lake Placid in 1980, and Salt
Lake City in 2002.
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