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The 2028 Summer Olympics are scheduled to be held in Los Angeles, California, United States, from July 14–30, 2028. The Games will be hosted in and around Greater Los Angeles and Los Angeles County. The city's bid relied on a majority of existing venues and venues that had already been under construction or were planned regardless of the Games. The majority of venues are divided into clusters known as "sports parks", situated in Downtown Los Angeles, the San Fernando Valley, Carson (at California State University, Dominguez Hills), and Long Beach.[1][2] No new permanent venues are being built specifically for the Games.

The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and the Rose Bowl will host athletics and football (soccer), respectively.[3] Both will become the first stadiums to have ever hosted three different Olympiads.[4][5] BMO Stadium, which opened in 2018 as the home of Major League Soccer's Los Angeles FC, will host flag football and lacrosse. The University of California, Los Angeles will house the Olympic Village, while USC will house the Olympic Media Village.[6][7][8][9] Riviera Country Club will host golf.[10] Oklahoma City, Oklahoma will host the events for softball and canoe slalom.[11]

The 2017 venue plan proposed holding the opening ceremonies at both SoFi Stadium and the historic Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, in an acknowledgement of the Coliseum's role in the 1932 and 1984 Olympics. SoFi Stadium opened in 2020 as the home of the NFL's Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers. It will host swimming, becoming the largest swimming venue in Olympic history.[3] SoFi Stadium is expected to serve as the main ceremonies venue, the Los Angeles Organizing Committee will incorporate the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum into the opening ceremonies' protocol in a dual-venue format.[2][12][13] The closing ceremony will be held at the Coliseum. LA28 announced the official ceremonies plan on May 08, 2025.[14]

Venues and infrastructure

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The venues listed in this article were announced at various times in the run-up, with a final update submitted to the IOC on April 9, 2025 and announced on April 15, 2025.[15][16][17][18][19][20]

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Location of the facilities in the Los Angeles area

Due to IOC's rules on naming rights, organizers "will not use existing corporate or philanthropic names for stadiums and arenas for Games purposes."[17] Announced alternate venue names are given in parentheses.

Downtown Sports Park

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Various venues in Downtown Los Angeles.

Venue Olympic Events Paralympic Events Capacity Status
Exposition Park / USC Galen Center
(USC Sports Center)[21] 		Badminton Wheelchair Rugby 10,258 Existing
Gymnastics (rhythmic)
LA84 Foundation/John C. Argue Swim Stadium
(1932 Pool in Exposition Park)[22] 		Diving — 5,000 Existing with temporary stands
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum[23] Athletics (track and field) Athletics (track and field) 60,000 Existing, renovated
Opening/closing ceremonies Closing ceremony[24]
BMO Stadium
(Stadium in Exposition Park)[25] 		Flag football[26] — 22,000 Existing
Lacrosse —
USC Village Media Village, Main Press Center —
L.A. Live Crypto.com Arena
(Arena in Downtown Los Angeles)[27] 		Boxing (finals) Wheelchair Basketball 18,000
Gymnastics (artistic and trampolining)
Los Angeles Convention Center[28] Fencing — 7,000 Existing with temporary stands
Taekwondo —
Table tennis — 5,000
Judo — TBD
Wrestling —
Peacock Theater[29] Boxing (preliminaries) — 7,100 Existing
Weightlifting —
Figueroa Street "Olympic Way" with vendors and entertainment connecting Exposition Park / USC and L.A. Live — Temporary
Grand Park Athletics (race walking) — 5,000
Dodger Stadium[30] Baseball — 56,000 Existing

Valley Sports Park

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The Valley Sports Park will host events at temporary venues in the Sepulveda Basin Recreation Center in the San Fernando Valley.

Venue Olympic Events Paralympic Events Capacity Status
Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area[31] Basketball (3x3) — TBD Temporary
BMX racing/BMX freestyle — TBD
— TBD
Modern pentathlon — TBD
Skateboarding — TBD

South Bay Sports Park

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Dignity Health Sports Park Center

The South Bay Sports Park will be located on the campus of California State University, Dominguez Hills in Carson, California.

Venue Olympic Events Paralympic Events Capacity Status
Dignity Health Sports Park
(South Bay Sports Park) 		Main Stadium
(Stadium in Carson)[32] 		Rugby sevens — 27,000 Existing
Archery — TBD
Tennis Stadium
(Tennis Center in Carson)[33] 		Tennis Wheelchair Tennis 8,000 (center court)
VELO Sports Center
(Velodrome in Carson)[34] 		Track cycling Track cycling 2,450
Track and Field Facility
(Fields in Carson)[35] 		Field hockey — 15,000 (primary field)
5,000 (secondary field) 		Temporary

Long Beach Sports Park

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Long Beach

The Long Beach Sports Park will host events along the Long Beach waterfront.

Venue Olympic Events Paralympic Events Capacity Status
Long Beach Waterfront[36] Coastal rowing — TBD Temporary
Marathon swimming —
Long Beach Convention Center[37] Shooting (target) TBD TBD
Long Beach Convention Center Lot[38] Artistic swimming Swimming TBD
Water polo
Sport climbing TBD TBD
Long Beach Arena[39] Handball Sitting Volleyball 14,000 Existing
Alamitos Beach[30] Beach volleyball TBD TBD Temporary
Belmont Veterans Memorial Pier[40] Sailing — 6,000 Existing with temporary stands
Long Beach Marine Stadium[41] Rowing Rowing 14,000
Canoe sprint Paracanoe

Westside

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Various venues in the Westside of Los Angeles.

Riviera Country Club
SoFi Stadium
Venue Olympic Events Paralympic Events Capacity Status
Santa Monica and Venice Beach[42] Athletics (marathon) Athletics (marathon) TBD Existing with temporary stands
Road cycling Road cycling
Triathlon Paratriathlon
Riviera Country Club[43] Golf — 30,000
UCLA[16] Olympic Village and Olympic Village Training Center Paralympic Village and Paralympic Village Training Center — Existing
SoFi Stadium
(Stadium in Inglewood)[44][45] 		Opening ceremony Opening ceremony 70,240
Swimming — 38,000 Existing with temporary stands
Intuit Dome
(Arena in Inglewood)[46] 		Basketball (indoor) — 18,000 Existing
Hollywood Park Studios[47] International Broadcast Center — To be built, planned regardless of Games

Southern California venues

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Various venues in the Greater Los Angeles area.

UCLA student housing site of the Olympic Village
Venue Location Olympic Events Paralympic Events Capacity Status
Rose Bowl[48] Pasadena Football (soccer - quarterfinals, men's semifinal, women's semifinal, men's final and women's final) — 78,100 Existing
Santa Anita Park[49] Arcadia Equestrian Equestrian TBD Existing with temporary stands
LA Clays Shooting Sports Park[50]
(Shotgun Center in South El Monte)[51] 		South El Monte Shooting (shotgun) — TBD Existing
Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park[52] San Dimas Mountain biking (proposed venue) — 3,000 Temporary
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area[16] Santa Monica Mountains — 2,000
Fairplex
(Fairgrounds in Pomona)[30] 		Pomona Cricket — TBD
Honda Center
(Arena in Anaheim)[52] 		Anaheim Volleyball — 18,609 Existing
Brokaw News Center/Universal Studios Lot[53] Universal City Main Press Center —
Squash — TBD Existing with temporary stands
Trestles[30] San Clemente/San Diego County[54][55] Surfing — TBD Temporary

Oklahoma City

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On June 21, 2024, the LAOCOG announced that existing venues in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma would host the canoe slalom and softball events, opting not to build temporary venues for the events in Los Angeles to reduce costs.[11]

Venue Location Olympic Events Paralympic Events Capacity Status
Devon Park
(Softball Park)[56] 		Oklahoma City Softball — 13,000 Existing
Riversport OKC
(Whitewater Center)[57] 		Canoe slalom — 8,000 Existing with temporary stands

Venues to be announced

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As of May 2025, the venues for the following Olympic events had yet to be announced: the end points of the marathon and cycling road races, football (soccer) preliminary matches, and mountain biking. In addition, a majority of Paralympic events venues are yet to be announced.

According to the bid book for the Los Angeles 2028 Summer Olympics, soccer venues were to be situated within the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, and other nearby cities of California. Seven venues within the state of California were under consideration:[58]

Venue Location Events Capacity Status
Snapdragon Stadium (San Diego Stadium) San Diego 10 group matches, quarterfinals 35,000 Existing
PayPal Park (San Jose Stadium) San Jose 8 group matches (temporary or permanent expansion possible) 18,000
Stanford Stadium Stanford 8 group matches, quarterfinals, men's semifinal, women's 3rd place 50,424
Levi's Stadium (Santa Clara Stadium) Santa Clara 8 group matches, quarterfinals, women's semifinal, men's 3rd place 68,500
California Memorial Stadium Berkeley 8 group matches (if the field meets FIFA standards) 52,428

However, in April 2025, it was revealed that none of these stadia would be used, and in fact, all preliminary games will be held outside California.

The mountain bike events will be held at either Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park or Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area; details of each proposed site is listed in the above chart.

In addition, Tim McOsker, member of the Los Angeles City Council, has proposed moving the sailing venue to San Pedro.[59]

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