Council approves modified site plan for 2028 venues, with several relocations and temporary facilities

The Los Angeles City Council approved a recommended plan for 2028 Olympic sites and associated modifications, including temporary facilities and several venue relocations, the council recorded in the meeting minutes. The motion referenced a written recommendation dated June 17, 2024 and an Annex C containing venue changes.

The motion approved the recommended site plan and the Annex C modifications, which, as described on the record, include: designation of a temporary water-polo facility in Long Beach; moving preliminary soccer matches from a previously listed site to the Englewood stadium; relocating equestrian events to a site transcribed as "Temequilo"; re-siting shooting events in the Sepúlveda Basin to an alternate location; relocating skateboarding events to the Sepúlveda Basin; and modifying previously listed volleyball preliminaries to a Long Beach stadium. The motion also authorized jurisdictional and operational flexibility in the plan consistent with the annex and the agreement cited as "28 agreement 6.6" in the staff packet.

Councilmembers and staff on the record discussed financial responsibilities tied to the multi-city hosting framework. One speaker noted that the City of Los Angeles' financial guarantee would not apply to Oklahoma City and that Oklahoma City had assured it would take responsibility for cost-overruns in its jurisdiction. That same exchange included discussion of efforts to share costs among participating cities and of the program’s temporary (non-permanent) infrastructure approach.

A roll-call affirmation recorded several councilmembers as voting "yes" on the motion as read into the record; the clerk recorded the item as approved with the modification. The text read into the record referenced the June 17, 2024 recommendation and Annex C as the controlling documents for the modifications approved.

Councilmembers asked for further information on local economic benefits and requested additional data about visitor spending patterns and the potential for local hiring and contracting; the transcript records a request that staff return with more detailed economic analyses at a future meeting.

The approval concludes the council’s action on the recommended site plan as presented and modified; the recorded motion and the referenced Annex C are entered into the official record per the clerk’s reading.

Ending: The council approved the plan and the meeting moved on to other business. The staff documents and Annex C cited in the motion remain the official source for the specific site listings and modifications.