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Seal Beach forms Olympic planning committee and signals openness to more special events
Summary
Recreation staff briefed the council on special-event capacity and Olympic activation opportunities tied to LA28; council agreed to create an Olympic planning committee and to explore more events (farmers markets, tournaments, viewing parties) while balancing resident impacts and staffing constraints.
Recreation Manager Tim Kelsey told the council that Southern California’s 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games will bring large regional activation opportunities and that Seal Beach should prepare to host allied events and visitor activations.
Kelsey provided event-scale figures cited by LA28: approximately 15,680 athletes at sites across Southern California and an estimated 10–15 million ticketed fans across all venues.…
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