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==Bidding process==
{{main|Bids for the 2024 and 2028 Summer Olympics}}
The origins came when Los Angeles previously bid for the Olympics, such as for [[1952 Summer Olympics|1952]], which they lost to [[Helsinki]]. They bid again for [[1956 Summer Olympics|1956]], however, which was given to [[Melbourne]]. The city had also bid for [[1976 Summer Olympics|1976]], but lost to [[Montreal]], and also for [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980]], which was also lost to [[Moscow]]. Finally, the city was chosen to host the 1984 games. After [[Atlanta]] hosted the 1996 games,
On September 16, 2015, the International Olympic Committee announced the candidature process and the five candidate cities for the 2024 Games: [[Budapest]], [[Hamburg]], Los Angeles, Paris, and [[Rome]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.olympic.org/Documents/Host_city_elections/Candidature_Process_Olympic_Games_2024.pdf |title=Candidature Process Olympic Games 2024 |access-date=March 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222104446/http://www.olympic.org/Documents/Host_city_elections/Candidature_Process_Olympic_Games_2024.pdf |archive-date=December 22, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> Budapest, Hamburg, and Rome eventually withdrew, leaving only Los Angeles and Paris.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Butler |first1=Nick |title=Exclusive: IOC vow to "further adjust" candidature process after Budapest 2024 withdrawal |date=February 24, 2017 |url=http://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1047403/exclusive-ioc-vow-to-further-adjust-candidature-process-after-budapest-2024-withdrawal |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801164022/http://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1047403/exclusive-ioc-vow-to-further-adjust-candidature-process-after-budapest-2024-withdrawal |archive-date=August 1, 2017 |access-date=August 1, 2017 |publisher=Inside the Games}}</ref> A similar situation had already occurred during the [[Bids for the 2022 Winter Olympics|bidding for the 2022 Winter Olympics]] when [[Kraków]], [[Lviv]], [[Oslo]], and [[Stockholm]] withdrew, resulting in a two-way decision between [[Beijing]], China, and [[Almaty]], Kazakhstan, with Beijing ultimately declared the winner. On April 3, 2017, at the IOC convention in Denmark, Olympic officials met with bid committees from Los Angeles and Paris to discuss the possibility of naming two winners in the competition to host the 2024 Summer Games.
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The Coliseum underwent a major renovation and restoration program from 2017 to 2019.<ref>{{cite news |date=January 29, 2018 |title=See the Changes Coming to the Historic LA Memorial Coliseum |url=https://www.nbclosangeles.com/multimedia/USC-Trojans-Football-Los-Angeles-Memorial-Coliseum-Renovation-Changes-470903743.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323092706/https://www.nbclosangeles.com/multimedia/USC-Trojans-Football-Los-Angeles-Memorial-Coliseum-Renovation-Changes-470903743.html |archive-date=March 23, 2018 |access-date=March 22, 2018 |work=[[NBC Sports]]|publisher=[[NBC Owned Television Stations]]|location=[[Los Angeles]]}}</ref> A new press box, [[Box (theatre)|loge boxes]], and club seats were installed.<ref>{{cite web |title=Renovated Coliseum Press Box to be Named Otis Booth Press Box |url=http://coliseumrenovation.com/news/renovated-coliseum-press-box-be-named-otis-booth-press-box |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414234739/http://coliseumrenovation.com/news/renovated-coliseum-press-box-be-named-otis-booth-press-box |archive-date=April 14, 2018 |access-date=April 14, 2018 |publisher=The Coliseum Renovation Project}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=January 29, 2018 |title=United Airlines Memorial Coliseum to be new name for L.A. landmark|url=http://news.usc.edu/135477/united-airlines-memorial-coliseum-to-be-new-name-for-l-a-landmark/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806203852/http://news.usc.edu/135477/united-airlines-memorial-coliseum-to-be-new-name-for-l-a-landmark/ |archive-date=August 6, 2018 |access-date=August 20, 2018 |newspaper=USC Today|publisher=[[University of Southern California]]|location=[[Los Angeles]]}}</ref> Crypto.com Arena is also undergoing renovations which will be completed by 2024.<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 22, 2022 |author=David Wharton|title=Crypto.com Arena to step up its game with several years' worth of renovation and upgrades |url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2022-08-22/a-look-at-crypto-com-renovation-arena-upgrades |access-date=February 20, 2023 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|location=[[Los Angeles]]}}</ref> The [[National Basketball Association|NBA]]'s [[Los Angeles Clippers]] broke ground on a new arena in [[Inglewood, California|Inglewood]]—[[Intuit Dome]]—in 2021, which was completed on schedule, in time for the [[2024–25 NBA season]]; in January 2024, it was announced that the arena would also host basketball during the Games.<ref name=":7">{{Cite news |last=Golliver |first=Ben |date=January 17, 2024 |title=Clippers' Intuit Dome will host 2026 NBA All-Star Game, 2028 Olympics |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/01/16/2026-nba-all-star-weekend-clippers-intuit-dome/ |access-date=March 15, 2024 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|location=[[Los Angeles]] |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>
In 2022, the [[Knight Riders Group]] and [[American Cricket Enterprises]] announced plans for a new cricket pitch at [[Orange County Great Park]] in [[Irvine, California|Irvine]]; while intended primarily for the [[Los Angeles Knight Riders]] of [[Major League Cricket]], it was considered to be a potential venue for the then-proposed cricket competitions during the Olympics.<ref>{{Cite news|date=May 1, 2022 |title=Knight Riders and MLC plan new cricket venue, LA 2028 pursuit intensifies |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1122575/knight-riders-mlc-new-cricket-la-2028 |access-date=March 15, 2024 |last=Brennan|first=Elliott|work=[[Inside the Games]]|location=[[Milton Keynes]]|
In January 2017, it was reported that the bid committee had proposed holding the opening and closing ceremonies at both SoFi Stadium and the historic [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]], in an acknowledgement of its role in the 1932 and 1984 Olympics. The plans called the final leg of the torch relay to be ceremonially launched from the Coliseum, a [[simulcast]] of the opening ceremony proper at SoFi Stadium for those in attendance, and the ceremonial re-lighting of the historic Olympic cauldron at the stadium once the cauldron is lit in Inglewood. The closing ceremony would be held in reverse, with opening segments at SoFi Stadium, and the official protocol held at the Coliseum.<ref>{{cite news|last=Wharton|first=David|date=January 16, 2017|title=L.A. organizers propose linked, simultaneous Olympic ceremonies for Coliseum, Inglewood stadium|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|location=[[Los Angeles]]|url=http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-la2024-olympic-ceremonies-20170116-story.html|url-status=live|access-date=August 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116175332/http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-la2024-olympic-ceremonies-20170116-story.html|archive-date=January 16, 2017}}</ref>
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===Sports===
[[File:Luiz Francisco em Tóquio 2021.jpg|thumb|[[Skateboarding]] ''(pictured)'', [[surfing]], and [[competition climbing|sport climbing]] will be inducted into the core Olympic program, after being selected as discretionary sports at the previous two editions of the games.]]
The program of the 2028 Summer Olympics is expected to include events in at least 35 sports, including 27 of the "core" Olympic sports contested since 2016. These Games will introduce changes to the program of core Olympic sports, including the permanent addition of [[Skateboarding at the Summer Olympics|skateboarding]], [[Sport climbing at the Summer Olympics|sport climbing]], and [[Surfing at the Summer Olympics|surfing]] after having been featured as optional sports in 2020 and 2024. These sports were intended by the IOC to replace [[Boxing at the Summer Olympics|boxing]], [[Modern pentathlon at the Summer Olympics|modern pentathlon]], and [[Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics|weightlifting]], which had all been placed under provisional status due to governance issues.<ref name=":8" /> Modern pentathlon and weightlifting were later reinstated, but boxing remains under provisional status until further notice due to unresolved concerns.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":5" /> The Los Angeles 2028 Organising Committee proposed five optional sports: [[baseball]]/[[softball]], [[cricket]], [[flag football]], [[lacrosse]], and [[Squash (sport)|squash]]. They were approved by the IOC in October 2023 as part of their policy of introducing Games-specific sports to maximise local interest and growth.<ref name="new sports">{{Cite
Of the 16 new disciplines proposed by existing Olympic sports, [[Coastal and offshore rowing|beach sprint rowing]] was the only one to be accepted by the IOC. It will replace the [[Lightweight rowing|lightweight double sculls]] category, and consist of individual events for men and women as well as a mixed double sculls event.<ref name="beach rowing">{{cite web | title=Beach sprint rowing added to Los Angeles 2028 Olympics as additional discipline | website=insidethegames.biz | date=October 30, 2012 | url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1141682/beach-sprint-rowing-los-angeles-2028 | access-date=October 17, 2023 | archive-date=October 31, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031120015/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1141682/beach-sprint-rowing-los-angeles-2028 | url-status=live }}</ref> Proposed disciplines which were not ultimately selected included [[Compound bow|compound archery]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-13 |title=Compound bid for LA28 Olympics unsuccessful, only new sports added {{!}} World Archery |url=https://www.worldarchery.sport/news/201417/compound-bid-la28-olympics-unsuccessful-only-new-sports-added |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=www.worldarchery.sport |language=en}}</ref> Modern pentathlon is expected to employ a new format which replaces [[show jumping]] with [[obstacle course racing]].<ref name=":5" />
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Since 2020, the program of the Summer Olympics has consisted of mandatory "core" sports that persist between Games, and up to six optional sports proposed by the organising committee in order to improve local interest, provided that the total number of participants does not exceed a presumed 10,500 athletes.<ref name="Charter">{{cite web |year=2021 |title=Olympic Charter |url=https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Document%20Library/OlympicOrg/General/EN-Olympic-Charter.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514221054/https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Document%20Library/OlympicOrg/General/EN-Olympic-Charter.pdf |archive-date=May 14, 2021 |location=[[Lausanne]]|publisher=[[International Olympic Committee]] |page=88}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=July 19, 2014 |title=Big changes to Olympic sports program on way after Agenda 2020 Summit |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1021390/big-changes-to-olympic-sports-programme-on-way-after-agenda-2020-summit |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912163729/http://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1021390/big-changes-to-olympic-sports-programme-on-way-after-agenda-2020-summit |archive-date=September 12, 2015 |access-date=July 18, 2021 |last=Owen|first=David|work=[[Inside the Games]]|location=[[Lausanne]]|publisher=ITG Media DMCC}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Olympic Agenda 2020 Recommendations |url=http://www.olympic.org/Documents/Olympic_Agenda_2020/Olympic_Agenda_2020-20-20_Recommendations-ENG.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150810121042/http://www.olympic.org/Documents/Olympic_Agenda_2020/Olympic_Agenda_2020-20-20_Recommendations-ENG.pdf |archive-date=August 10, 2015 |access-date=June 23, 2015 |publisher=[[International Olympic Committee]]|location=[[Lausanne]]}}</ref>
On December 9, 2021, the IOC executive board proposed that skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing, which all successfully debuted as optional sports at the [[2020 Summer Olympics]] and returned in the same capacity in [[2024 Summer Olympics|2024]],<ref name=":4">{{cite news |last1=Church |first1=Ben |date=November 5, 2021 |title=Modern Pentathlon removes horse riding from competition after Tokyo 2020 incident |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/05/sport/modern-pentathlon-horse-riding-olympics-spt-intl/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127030628/https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/05/sport/modern-pentathlon-horse-riding-olympics-spt-intl/index.html |archive-date=November 27, 2021 |access-date=November 7, 2021 |work=[[CNN]]|location=[[London]]|publisher=[[Warner Bros. Discovery]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite
* The [[International Boxing Association]] (IBA) was suspended by the IOC in 2019 for governance, financial, and corruption issues, which resulted in boxing at the [[boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2020]] and [[Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics|2024]] Games being overseen by an external, IOC task force. Governance concerns increased following the election of [[Umar Kremlev]] as its president in December 2020 due to his opposition to the independent appointment of judges and officials, and allegations of increasing Russian influence (including moving some of its operations to Russia, and his appointment of state-owned oil and gas company [[Gazprom]] as the organisation's main sponsor in 2021. The IBA had also stifled attempts by candidates to challenge Kremlev's presidency, and lifted an IOC-recommended ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes (in response to the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]]) in October 2022.<ref name="WaPo">{{Cite news |last=Carpenter |first=Les |date=September 27, 2022 |title=Boxing's governing body nixes new election, jeopardizing Olympic future |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |location=[[Brussels]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2022/09/27/umar-kremlev-russia-olympic-boxing/ |access-date=October 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221006152632/https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2022/09/27/umar-kremlev-russia-olympic-boxing/ |archive-date=October 6, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Yle">{{Cite web |date=October 5, 2022 |title=Venäläiset ja valkovenäläiset takaisin nyrkkeilykisoihin – järkyttyneet ruotsalaiset ilmoittivat jo boikotoivansa, Suomen liitolla pohdinnat käynnissä |url=https://yle.fi/urheilu/3-12650490 |access-date=October 6, 2022 |work=[[Yle]] |archive-date=October 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021165106/https://yle.fi/urheilu/3-12650490 |url-status=live }}</ref> A competing governing body known as [[World Boxing]] was established in April 2023 by a consortium of national federations that had expressed concerns over the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the IBA, and over the future of boxing as an Olympic event. In June 2023, the IOC executive board voted to strip the IBA of its recognition, citing a lack of progress since the original suspension.<ref name="theguardian20190522">{{cite news |last1=Ingle |first1=Sean |date=May 22, 2019 |title=Aiba stripped of right to run boxing tournament at Tokyo Olympics |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/may/22/aiba-stripped-of-right-to-run-boxing-tokyo-olympics |url-status=live |access-date=May 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210704070508/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/may/22/aiba-stripped-of-right-to-run-boxing-tokyo-olympics |archive-date=July 4, 2021}}</ref><ref name="ioc">{{Cite web |date=June 22, 2023 |title=International Boxing Association stripped by International Olympic Committee of status |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/boxing/65987324 |access-date=June 23, 2023 |work=[[BBC Sport]] |location=[[Manchester]]|language=en-GB |archive-date=July 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230702135628/https://www.bbc.com/sport/boxing/65987324 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="freshtwist">{{cite news |date=April 14, 2023 |title=Fresh twist in boxing saga as new body, World Boxing, launches to save sport |work=The New Indian Express |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/2023/apr/14/fresh-twist-in-boxing-saga-as-new-body-world-boxing-launches-to-save-sport-2565670.html |access-date=May 4, 2023 |archive-date=May 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506033139/https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/2023/apr/14/fresh-twist-in-boxing-saga-as-new-body-world-boxing-launches-to-save-sport-2565670.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Ingle |first=Sean |date=June 22, 2023 |title=IOC expels International Boxing Association from Olympic movement |language=en-GB |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|location=[[London]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/jun/22/ioc-expels-international-boxing-association-olympic-movement |access-date=December 7, 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
* The [[International Weightlifting Federation]] (IWF) faced issues with [[Doping in sport|doping]] and governance, resulting in weightlifting being considered "provisional" for the 2024 Summer Olympics.<ref name="theguardian20190522" /> In 2022, the IWF elected Mohammed Hasan Jalood as its new president, and he oversaw reforms to the organisation, including agreeing to delegate its drug testing to the [[International Testing Agency]] and to participate in the [[Court of Arbitration for Sport]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=October 14, 2023 |title=IWF credits governance reforms for saving weightlifting's Los Angeles 2028 place |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1141725/iwf-reaction-la-28 |access-date=December 7, 2023 |last=Burke|first=Patrick|work=[[Inside the Games]]|location=[[Mumbai]]|publisher=ITG Media DMCC |archive-date=December 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207180428/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1141725/iwf-reaction-la-28 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite news |date=October 13, 2023 |title=IOC approves five additional sports for Los Angeles 2028 but boxing back on hold |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1141685/ioc-confirms-los-angeles-2028-sports |access-date=December 7, 2023 |last=Burke|first=Patrick|work=[[Inside the Games]]|location=[[Mumbai]]|publisher=ITG Media DMCC |archive-date=December 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207180654/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1141685/ioc-confirms-los-angeles-2028-sports |url-status=live }}</ref>
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