LA Olympics have no hope

Looking at the proposed venues.....

A lot more events will be in Long Beach that I would have thought. Makes sense.

Equestrian Center in Temecula could be really hot. Poor horses.

The colosseum is in a bad area. Fine during the day and at the stadium itself. At night, the area around it is not the best area to be in. I am sure it will be fine for two weeks with a lot extra security.

The BMX stuff and archery is going to be in the valley.....that could be really hot in the summer.

Curious what the mountain bike, marathon, road bike, beach volleyball, and surfing venues will be.

Marathon will start downtown is all I can find so far.

Does anyone know what the marathon course was for 1932?

In 1984 they started on Corsair Field at Santa Monica College, went through Santa Monica and Brentwood (including Bundy Dr. and Al Michael's mentioned that OJ lived in the area)' down San Vicente, along the beach through Santa Monica and Venice,,around Marina del Rey, on the Marina Freeway, through Culver City on Slauson, Overland, and Jefferson, onto Rodeo (now Obama) Boulevard, and then Exposition Boulevard with a turn on Menlo to the Colliseum tunnel and finish on the track.

As I suspected, LA isn't even going to try and be better than Paris.

usatoday.com

LA won't try to 'out-Paris Paris' in 2028 Olympics. Organizers want to stay true to city

@usatoday

One big change from Paris to LA will be return to a stadium for opening ceremony. Athletes will get the ovations that weren't possible on the Seine.

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Paris has a lot more to do than LA and crime is also an issue.

What the fvck are you talking about? If you think there are not homeless people in Paris, you've not been to Paris. And as with LA, there are clean areas of Paris and some that are not so clean. The same is true of any big city anywhere in the world.

You're another person that need to get out a bit more.

There's plenty to do in LA. There's crime, sure, but there is also plenty of crime in Paris.

They do have snoop dog though which is why NBC hired him to get the duped masses all excited so snoop can to the crip dance for them in LA

Colonial chickens coming home to roost.

If you are looking for soul in L.A. try Leimert Park, or maybe historic South Central (bounded by the 110 Freeway, Washington, Central, and Vernon).

Average high this week in LA is 88 degrees. Why is it going to be so much hotter in a few years? Is it because global warming? I'm pretty sure global warming isn't changing average temperatures by 20 degrees in a few years. I'm pretty sure it's like one or two degrees over 100 years.

[Edit: replying to arspen’s post about Paris being small and walkable.]

This. This is the number one reason. American cities generally suck bc of sprawl and highways everywhere. The best Olympic cities are dense and compact, easy to walk or bike from venue to venue with lively streets along the way full of cafes, retail, hotels, and public spaces like small parks, squares, and fountains. We just don’t have that in America. And it’s a shame.