CARSON, Calif. – The Olympic Games are returning to the City of Angels.
At a press conference at StubHub Center on Monday evening, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced a deal with the International Olympic Committee to host the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games allowing the 2024 Games to be held in Paris. The deal brings the Olympics back to the United States for the first time since 2002.
The Games will be Los Angeles’ third after the city hosted the world’s premier sporting event in 1934 and 1984.
“We know we will return the Olympic legacy to what it’s all about,” Garcetti told reporters.