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Los Angeles cuts deal to host 2028 Olympics, opening door for Paris in 2024

Los Angeles Times is reporting that despite a concerted push to get the 2024 Olympics, Los Angeles will be hosting the 2028 Summer Games instead. Los Angeles and Paris were engaged in a furious bidding war over the past few months, but ultimately Los Angeles made a deal that will end up giving them the 2028 games.

It was an uncharacteristic move on the part of the International Olympic Committee to extend bids and award two games in a row, but Paris and Los Angeles had both put forward compelling-enough cases to warrant further review (maybe the committee wanted to be wooed).