Thursday, September 14, 2017

LA officially selected to host 2028 games, Paris is awarded 2024 games

The IOC made it official yesterday, awarding the 2028 summer games to Los Angeles and the 2024 summer games to Paris.
This is both Paris and Los Angeles third games with Los Angeles hosting in 1932 and 1984 and Paris previously hosted in 1900 and 1924. 2024 will be the 100th anniversary of the last Paris games while for Los Angeles it will be the first summer games held in the USA since Atlanta hosted in 1996.