An extremely unofficial list of LA landmarks for the 2028 Summer Olympics.
Even if you ’re not aremote workerwith eyes glue to the Gold Zone all morning , you have probably see , by now , the spectacle that Paris has put on for the 2024 Olympic games : the Parade of Nations down the Seine , the beach volleyball court in front of the Eiffel Tower , equestrian at Versailles , theGojira concerton the Conciergerie former castle / prison for some ( awesome ) reason . Paris demonstrate up for these Olympic games , there ’s no deny it . But it ’s nothing compared to what LA ’s going to land when we host the 2028 Olympics .
You have probably also learn the joke belong around about our own Parade of Nations on the LA River — which , despite the universal jeers , is in factpossible to cut across in a boatwithout too much portage in some lieu , sometimes — but there are mickle of other indispensable LA landmark that deserve the full Olympic treatment .
In fact , that was one of the major selling point for LA ’s Olympic command in the first topographic point — we already have so many iconic bowl , coliseums , bowls , domes , pyramids , and venue in other shapes that we ’ll hardly have to build anything new , other than a smidge of public transit and housing and airdrome rising slope and sundry supportive infrastructure . But nevermind that , it ’ll all for sure be done in the next three - and - a - one-half years . Look , or else , at all of these badass venues where we should be hosting Olympian events for LA28 :
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Skateboarding at Disney Hall
Anyone who ever play Tony Hawk ’s Pro Skater has think about it — how sick would it be to tear up the resplendent chrome - out curve of Disney Hall ? Unfortunately it wo n’t be a relevant reference for the teenage competitors who dominate Olympic skating , because most of them will have been born more than a decade after the end of the Nintendo 64 era . Yikes . I venture you could say I’mgrowing honest-to-god all the time , seem older all the sentence , feeling younger in my thinker .
Sport Climbing the Oceanwide Plaza Graffiti Towers
Despite some ( creative , irregular , boundaryless ) movement in that charge , Parkour did n’t make the cut for the Olympics — and there ’s fricative debate within the parkour - mmunity about whether it should . But we can yield court to the run style of Martin Luther King likeDavid BelleandMichael Scottby encouraging the next mess of sport climbing competitors to spill the bright charge plate holds of an indoor gym and join legends likeReckless Benin performing dying - defy stunt on LA ’s very own dystopian towers of outsider art . Bonus repoint if they can put off private security and perchance leave a piddling tag end of their own on the mode .
Synchronized Swimming in the Fountains at the Americana
The Olympics is a bully chance for the horde city to selectively highlight its cultural and artistic share to the world , and , so US Olympic Committee leader should take the chance to prompt everyone about our truly unmatched shopping mall acculturation . And what better way to do it than with a Busby Berkeley - expressive style spectacle at Glendale ’s premier open - line shopping and urine show destination , with winner do by to Tex - Mex Eggrolls from Cheesecake Factory fried to a crispy golden - Robert Brown , and mayhap they can get their parking validated too .
3x3 Basketball at the Venice Beach Courts
Now that 3x3 Basketball is a certified major mutation — shoutout toIce Cube , once again forward of his time — it ’s only right to take it to the street in LA . And there are few street courts that can twin the prestige and the survey of the Venice Beach Basketball court of justice . aboveboard , the hoi polloi who play there on a regular basis should be take into account to shape their own country just for this case . And perhaps we ’ll get to see ifWoody Harrelson can still dunk — lord knows he getshigh enough .
Triathlon getting from El Sereno to Marina Del Rey at rush hour
Yes , they ’re supposed to be rolling out public transit improvements over the next few years in the ravel up to the Olympics , but it will still be unspeakable to try out to get across town at rush 60 minutes by any method acting . For the next Olympic Triathlon , competition should be need to pelt along between two wonderful but inconvenient neighborhood , going for the fastest time by any three method acting they see set . Will the bus to the metro to an Uber pulse jogging , swimming , and biking ? Can a combo like electric scooter to kayak to hijacked bringing robot win the solar day ? Only one matter is for certain — anything is better than driving in rush hour traffic .
Equestrian at The Arclight Parking Garage
Paris has Versailles , a historic castle that celebrates French prowess and civilisation and scientific advance on sprawling reason that still serve as a symbolisation of national lustre . LA has the Arclight Hollywood and the Cinerama Dome , a historical castle that celebrated our own artistry and culture and scientific advancement on a sprawl campus , an opulent memorial that is now a boarded - up stalk , but by 2028 it should be reopened like Versaille after the Revolution , as a cultural symbol once again .
Archery at Randy’s Donuts
What is a donut if not a object with a hole punch in it ? Let ’s fill that affair in , then line up the earth ’s greatest bend shots to knock the trap powerful out again .
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