LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games Organizing Committee, in coordination with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), officially finalized its comprehensive venue master plan on Thursday. The approval establishes the exact competition sites for all 36 sports on the program, including the five recently added disciplines—cricket, flag football, lacrosse, squash, and baseball/softball—marking a key operational milestone two years ahead of the Games.
Built around a strict “no permanent construction” policy, the updated venue model relies entirely on existing stadiums, temporary structures, and established elite training facilities. To minimize municipal financial risk, organizers confirmed that cricket will be hosted in specialized external stadium hubs in Texas and New York, leveraging venue infrastructure established during recent international tournaments. Meanwhile, flag football and lacrosse will occupy reconfigured temporary arenas within the Greater Los Angeles footprint.
Organizers projected that utilizing existing facilities across multiple regional clusters will keep venue expenditures within the project’s balanced $6.9 billion budget. The final plan follows more than eighteen months of technical reviews with international sports federations, municipal authorities, and broadcast partners to address local transportation routes, security perimeters, and global television scheduling across multiple time zones.
The inclusion of cricket and flag football has generated strong commercial momentum for the 2028 Games. Committee officials reported that domestic commercial sponsorship commitments have surpassed $2.6 billion, buoyed by expanding audience interest in South Asia and North America. IOC leadership praised the layout as a pragmatic execution of Olympic Agenda 2020+5, which encourages host cities to prioritize long-term fiscal sustainability over landmark construction projects.
With venue allocations officially locked, the LA28 committee will shift its primary focus toward venue operational readiness, volunteer recruitment strategies, and public transit integration plans set to undergo initial testing in late 2027. Olympic organizers confirmed that ticketing structures and venue-specific schedule outlines will be released to the public in early 2027.
