LA is one of the few cities that does it correctly- rather than spending billions on new facilities they used existing facilities...worked well for them in 1984 when i was there and i expect much the same in 11 years...
I was there in 1984, and they did a fine job. They also did it on the cheap. That doesn’t mean they will do a fine job again, but it shows that it can be done.
I remember walking out my front door and watching the bicycle races in Mission Viejo—so great.
Spreading out the events all over the metro area worked well.
Of course, that was a few million illegal aliens ago...
Yep President Pence will open the games with fanfare!
Agree. Reading though the article, it doesn’t at all make the case that the Olympics will be terrible for Los Angeles. It just mentions some of the obvious challenges every city has faced in staging them, but L.A. will likely build very little new stuff specifically for the Olympics, and yet, they have the capacity to accommodate a huge number of visitors, and to quickly and efficiently relieve them of all of their discretionary income!
and locals will take their vacation and leave and rent out their homes. Less traffic.