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LA28 faces scrutiny from city councilmember over transparency, city cost exposure
L.A. City Councilmember Monica Rodriguez criticized the LA28 Games and Paralympic Games local organizing committee’s lack of ‘financial transparency’ and its failure to reach an agreement with the city that protects hundreds of millions of dollars in city funds used for Games-related services.
Champions: Volunteers spur decision to resume Games after Centennial Park bomb
After the 1996 bombing in Centennial Park, Atlanta Summer Olympics organizers considered whether the Games should continue. The dedication of volunteers help spur the decision not to cancel.
Champions: Faced with urban blight, Payne hatched Centennial Park
Looking out the window of his Olympic organizing committee office at a 20-acre stretch of warehouses, abandoned buildings and parking lots, Billy Payne envisioned Centennial Park.
Champions 2026: Billy Payne
Motivated to create a lasting legacy, Billy Payne has lived a career highlighted by bringing the Olympics to Atlanta in 1996 and a modernized business approach to Augusta National.
Axon: Reflections on a memorable Milan Cortina Olympics
Sports Business Journal Olympics and women's sports reporter Rachel Axon reflects on what stood out from the Milan Cortina Olympics.
Paralympics head to Italy looking for more sponsors to champion Games
Departure of Toyota, Bridgestone has left vacuum and opportunity for other brands at Paralympics.
Olympic movement shifts focus to L.A. as Milan Cortina Games close
With the Milan Cortina Olympics closing, stakeholders from around the movement shifted their focus fully to LA28. The prospect of a domestic Games has energized everyone from sports officials to sponsors, who are already deep in planning.
Dream assignments: Rebecca Lowe will host both the Olympics and the World Cup in 2026
Rebecca Lowe, the face of soccer in America on NBC’s Premier League studio show, will host both the Olympics and the World Cup in the same calendar year.
LA28 ticket presale draws sticker shock as prices soar past expectations
LA28’s ticket presale sparked backlash as many prices far exceeded expectations despite promises of affordability, with opening ceremony seats ranging from $329 to $5,519 and technical issues locking some buyers out.
LA28 faces scrutiny from city councilmember over transparency, city cost exposure
L.A. City Councilmember Monica Rodriguez criticized the LA28 Games and Paralympic Games local organizing committee’s lack of ‘financial transparency’ and its failure to reach an agreement with the city that protects hundreds of millions of dollars in city funds used for Games-related services.
Champions: Volunteers spur decision to resume Games after Centennial Park bomb
After the 1996 bombing in Centennial Park, Atlanta Summer Olympics organizers considered whether the Games should continue. The dedication of volunteers help spur the decision not to cancel.
Champions: Faced with urban blight, Payne hatched Centennial Park
Looking out the window of his Olympic organizing committee office at a 20-acre stretch of warehouses, abandoned buildings and parking lots, Billy Payne envisioned Centennial Park.
Champions 2026: Billy Payne
Motivated to create a lasting legacy, Billy Payne has lived a career highlighted by bringing the Olympics to Atlanta in 1996 and a modernized business approach to Augusta National.
LA28 tickets go on sale, with first round limited to local applicants
Tickets for the 2028 L.A. Olympics go on sale Thursday, with the first round of purchases limited to a pool of pre-registered local applicants selected through a random drawing.
LA28 announces resale ticket plans for 2027
Verified resale tickets for LA28 will be available in 2027, with AXS and Eventim, Ticketmaster and Sports Illustrated Tickets part of the multiplatform program.
IOC bans transgender women from competing in female events after review
The IOC announced that only biological females will be permitted to take part in women’s Olympic events.
USA Basketball, RX3 foundations team up for charity tournament
The foundations for USA Basketball and RX3 are collaborating to host a 3x3 basketball tournament in August.
New Nice mayor poses challenge for venue plans at 2030 Games
The 2030 French Alps Games faces another potential headache with the election of far-right politician Eric Ciotti as mayor of Nice as he is opposed to where the Olympic venues have been allocated.
In recent years, the International Olympic Committee has focused on making hosting more sustainable, encouraging use of existing venues and fitting the Games to the location, rather than the other way around.
Enter Milan Cortina and the first truly regional Games. The events of the Olympics and Paralympics held there will span much of Northern Italy, some of them hundreds of miles apart. Organizers prioritized using existing venues, including ones that routinely host world cups and other international competition, and temporary venues.
The spread of the Games takes snow sports, which are often concentrated in a mountain cluster, and sprinkles them throughout the Dolomites. Transit from Milan is expected to take 5 to 10 hours, leading to the most siloed Games anyone has seen.
We’re putting a lot of fire power, star power, distribution to the event. If it works, and I’m very confident it will work, yes -- MVP will be involved in MMA over the long term.-- Most Valuable Promotions co-founder Nakisa Bidarian, on how the company plans to get more into the MMA business if its Netflix card on May 16 is successful.
