Olympian and former UCLA softball star Natasha Watley says it's 'heartbreaking' that softball in the 2028 L.A. Summer Olympics will be played in Oklahoma City.
Natasha Watley grew up in Irvine, played softball at UCLA, won gold for Team USA 20 years ago. She lives in Los Angeles now, and she was excited to share her hometown and her sport with the current generation of Olympians. Until last month, that is, when Olympic organizers announced that softball games for the 2028 L.A. Olympics would be played in Oklahoma City. “To me, it almost felt like a slap in the face,” Watley said. “It’s the easy way out, to send everybody to Oklahoma.
They say millions would have been required to downsize a major league baseball stadium or add seating to a softball or minor league baseball stadium, even if one could be found that would allow for months of renovation, and that spending could be perilous in an Olympics for which taxpayers could be on the hook for any financial losses. In Oklahoma City, softball games will be played in a 13,000-seat, double-deck stadium that is regularly filled for the women’s College World Series.
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