More residents appear to support bringing the Summer Games to the Valley than in 1984 — though some concerns remain.
Sam Afshar, of Lake Balboa, visits Lake Balboa Park on Tuesday, March 26, 2024 with her children Dylan, 4, and Roz, 7. Afshar is concerned about traffic during the Olympics in 2028. Although the next Olympics will be in Paris, it won’t be long before all eyes turn to Los Angeles, the organizing committee for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, hasn’t released an official list of which sporting events will be held at which venues.
Last year, Rep. Brad Sherman, whose 32nd Congressional District stretches from the San Fernando Valley to Simi Hills in Ventura County, had. The first, in July, found that out of 342 respondents, about 64% supported having Olympic events in the Valley while 20% opposed. A second survey in September found that of 410 responses, about 47% were agreeable to having events in the Valley while 14% opposed.
“L.A. is already known for its traffic. I don’t know how that’s going to be affected,” she said, referring to the masses of people coming to town.so that most people coming to the Valley for Olympic events can take public transportation, “that would be amazing,” Afshar said. Simply being able to take his son, who will be 10 in 2028, to an Olympic event would be an experience worth sharing, he said.
Back in 1984, Olympic organizers talked of holding four sports in the Valley, including rowing and track-cycling in the Sepulveda Basin. But a majority of local residents opposed having the Games in the Sepulveda Basin. The LA28 committee has yet to release details about venues and the locations of specific sporting events.
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