Los Angeles and the Summer Olympic Games

This open access book describes the three planning approaches and legacy impacts for the Olympic Games in one locale: the city of Los Angeles, USA. The author critically compares the similarities and differences of the LA Olympics by reviewing the 1932 and 1984 Olympics and by analyzing the concurrent planning process for the 2028 Olympics. The author unravels the conditions that make (or do not make) LA28's argument we have staged the Games before, we can do it again compelling. Setting the bid's promises into the contemporary local and global mega-event contexts, the author analyzes why LA won the bids, how those wins allowed LA to negotiate concessions with the IOC and NOC, and how legacies were planned, executed, and ultimately evolved. The author concludes with a prediction which 2028 legacy promises might and might not be fulfilled given the local and international Olympic contexts.

First scholarly contribution on the LA 2028 Olympics Comparative scholarship across three Olympic events in the same locale Links planning for the Games to their legacy across different time scales

Autorentext
Eva Kassens Noor is Associate Professor at Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA.

Inhalt
Foreword.- 1 Introduction.- 2. The Los Angeles Olympics 1932.- 3 The Los Angeles Olympics 1984.- 4 The Los Angeles Olympics 2028.- 5 Similarities and differences between the three LA Olympics.- 6 Conclusionf: Legacies of the 2028 Olympics.- Index.- Acronyms.