Following updates to venue plans for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, LA28 officials Friday announced more than a dozen facility assignments that will host sporting events in Los Angeles, Carson and Long Beach.
In addition to diving, gymnastics and track and field, seven more Olympic sports will be coming to venues along Figueroa Street between Exposition Park and downtown Los Angeles, according to LA28, the planning committee preparing for the Games.
Badminton will be played at the USC Sports Center, home of the University of Southern California’s basketball and volleyball teams. The Convention Center — used at the 1984 Games as the Main Press Center — will host five Olympic sports in 2028, including fencing, judo, table tennis, Taekwondo and wrestling.
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Judo and wrestling competitions were previously assigned to Pauley Pavillion at UCLA’s campus.
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