Los Angeles, facing a billion-dollar budget deficit , has announced significant changes to the venue locations for the 2028 Olympic Games , moving several events outside the city limits and even out of state.
Basketball, initially slated for the Los Angeles Convention Center , which requires a costly billion-dollar upgrade, will now be held at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood.
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The canoe/kayak events, previously planned for the San Fernando Valley, will now take place in Oklahoma City due to the tens of millions of dollars needed to construct a specialized venue.
The sweeping moves mean that Los Angeles will miss out on valuable hotel tax revenue and other economic benefits associated with hosting these events…