OKLAHOMA CITY ( KFOR ) – Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt shared highlights and learning lessons from his trip to Paris for the 2024 Olympics with News 4.
Holt said he attended as an opportunity to get a feel for water sports Oklahoma City could potentially host for the LA 2028 games; Canoe Slalom events, featuring the new Kayak Cross event. Holt said about 10 Oklahoma City leaders attended in total, the last chance to see what the events looked and felt like before 2028.
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Earlier this summer Oklahoma City leaders announced the metro was in the running to host two events in total, including softball; pending approval from city leaders in Los Angeles.
“We had folks from the city including the police department,” said Holt. “We had folks from the Chamber of Commerce who were kind of playing the role of host committee. There was about ten of us from Oklahoma City studying, learning and just getting a sense for the feel of it all. All the transportation and logistics and security that goes and presentation that goes into something of this magnitude.”