OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — It’s not every day a mayor asks another mayor if they want to host sporting events for the Olympic Games. However, it’s a question Mayor David Holt didn’t think twice about.
The 2028 Summer Olympic Games are being hosted in Los Angeles, California, with Oklahoma City being the first city outside of a host city to hold sporting events.
It was a secret six years in the making for Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt, nicknamed “Project Thorpe,” after the famed Oklahoma native athlete, Jim Thorpe…