When the cauldron is extinguished in Italy, California will be on the clock. The 2028 Olympics will return to Los Angeles for the third time after previously taking place in southern California in 1932 as well as 1984. The Games will take place from July 14 to July 30 in 2028.

The LA 2028 Games will feature five sports either debuting or returning to the Games: flag football, squash, cricket, lacrosse and baseball/softball.

Incredibly, there will be venues at these Games being used for the third time dating back to 1932. Olympic events will return to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and the Rose Bowl 96 years later. Other sites from 1932 that will be used again include Riviera Country Club, Long Beach Marine Stadium and the Port of Los Angeles.

UCLA and USC facilities will be used at these Games, with UCLA dorms serving as the Olympic Village and USC venues such as the LA Coliseum and the Galen Center hosting events.

These Games will have 24 different zones. Six of these zones are cities that will host soccer matches: New York, Columbus, Nashville, St. Louis, San Jose and San Diego. The other zone, outside the greater Los Angeles area, is Oklahoma City, which will host softball and canoe slalom events.

Key zones of LA 2028

DTLA Zone (Downtown LA): This is a major zone of the Games and includes iconic venues such as Dodger Stadium (baseball), Crypto.com Arena (boxing, artistic gymnastics, trampoline gymnastics) and the LA Convention Center (fencing, judo, table tennis, taekwondo, wrestling).

Exposition Park Zone: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Opening and Closing Ceremonies, track and field), BMO Stadium (flag football, lacrosse), Galen Center (badminton, rhythmic gymnastics).

Inglewood Zone: SoFi Stadium (Opening Ceremony, swimming), Intuit Dome (basketball).

Long Beach Zone: Waterfront venues for aquatic and outdoor events including rowing, canoe events, water polo, shooting, sport climbing and beach volleyball.

Valley Zone: Centered on the Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area, this zone will be divided into four complexes and host BMX events, skateboarding, 3x3 basketball and modern pentathlon.

Carson Zone: Dignity Health Sports Park (archery, rugby sevens), Carson Field (hockey), Dignity Health Tennis Center (tennis), VELO Sports Center (track cycling).

Those are the key venues of these Games, but there are other zones in the Los Angeles area, including the Riviera Zone (golf), Pasadena Zone (diving, soccer) and Anaheim Zone (volleyball), among others.

Los Angeles does not plan to build any new permanent facilities for these Games for cost efficiency and sustainability.