The I.O.C. is expected to formally announce the hosts for the games at a meeting in Lima, Peru on Sept. 13.
From the start, Los Angeles had made clear that while it preferred to have the Olympics in 2024, it would be willing to accommodate the 2028 games. But that is not without risks.
The cost and logistical estimates Los Angeles prepared in making the bid for the games – and selling the idea to local officials and voters here – were based on the event taking place in seven years. As officials here began contemplating the probability that Los Angeles would get the games in 2028, they expressed concern about the uncertainties that injected; costs in 2028 are likely to be higher than they would be in 2024.
Los Angeles’ plan depended on the sprawling system of stadiums and arenas here — some left over from the 1984 Olympics, others belonging to major sports teams and university campuses — that in theory would keep construction costs low. The estimated cost is $5.3 billion, though city officials expected it to come from private sources.
The United States Olympic Committee withdrew Boston as its official bid city in July 2015 because of intense local opposition, clearing the way for Los Angeles.
There has been minimal opposition in Los Angeles to the Olympics coming from the start – at least as compared with other cities – reflecting, in part, the successful experience in 1984. Yet there was some opposition from a late-emerging group called NOlympics LA. The group denounced the decision.
“This is a complete miscarriage of anything remotely resembling democracy,” the group said. ”We insist that the local media acknowledge the lack of transparency and accountability there is in this last minute, hastily thrown together ‘plan.’ The council, mayor, bid committee, Donald Trump and IOC are all colluding to thrust an unvetted plan onto the second largest city in America.”
President Trump had said on Twitter in July he was “working hard” to bring the games to Los Angeles and he met in the Oval Office with Thomas Bach, the president of the I.O.C., to pledge his “full support,’’ the White House said in a statement then.
Getting the Games will be a triumph for Paris, which failed in bids for 1992, 2008 and 2012. This time, it presented a streamlined bid and emphasized staging events at postcard venues, such as open water swimming in the Seine and beach volleyball at the foot of the Eiffel Tower.
