L.A. Can’t Host the 2028 Olympics

L.A. in the Spotlight: The Risk & Reward of Hosting the 2028 Olympics

Abhiraj Giritharan, a rising 3L at NYU Law and a 2025 summer associate at Michelman & Robinson, contributed to this report.  Los Angeles will become the epicenter of the sports world, starting with the men’s FIFA World Cup next year and culminating in the 2028 Summer Olympics, which return to L.A. for the first time in more than four decades. The business benefits are vast, says Warren Koshofer of Michelman & Robinson, who warns that so are the…

L.A. Can’t Host the 2028 Olympics

This show must not go on. It’s time, right now, for greater Los Angeles to halt all preparations to host the 2028 Summer Olympics. Let’s step away, and turn over these Games to a world city better positioned to host them. Not because we don’t love the Olympics. We are a proud Olympic city, shaped by the 1932 and 1984 Games. In normal times, our incomparable international connections, entertainment assets, and sports facilities would allow us to …