Los Angeles and the Summer Olympic Games: Planning Legacies (SpringerBriefs in Geography) 🔍

This open access book describes the three planning approaches and legacy impacts for the Olympic Games in one locale: the city of Los Angeles, USA. The author critically compares the similarities and differences of the LA Olympics by reviewing the 1932 and 1984 Olympics and by analyzing the concurrent planning process for the 2028 Olympics. The author unravels the conditions that make (or do not make) LA28's argument "we have staged the Games before, we can do it again" compelling. Setting the bid's promises into the contemporary local and global mega-event contexts, the author analyzes why LA won the bids, how those wins allowed LA to negotiate concessions with the IOC and NOC, and how legacies were planned, executed, and ultimately evolved. The author concludes with a prediction which 2028 legacy promises might and might not be fulfilled given the local and international Olympic contexts. Acknowledgements Contents List of Figures List of Tables List of Maps 1 The Los Angeles Olympic Games: Planning Legacies 1.1 Introduction 1.1.1 The Summer Olympic Games and LA’s Hosting History 1.1.2 Planning Olympic Legacies 1.2 The Los Angeles Olympics 1932 1.2.1 Contextualizing the Olympic Bidding Climate for the 1932 Games 1.2.2 Planning for the 1932 Games 1.2.3 Legacies of the 1932 Games 1.3 The Los Angeles Olympics 1984 1.3.1 Contextualizing the Olympic Bidding Climate for the 1984 Games 1.3.2 Planning for the 1984 Games 1.3.3 Legacies from the 1984 Games 1.4 The Los Angeles Olympics 2028 1.4.1 Contextualizing the Olympic Bidding Climate for the 2024/2028 Games 1.4.2 The Political Process of Bidding in Los Angeles 1.4.3 LA’s Initial Bid for the 2024 Olympic Games (August 17, 2012–January 8, 2015) 1.4.4 LA’s USOC Nomination (July 27, 2015–September 15, 2015) 1.4.5 LA’s Candidature for the 2024 Olympics (September 16, 2015–September 13, 2017) 1.4.6 LA’s IOC Nomination for the 2028 Olympic Games (July 11, 2017–September 13, 2017) 1.4.7 LA Perceptions: Results from a 2017 Bid Survey to Planners in Los Angeles 1.4.8 LA’s Games Plan as of June 2019 1.5 Discussion on Planning and Legacies of LA’s 2028 Olympics 1.5.1 Comparing the Three Los Angeles Olympics 1.5.2 Why LA is Hosting the 2028 Olympic Games 1.5.3 Why LA Might Face Problematic Legacies 1.6 Conclusion References