The organizers of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games confirmed on Tuesday that the Cricket, which is returning to the Olympic Games for the first time in more than a century, will take place in a place specially designed in Pomona, just east of Los Angeles.
Cricket returns to the Olympic Games for the first time from the Paris Games in 1900 with a proposed format of six Twenty20 teams for men and women in Los Angeles.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) had said in October 2023 that the inclusion of Crickt had the potential to activate and involve new audiences, with the world admirers basis of the sport estimated in 2.5 billion people.
The previous reports had suggested that Cricket could have been staged in thousands of miles from Los Angeles in New York.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) also welcomed the announcement of the Cricket’s place in La28, in a press release issued on its website.
“We welcome the announcement of the Cricket’s place in Los Angeles 2028, since it is a significant step towards the preparation for the return of our sport to the Olympic Games,” CPI president Jay Shah was summoned in the press release.
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An iconic Hollywood study lot and the golden sands of Venice Beach are also among a variety of reference points of Los Angeles that will organize events for the 2028 Olympic Games.
In an updated list of places for games, LA28 confirmed places for surfing, triathlon and baseball, among other sports.
Meanwhile, Venice Beach will be the host of the triathlon, move from its initial place in Long Beach, and will also be the starting point for the male and female marathon, as well as the cycling road races.
The place for surfing was also confirmed, and the competition took place in Tresteles Beach in the coastal city of San Clemente, approximately 61 miles (98 kilometers) of Los Angeles.
Trestles is considered widely as one of the best surf places in California, known by the consistent waves and a classic package.
Baseball will take place at the Dodger Stadium, the house of the Los Angeles Dodgers, which was also host of sport at the Los Angeles Olympics of 1984.
“We have promised the world an incredible Olympic Games and today we are proud to share the plan that will make it possible,” said the executive president of La28, Reynold Hoover, in a statement.
“The 2028 Olympic Place Plan invites communities throughout the region to celebrate the games that reach its backyard with the most exciting sports organized in some of the world’s existing stadiums and sands in the world, famous beaches and specially designed temporal structures.”
The mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, said that the plan of the place announced on Tuesday “would bring the games to all corners of our city as never before.”
“From the sepulveda basin to the iconic coasts of Venice Beach, our world -fame neighborhoods, as well as our hidden gems will be on display so that everyone will experience and enjoy,” Bass said.
Other places of events announced on Tuesday include the Santa Anita de Horse Racing Park, which will receive the equestrian events and the Anaheim Honda Center, which will receive the volleyball.
