LA 2028 Zones
The Games are built as clusters of venues. Pick the right zone and you can stack events, walk between sessions, and base yourself well.
Each zone guide covers which venues and sports it hosts (derived from the official session schedule), how to get there on LA Metro, the character of the area for an overnight stay, and a sessions-by-venue summary.
Long Beach
Long Beach is the densest venue cluster of LA 2028: water polo at the Aquatics Center, beach volleyball on the sand at Alamitos Beach, rowing at Marine Stadium, plus handball, target shooting, and sport climbing — most of it walkable along the waterfront.
Downtown LA
Downtown LA is the indoor heart of the Games: the DTLA Arena (Crypto.com Arena), the Peacock Theater, and three halls of the LA Convention Center sit within a few blocks around LA Live, with Dodger Stadium just north in Elysian Park.
Carson
Carson hosts a compact campus at the Dignity Health Sports Park complex: Carson Stadium, the velodrome, a field venue, and the full tennis complex built around Carson Center Court.
Exposition Park
Exposition Park is the historic core of the Games: the LA Memorial Coliseum hosts track and field for a record third Olympics, with the Galen Center and Exposition Park Stadium (BMO Stadium) alongside and the park's museums in between.
Inglewood
Inglewood packs the Games' two biggest new-generation venues side by side: the 2028 Stadium (SoFi Stadium) — stage for swimming and the ceremonies — and the Inglewood Dome (Intuit Dome) for the basketball tournament.
Anaheim
Anaheim's Honda Center — home of the NHL's Ducks — hosts the entire indoor volleyball tournament: 52 sessions from pool play to the medal matches.
The Valley
The Valley zone groups four temporary competition complexes in the Sepulveda Basin, the San Fernando Valley's vast recreation area — home to 3x3 basketball and a rotating cast of other sports.
Pomona
Pomona's Fairplex fairgrounds hosts the purpose-built cricket stadium — the sport's return to the Olympic program after more than a century.
Oklahoma City
Two sports leave California entirely: softball and canoe slalom take place in Oklahoma City, a proven host for both with its purpose-built softball park and world-class whitewater center.
Pasadena
Pasadena's Rose Bowl — stage of the 1984 Olympic football final and two World Cup finals — returns for LA 2028 football, joined by the Rose Bowl Aquatics Center next door.
Arcadia
Arcadia means one thing at LA 2028: equestrian at Santa Anita Park, the storied racetrack under the San Gabriel Mountains that also staged the equestrian events of the 1984 Games.
Riviera
The Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades — a fixture of the PGA Tour — hosts Olympic golf on one of the most celebrated courses in the country.
Universal City
Squash makes its Olympic debut inside a purpose-built glass-court theater at Universal Studios — competition sport meets studio backlot.
Venice
Venice Beach provides the postcard backdrop of the Games: the marathon start on the boardwalk and beachside action along one of LA's most famous stretches of sand.
Port of Los Angeles
Sailing takes place on the water off the Port of Los Angeles at San Pedro, with the harbor breakwater framing the race courses.
Whittier Narrows
The Whittier Narrows Recreation Area in the San Gabriel Valley hosts the clay target shooting events in a purpose-built center.
Trestles Beach
Surfing runs at Trestles near San Clemente — the most consistent high-performance wave in California and a regular world-championship venue.
City of Industry
The Industry Hills course in the City of Industry hosts mountain biking on genuinely hilly terrain east of Los Angeles.