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How a ‘no-build’ Olympics could cut costs as LA prepares to host in 2028
August 13, 2024 | ABC 7 Los Angeles
When the Olympic flag arrived in Los Angeles Monday after the Paris closing ceremony, it was the clearest sign yet that in four years it will be the City of Angels' turn to host the Summer Games. So how will Los Angeles pull off the 2028 Olympics and Paralympic Games?
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From Paris to Los Angeles: How the city is preparing for the 2028 Olympics
August 12, 2024 | Associated Press
It’s Los Angeles’ turn for the torch. Mayor Karen Bass accepted the Olympic flag at the Paris closing ceremony Sunday, before handing it off to a key representative of LA’s local business — Tom Cruise — who in a pre-recorded trek via motorcycle, plane and parachute kicked off the countdown to 2028.
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Los Angeles gears up for the 2028 Olympics: Know more about its extensive plans to host the world’s largest sport event to boost tourism
August 12, 2024 | Travel and Tour World
Los Angeles is intensifying its preparations for the 2028 Summer Olympics to boost tourism. The city prepares to host the world’s largest sport event for the third time in its history. With the handover from Paris during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Games, Mayor Karen Bass, alongside key representatives from the city, has begun outlining the extensive plans. It will transform Los Angeles into the epicenter of global sports in 2028.
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LA’s tourism workers demand wage hikes ahead of 2028 Olympics
July 30, 2024 | Los Angeles Daily News
The Olympic Games in Paris command worldwide attention, so hotel and airport workers in Los Angeles are hoping to capitalize on the global sporting events by renewing their pleas for city officials to raise their minimum wage before the 2028 Olympics in L.A.
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Workers at Disneyland agree on a new employment contract
July 24, 2024 | La Opinión
Los sindicatos de Disneyland y la parte negociadora de Disney llegaron a un acuerdo contractual tentativo que evitó una posible huelga en el parque temático de Anaheim. El nuevo convenio busca otorgar mejores salarios para los operadores de las atracciones, empleados de tiendas, cobradores de boletos y otros trabajadores del parque.
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Can Los Angeles Handle Thousands of Visitors for the 2028 Olympics?
July 24, 2024 | Commercial Observer
The eyes of the world will soon turn toward Paris, host city for the Summer Olympics. But while France soaks up the attention, the clock has already started for Los Angeles as it prepares to host the next Summer Games in 2028, in a chance to prove itself a world-class city.
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How Shohei Ohtani has brought a new wave of Japanese tourists to LA
July 4, 2024 | CNN
Her nails are painted blue and white. There’s a Dodgers logo on one nail, the number 17 on another. Takayo Hizume had gone to a nail salon at home in Japan to get them done, then flew about 10 hours to Los Angeles, spending a great deal — considering the weak yen — to stay several days in California. The effort is all for one person: Shohei Ohtani.
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LA’s shimmer Bonaventure hotel, and the future that never came
June 20, 2024 | SF Gate
In 1978, a stainless steel gull-winged sports car was brought to Los Angeles, a prototype in search of investors. The futuristic ride, built by John DeLorean, needed an equally forward-thinking backdrop to showcase its one-of-a-kind entrance into the automobile market. That same year, the movie “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century” was in production, and the director was desperately looking for a location that could stand in for LA circa the year 2491.
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Former Ace Hotel in downtown L.A. Reopens as ‘Airbnb on steroids’
June 20, 2024 | Los Angeles Times
The former Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, which helped lead an economic revival on a historic stretch of Broadway a decade ago, has reopened as a minimal-service operation akin to Airbnb, following a strategy that has become increasingly common for struggling hotels in recent years.
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California tourism spending hits record numbers
May 6, 2024 | FOX 11 Los Angeles
Gov. Gavin Newsom says California ranks first in the country for tourism.
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