2024 Paris Olympics The recently concluded games clear the way for a return to Los Angeles for the 2028 Games. However, the “City of Angels” isn’t waiting four years to start preparing for whatever’s to come.
Claims by Los Angeles City Controller Kenneth Mejia Los Angeles The intention is to place the Olympic flag at City Hall and doing so will cost $500,000.
Mejia accused X of saying, “The City of LA is struggling with a budget crisis, so what better way to spend $500,000 from the General Fund’s Capital Improvement Fund?”
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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass waves the Olympic flag next to LA28 President Casey Wasserman after their plane lands during an event to celebrate the arrival of the Olympic flag at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles on August 12, 2024. Los Angeles will host the 2028 Summer Olympic Games. (ETTIENNE LAURENT/AFP via Getty Images)
“Not on actual capital/infrastructure improvements (which we desperately need), but on putting Olympic flags on City Hall!”
Social media users Mejia’s comments flood inWhere he expressed his frustration.
One X user commented, “Can anyone explain how it costs half a million dollars to put up flags?”
Los Angeles off to a great start on its journey to the 2028 Olympics
Another said, “$500,000?? Who approves these bids?”
Another X user added, “Ridiculous! The US Olympic Committee should pay for this or put it in the closet for 4 years!”
Fox News Digital has not yet received a comment from the city.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass brings the official Olympic flag to her city after receiving it during the closing ceremony In Paris The flag was officially lowered earlier this week at the closing of the Summer Olympics.
Although Los Angeles has hosted the Games before — the most recent event was in 1984 — concerns have been raised about whether the city would be ready for the influx of people.
The LA28 team poses with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson, Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts and Team USA athletes when the Olympic flag arrives in Los Angeles on August 12, 2024. (Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for LA28)
The lack of public transportation is one of the biggest problems in Los Angeles, which Mejia pointed out in a previous Xpost. He said that in terms of transportation vehicles per million people, Los Angeles has only a quarter of the vehicles compared to Paris.
However, Mayor Bass has promised that this will be a “no-car Games,” meaning the city will expand its public transportation system. They are also encouraging businesses to allow employees to work from home during the Games.
“We’re already meeting with businesses, particularly small businesses, about procurement,” Bass said, via Fox 11. “And I would say this is something I admire the action that Paris is taking, making this commitment to give a percentage of trade to small businesses here. We’re already working to create jobs by expanding our public transportation system so that we have a no-car game. And that’s an accomplishment in Los Angeles, because we’ve always loved our cars, but we’re already working to make sure that we can build a greener Los Angeles.”
For now, most Olympic events will be accessible via Los Angeles public transportation. However, on-site parking is expected for events at larger venues, including SoFi Stadium.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass waves the Olympic flag while International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach applauds during the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France in Paris on August 11, 2024. (Carl Racine/Getty Images)
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The games will take place over 17 days in LA, starting on July 14, 2028. The Paralympic Games will also be held on August 15 of that year.
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