Olympics

The 2028 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games are scheduled for Friday, July 14 to Sunday, July 30 and will take place in Los Angeles, California. UCLA’s campus will serve as the Olympic and Paralympic Village for athletes and coaching staff. For more information about the LA 2028 Olympics, click the link below.

During their stay at UCLA in 2028, Olympic athletes will eat, sleep and train on UCLA’s campus. Additionally, the Rose Bowl, the UCLA Football team’s home stadium in Pasadena, CA, will serve as one of many venues for Olympic events and host Olympic soccer games. For more information about UCLA athletic accommodations and the Rose Bowl as an Olympic venue, click the respective links below.

Los Angeles 2028 Olympics events will be held in various venues in southern California. Other venues of the 2028 games in Los Angeles include Dodger Stadium, the LA Memorial Coliseum and Crypto.com Arena. For more information about LA 2028 venues, click the link below.

UCLA-affiliated athletes have been part of the long history of the Olympics. Recently, in 2024, 49 Bruins traveled to Paris to participate in the Summer Olympic Games — 40 as athletes and nine coaches — winning a total of 14 medals, according to UCLA Athletics. For more information about UCLA’s Olympic history from UCLA Newsroom, click the link below.

The Los Angeles 2028 Olympics are not the first time UCLA’s campus has been involved with the Olympics, having served as the Olympic Village in 1984 as well, notes a UCLA Newsroom article linked below. During these games, locations on campus such as Pauley Pavilion, Sunset Canyon Recreation Center and the LA Tennis Center hosted Olympic competitions. For more information about UCLA’s involvement in the 1984 Olympics, click the link below.