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Originally Posted by SD_Phil
I was born in Nicaragua but I grew up in LA. I remember the 84 Olympics fondly and think it will be awesome to get tickets to see LA host its historic third Olympic games. For all of the reasons ocman stated, they're also likely to once again turn a profit from hosting.
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Having grown up in LA myself, I have very fond memories of the 1984 Olympics too; I was 14 years old and was really excited to have them here. I'm from Cerritos; synchronized swimming was a new event at the '84 Olympics, and some of the synchronized swimmers practiced at the then newly completed Cerritos Olympic Swim Center, because at the time, that swim center was one of only a very few that had underwater speakers. The Archery event was held at El Dorado Park in Long Beach, not far from where I was living.
Ironically, I never got to see any events in person, I watched everything on TV; my partner, who is the same age as me, got to see Field Hockey in person, which was held at the stadium at East LA College in Monterey Park. Maybe this time around in 2028, I'll actually get to go to some events.