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City Panel Backs LA28 Plan to Move 2028 Olympic Diving to Pasadena

The proposal now heads to a full Los Angeles City Council vote with organizers citing about $17.6 million in savings.

Rose Bowl Aquatics center which would usually be busy, but is all quiet due to the Coronavirus pandemic in Pasadena on Saturday, March 28, 2020. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
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Overview

  • The Los Angeles City Council’s seven-member Olympics ad hoc committee voted unanimously to advance the venue change to the full council.
  • Diving would shift from Exposition Park’s John C. Argue Swim Stadium to Pasadena’s Rose Bowl Aquatics Center.
  • LA28 says the move improves athlete safety and eases operational complexity in the Exposition Park cluster.
  • Organizers project roughly $17.6 million in combined cost savings and additional revenue from the relocation.
  • City reports say the Exposition Park pool would need a complete reconstruction that conflicts with Coliseum track work, and LA28 has offered $2–3 million in upgrades for the existing pool.