Los Angeles and the Summer Olympic Games

by Eva Kassens Noor

This open access book describes the three planning approaches and legacy impacts for the Olympic Games in one locale: the city of Los Angeles, USA. The author critically compares the similarities and differences of the LA Olympics by reviewing the 1932 and 1984 Olympics and by analyzing the concurrent planning process for the 2028 Olympics. The author unravels the conditions that make (or do not make) LA28's argument "we have staged the Games before,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1013272811
• ISBN13: 9781013272813
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Saint Philip Street Press
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 11.0"