LA’s Olympic Dreams: Host 2028 Summer Games Without Going Into Debt

The International Olympic Committee made an unusual deal by announcing two cities, Paris in 2024 and Los Angeles in 2028, as hosts for the Summer Olympics. LA will try to do something extraordinary: host the games without going into crushing debt.

David Wallechinsky, president of the International Society of Olympic Historians, talks with NPR's Ari Shapiro, about whether LA can pull it off.

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