Should fire-razed La drop plans for World Cup, Super Bowl and Olympic Games?

The wind and the flames that continue to plague Southern California – and the long, costly relaxation that lies ahead of us – have expressed new concerns about the orientation of three major sporting events in the next three years.

The world championship games are planned for the Sofi Stadium in the summer of 2026. Then comes the Super Bowl 2027, followed by the 2028 Summer Olympics.

With none of the previously damaged stadiums or arenas in the region, organizers and government leaders have expressed confidence in the prerequisite.

“Los Angeles is defined by his resistance and determination,” said Casey Wassman, chairman of the LA28 organization committee, in a statement. “The strength of our communities and our unity in difficult times make this city extraordinary, and when Los Angeles welcomes the world in 2028, our spirit will seem brighter than ever before.”

However, others are worried that sports resources and valuable attention that should be devoted to the reconstruction are usurpation.

“Every city that is preparing for three massive events is full,” said Jules Boykoff, who studies the politics of sport at Pacific University in Oregon. “When these good people work in the government at the Olympic Games and the Super Bowl, they don’t work on other topics.”

Each of the events has a different impact on the city. The Super Bowl takes place on a Sunday in the Sofi Stadium in Inglewood. The World Cup, also at Sofi, will perform eight games in a month.

The summer games will include thousands of athletes, dozens of venues in the region and an estimated 15 million visitors on 17 days in July 2028. This will be followed by the Paralympics next month. Another event is expected to bring thousands of athletes and spectators to the city.

Only two proposed Olympic venues were threatened by forest fires. The Riviera Country Club, which would organize Golf, fell into the Palisades Fire Evacuation Zone and the UCLA, which would serve as a athletendorf in 2028, was located directly outside the warning limit.

Sofi was about 15 miles away from the next flames, but the NFL decided to move the playoff game between the Rams and Minnesota Vikings to Phoenix on Monday evening.

“The guiding principle for us has always been not to interfere, and do nothing that has a negative impact on public security,” said NFL commissioner Roger Goodell in an interview. “Make sure you did not sap the resources from the responders.”

Conservative commentators such as Trish Regan and Charlie Kirk demanded a stronger answer.

“We have to pull out the Olympic Games (California) as soon as possible,” Regan said to X and added that the state’s management could become “not trustworthy”.

The idea of ​​changing Host cities is not new. As early as 1908, the International Olympic Committee of Rome wanted to move as a host, but after the outbreak of Mount Vesuvius to London, and devastated the nearby province of Naples.

It is ironic that Southern California is now in a comparable situation.

Before the summer games of 1924, when Host Paris was defeated by floods and economic struggles, the LA Civic leaders volunteered as a replacement for last minute. France was able to stage the games, but to help the offer was not forgotten.

“It brought them to the good graces of the IOC,” said Mark Dyreson, a sports historian at Penn State. “You developed this mythology that La was the big backup city.”

The games finally came here in 1932 and 1984 and strengthened the constantly capable reputation. The plans for 2028 are based almost exclusively in existing places such as Sofi, the Intuit Dome and the Historical Colosseum, which avoids the massive construction required by former hosts.

Regardless of the capital costs, the Olympic Games require additional police, traffic control, garbage collection and other public services. La28 has sworn to achieve enough income to reimburse the city and pay all other issues in the budget of $ 7 billion. However, if it goes to a deficit, the city’s officers and the state officials have agreed to contribute hundreds of millions in taxpayers.

Manners are another problem. The planning of the World Cup, the Super Bowl and the Olympic Games is in full swing, as various cities prepare studies, negotiate contracts and form subcommens. Council members have spent hours discussing the matter.

The additional workload could be problematic for managers who also deal with forest fires.

“How can we handle these things properly at the same time?” Eric Sheehan, a spokesman for the Nolympics La Group grass root. “The only alternative is to take -by -the -day residents.”

With regard to the games, the Host City contract signed by LA enables the IOC to terminate under certain circumstances. In addition, the organizers could address their case with Olympic officials. Denver was awarded the Winter Winter Olympics in 1976 and withdrew two years later when the voters rejected a financing referendum. These games landed in Innsbruck, Austria.

Despite the many challenges that Southern California faces, critics do not see how La withdraws. “I expect complete managers in Los Angeles to design a recovery story,” said Boykoff, professor of Pacific University.

The Japanese officials followed this approach when they offered in Tokyo after the Fukushima Kernpower Catastrophe from 2011 in Tokyo Olympics 2020, and claimed that large events can increase the community spirits and promote the economy. The IOC always has the idea that the games have positive social effects.

Governor Gavin Newsom has already addressed this topic for LA and with NBC News about “All of this opportunity, this pride and this spirit, which arises from the orientation of these three legendary (events).

When asked whether the city can be ready in time, he said: “My modest position, and it is not only naive optimistic, that only increases the imperative movement quickly by doing this in the spirit of collaboration and cooperation.”

The governor predicted that the elected President Trump, who made himself a habit of visiting top -class games, will be motivated.

At that time, still active with fires in the region, the officers of the World Cup say that they monitor the situation. The LA28 executives focus on immediate-concerned employees and will be concerned-and will later contact long-haul plans.

The past week has shown that everything can change in no time, so it is three years. If LA decides to stick to his plans, Boykoff warned: “You have to expect the unexpected.”