Countdown to LA28. . .in the Greatest Olympic City on Earth!

In a Minute with Evan Lovett

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Society & Culture, Places & Travel

5 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

With the 2024 Paris Olympics officially underway, the countdown is ON for LA28, the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. Some of my earliest memories are from my parents taking me to the 1984 Games, and I'm going to detail why L.A. Is the Greatest Olympic City on Earth. We'll also address detractors of the games, and what Los Angeles is doing to ensure that the city will sparkle & shine in its THIRD time hosting the Games:
6:04 - My 1984 Olympic Experience
9:42 - LA28 "L.A. is the World"
17:07 - 1932 "Sports' greatest triumph"
23:33:07 - 1984 "The Games that Changed Sports Forever"
33:48 - The Venues

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0:00.0	Welcome to another episode of In A any Minute with Evan Lovett,
0:12.4	coming to you live from the IAM studios in the
0:15.5	heart of Los Angeles.
0:17.4	This episode is brought to you with much fanfare by my actual friends at Culver City, Toyota.
0:23.2	Get your bugles out for this week's episode.
0:26.3	Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do
0:28.6	because the Olympics will be dominating news and social media for the next fortnight because the
0:35.0	2024 Paris Olympics are underway and that means the countdown is on to LA
0:40.7	28. That's right. Los Angeles will be hosting the Olympics for the third time in
0:47.7	2028 and I'm super hyped. My parents took me the 84 games. It's one of my first memories and I've been in love ever
0:55.6	since especially with track field. But all the games, all the sports, and I'll tell you why,
1:00.9	because it's not just about the sports.
1:04.3	LA's proven to be the perfect Olympic city.
1:07.7	Blue Way expectations in 1932 and 1984.
1:11.3	We're gonna do it again in 2028.
1:13.8	But first I got to remind you to hit up Culver City Toyota.
1:16.8	Whether you want a Camry, Tundra, Carolla, Tacoma,
1:20.4	Rad4, pick your favorite Toyota, and march up to my dude George the general manager and tell
1:26.2	George Evan from LA in a minute sent me and he's gonna give you five hundred dollars in dealer cash on the spot. That $500 in dealer cash is good for any new or pre-owned.
1:37.0	So head down to Washington Boulevard in Culver City. That's Culver City, Toyota.
1:41.0	And going back to the games, I want to know how you feel, because I understand
1:46.7	there's a very vocal contingent that doesn't want the Olympics here in 2028, so I'm going to get
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