LOS ANGELES — Planning and preparation for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics have made “significant progress,” and organizers expressed confidence Thursday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest travel ban won’t prevent participating athletes from entering the country three years from now.
“It was very clear in the directive that the Olympics require special consideration, and I actually want to thank the federal government for recognizing that,” Casey Wasserman, LA28’s chairman and president, said during a news conference at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
“It’s very clear that the federal government understands that that’s an environment that they will be accommodating and provide for,” he added. “We have great confidence that that will only continue. It has been the case to date, and it will certainly be the case going forward through the games.”
International Olympic Committee member Nicole Hoevertsz, who is chair of the coordination commission for LA28, anticipates the U.S. government will cooperate, just as it did in hosting previous Olympics.
“That is something that we will be definitely looking at and making sure that it is guaranteed as well,” she said. “We are very confident that this is going to be accomplished. I’m sure this is going to be executed well.”