LIMA (Reuters) - Los Angeles will benefit from having longer to get ready for the 2028 summer Olympics after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to award the hosting rights to two Games at its session vote this week, mayor Eric Garcetti said. Past Olympic hosts had seven years to prepare from when they were awarded the Games to their staging, compared to LA's 11. "It gives us the opportunity to think about every resident in Los Angeles," Garcetti told Reuters Television on Monday. "The report confirms that Los Angeles is ready to host the Olympic Games 2028," said Patrick Baumann, head of the IOC's 2028 evaluation commission that had discussed the U.S. bid on Aug. 24. The report also said opportunities presented by holding the Games in Los Angeles outweighed any potential risk of awarding them 11 years in advance instead of seven years.

Source: The Star September 11, 2017 20:15 UTC