Last summer, the world watched as determined athletes competed for gold in converted arenas throughout Paris and its suburbs. We sat at the edge of our seats as beach volleyball players spiked the ball into the sand in front of the Eiffel Tower. We marveled at horses leaping over obstacles on the sprawling grounds of Versailles. Our eyes were glued to the skateboarders as they performed gravity defying tricks with the 3,000-year-old Luxor Obelisk erupting behind them in Place de la Concorde. The arenas built or retrofitted for the 2024 Summer Olympics used the City of Lights as a backdrop, incorporating an architectural element into the games. As the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games (LA28) approach, AECOM will help transform L.A. arenas into competition venues for the worlds best athletes.Last week, the design and infrastructure consulting giant AECOM was named the Official Venue Infrastructure Partner for the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The projects scope includes architecture, engineering, planning, program management, and construction management. Committed to sustainability, AECOM must plan and execute the retrofitting of existing stadiums, making LA28 the first Games in which no permanent venues will be built.The Los Angeles Olympics will stage around 50 Olympic and Paralympic sports across 800 events with over 15,000 participating Olympic and Paralympic athletes. AECOM has performed architectural, design, and construction services for several stadiums including Citi Field, the Intuit Dome, and the Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Just as athletes push the boundaries of performance in pursuit of excellence, AECOM said, our team brings deep technical expertise and relentless innovation to deliver world-class infrastructure that makes these moments possible.In 2028 the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum will become the first stadium to have hosted the Summer Olympics three times. (CanonStarGal/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 4.0)Stadiums, arenas, and venues around Los Angeles are being allocated to specific sporting events. SoFi Stadium, home to NFLs Los Angeles Rams and the Los Angeles Chargers, will host the swimming competition. The football field will be turned into a 164-foot pool and the stands will house 38,000 fansdouble the seats of an average Olympic swimming event. Other venues include the University of Southern California Sports Center for badminton matches, the Intuit Dome for basketball games, and the historic L.A. Memorial Coliseum (which in 2028 will become the first stadium to have hosted the Summer Olympics three times) for Track and Field events.More locations are to be announced as Los Angeles and AECOM prepare for the biggest sporting event in the world. In choosing these venues around the city, LA28 chairperson and president Casey Wasserman hopes to provide, the ideal Hollywood stage for the worlds top athletes.