Los Angeles, which is set to host the 2028 Summer Olympics, is currently ravaged by devastating wildfires—with some of them surrounding venues for the Games.
Newsweek has contacted the Los Angeles Organizing Committee for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games (LA28), via email, for comment.
Why It Matters
With major parts of Los Angeles destroyed, multiple Olympic venues may have to be rebuilt for the event in four years.
California Governor Gavin Newsom has said he has a plan for Los Angeles 2.0, but several of Newsom's critics have called for the Olympics to be relocated to a different location.
What To Know
Olympic venues that may be affected by the fires, given how close they are to major ones, include the Riviera Country Club (golf), the Olympic Village Pauley Pavilion (judo, wrestling and sitting volleyball) and the the Rose Bowl Stadium (association football).
Others include Grand Park & LA City Hall (marathon road cycling and para marathon road cycling), the Microsoft Theater (weightlifting and para powerlifting), the Staples Center (basketball) and the L.A. Convention Center, (boxing, basketball, fencing, taekwondo and table tennis).
There are currently 124 wildfires raging across southern California, with 40,588 acres burned, 23 confirmed deaths and more than 12,300 structures destroyed, according to CALFIRE's most recent update.
The largest fire is the Palisades fire, spanning 23,713 acres, while the Eaton fire spans 14,117 acres and the newest Auto fire, which started on Monday evening, spans 56 acres. The Hurst fire, which spans 799 acres, is 97 percent contained.
What People Are Saying
Newsom told NBC News' Meet The Press that the upcoming Olympics "only reinforces the imperative moving quickly, doing it in the spirit of collaboration and cooperation."
He continued: "President Donald Trump was helpful in getting the Olympics to the United States of America—to get it down here in L.A., we thank him for that. This is an opportunity for him to shine, for this country to shine, for California and this community to shine."
"That's why we're already organizing a Marshall plan, we already have a team looking, re-imagining L.A. 2.0 and we're making sure everyone's included."
What's Happens Next
Officials continue to give regular briefings on the status of the fires and ongoing risks. The National Weather Service said extreme fire risk would continue through Wednesday and that residents should be ready to evacuate if told to do so.
Newsweek has rounded up the latest information on the blazes here.
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