With Winter Olympics over, L.A. is officially on the clock for 2028 Summer Games

Thuc Nhi Nguyen Mon, 23 February 2026 at 12:06 am UTC·5 min read In fair Verona, L.A., unofficially, takes the torch. While the Olympic flag passed from Italy to France at Sunday’s closing ceremony, handing off the Winter Games from Milan-Cortina to the French Alps, the flame will burn next in L.A.Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement In just over two years, the United States will host the country’s first Summer Games since 1996, welcoming an Olympic movement that is surging in popularity but unsteady in a changing world, as the Games return to Los Angeles for the third time. The Milan-Cortina Olympics are expected to rake in record TV numbers for NBC. They already produced...