USOPC 'quite confident' of LA28 direction amid ticket sales uproar

The U. S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee leadership said it continues to monitor LA28 chairman Casey Wasserman's "impact on our community," but did not call for his removal after he was mentioned in the Epstein files.

(Chris Pizzello / Chris Pizzello/invision/ap) Fans are frustrated with LA28. City Council members are battling over billions of dollars and overdue contracts. But in front of the U.

S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee board of directors, LA28 found support for the private organizing committee’s progress with a little more than two years remaining before the Games open in L. A.

Despite pushback from locals, LA28 leadership, including chief executive officer Reynold Hoover and chief executive officer responsible for revenue John Slusher, spoke to the USOPC on Wednesday about the ticket sale process, explained the superbloom-inspired look of the Games and celebrated the committee’s recent commercial success that surpassed more than $2 billion in sponsorship agreements. “We were quite encouraged to hear from them,” USOPC chair Gene Sykes said during a conference call Wednesday after a board of directors meeting, “and quite confident in the direction of LA28 from an operational standpoint. ” The private group responsible for bringing the Games back to L.