Oklahoma Metropolis to host softball, canoe slalom occasions in the course of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics
In 4 years, Oklahoma Metropolis will host the canoe slalom and softball competitions in the course of the 2028 Olympics.
FIVE STORIES, BUT THIS IS THE BIGGEST HEADLINE TODAY. OKLAHOMA WILL HOST THE SOFTBALL AND CANOE SLALOM EVENTS DURING THE 2028 LOS ANGELES OLYMPICS. WE WANT TO START WITH OUR SPORTS DIRECTOR, BRYAN KEATING. HE IS AT RIVER SPORT IN OKC RIGHT NOW. AND BRYAN, THIS IS MAJOR NEWS FOR OUR CITY. IT’S UNBELIEVABLE GUYS. IT’S KIND OF HARD TO BELIEVE AS A KID WHO GREW UP HERE IN OKLAHOMA CITY TO IMAGINE THE OLYMPIC WILL BE COMING TO OKLAHOMA CITY IN 2028, IT IS A REMARKABLE THING TO SAY, AND WE JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS TODAY. I THINK IT IS VERY COOL BECAUSE THE TWO, UM, EVENTS THAT YOU MENTIONED WILL BE THE ONLY TWO EVENTS OUTSIDE OF CALIFORNIA. AND SO WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY HERE AT THE RIVER SPORT. OKC. AND THIS IS AN UNBELIEVABLE FACILITY AS WELL. AND THAT’S ONE OF THE REASONS GUYS THAT THEY GAVE TODAY IN LOS ANGELES WHEN THEY HAD THEIR BOARD MEETING FROM LA 2028. ONE OF THE REASONS THEY TALKED ABOUT HAVING THIS IN OKLAHOMA CITY IS BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T WANT TO BUILD SOME OF THIS STUFF IN LOS ANGELES, AND SO IT IS A COST CUTTING MEASURE IN A LOT OF WAYS FOR THE OLYMPIC COMMITTEE IN LOS ANGELES. BUT IT’S GREAT FOR US HERE IN OKLAHOMA CITY BECAUSE THE OLYMPICS WILL BE COMING HERE IN IN A COUPLE OF YEARS. AND SO HERE’S A LITTLE BIT OF THAT INTERVIEW FROM THE BOARD MEETING IN LOS ANGELES THAT THE THE NEWS CAME OUT CAME OUT ABOUT OKLAHOMA CITY TODAY TO AVOID BUILDING A COSTLY SOFTBALL VENUE IN LA AND LEVERAGE THE BEST SOFTBALL VENUE IN THE COUNTRY. WE’RE VERY PLEASED TO HOST SOFTBALL IN OKLAHOMA CITY. WE PLAN TO USE EVEN MORE WORLD CLASS EXISTING VENUES TO CREATE GREATER COST, CERTAINTY AND LOWER FINANCIAL RISK FOR THE LA 28 GAMES, WHILE IMPROVING THE EXPERIENCE FOR ATHLETES AND FANS. SO GUYS, THERE’S A LOT OF QUESTIONS HOW IT’S GOING TO WORK, WHERE THE PLAYER IS GOING TO STAY. BUT I KNOW THIS. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU’RE OUT HERE, THIS IS A WORLD CLASS FACILITY. AND SO THE CANOE SLALOM WILL BE HERE AND IT WILL BE COMPLETE REMARKABLE HERE IN 2028. AND YOU TALK ABOUT WORLD CLASS FACILITIES. I WANT TO SEND IT TO ELISE JONES WHO IS AT, YOU KNOW, DEVIN PARK, THE OLD HALL OF FAME STADIUM. THAT IS CERTAINLY WORLD CLASS. AND WE SEE THAT AT HALL OF FAME STADIUM, THE SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS, EVERY SINGLE YEAR. ELISE. YEAH. KEATING. THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT. AND YOU KNOW, DEVIN PARK CAN ACTUALLY SEAT 14,000 PEOPLE HERE IN THE STANDS. NOW THE CHAIRMAN OF LA 28 SAID TODAY ON THAT CALL THERE’S NOT A STADIUM IN LOS ANGELES, SPECIFICALLY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, THAT CAN SEAT MORE THAN 2000 PEOPLE. SO THAT’S WHY THEY SAID THEY’RE GOING TO BRING OLYMPIC SOFTBALL RIGHT HERE TO THE SOFTBALL CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. NOW, OKLAHOMA CITY, AS YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN HOME TO THE WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES AND TEAM USA. NOW THEY WILL HOST THE OLYMPICS HERE IN 2028 FOR SOFTBALL. THE CHAIRMAN OF LA 28 ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT OKC IS A WORLD CLASS VENUE HERE IN DEVON PARK. IT’S ONE THAT HE SAID IS, QUOTE, BUILT TO INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION STANDARDS. SO NOW SOFTBALL FANS CAN COME SEE THE WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES IN JUNE, AND THEY WON’T HAVE TO WAIT MUCH LONGER FOR THEIR NEXT SOFTBALL GAME. WE’VE BEEN TALKED TO A SOFTBALL TEAM TODAY WHO SAYS BRINGING SOFTBALL BACK TO THE OLYMPICS COME 2028 IS A WIN FOR WOMEN’S SPORTS. BUT OF COURSE, HAVING IT HERE IN OKLAHOMA CITY IS AN EVEN BIGGER WIN. THAT’S WHY THEY HOST THE WORLD SERIES HERE, RIGHT? IT’S KIND OF THIS IS WHERE IT STARTED OKLAHOMA CITY. AND THEN IT’S IT’S KNOWN FOR THE GIRLS. RIGHT. THAT THAT’S WHERE THEY WANT TO GET TO THE OLYMPICS IS IS THE PINNACLE. SO FOR IT TO COME BACK HEY HERE HERE IT IS IN COLLEGE AND HERE IT IS IN THE OLYMPICS. IS IS HUGE NOW COMING UP TONIGHT AT SIX. WE ACTUALLY HAD THE CHANCE TO TALK WITH AN ATHLETE FROM TEAM USA. KENZIE HANSEN. SHE’S CURRENTLY GETTING READY. YOU KNOW SHE’S PLAYING PROFESSIONAL. SHE’S DEFINITELY FAMILIAR WITH DEVIN PARK HERE. AND SHE SAYS THAT WHILE SOME ATHLETES ARE YOU KNOW THEY’RE NOT TOO SURE ABOUT THE OLYMPICS BEING IN OKLAHOMA CITY. SHE KNOWS THAT OKLAHOMA IS THE BEST PLACE TO PLAY SOFTBALL REPORTING LIVE AT DEVIN PARK, ELISE JONES, KOCO FIVE NEWS AND ELISE, YEAH, THIS IS MAJOR NEWS FOR OUR CITY. AND THE FACT THAT IT ALSO MARKS THE RETURN OF SOFTBALL TO THE OLYMPICS. IT JUST MAKES IT EVEN MORE EXCITING. OH, ABSOLUTELY. AND YOU KNOW, I’LL HAVE SOME OF THAT TONIGHT AT SIX FROM KINSEY HANSEN, WHO SAYS THE WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES HAS BEEN BROADCAST ON A NATIONAL LEVEL, BROUGHT IN MILLIONS OF VIEWERS. AND NOW THIS IS JUST ANOTHER CHANCE TO REALLY ELEVATE THE SPORT, SHOWING THAT WOMEN’S SPORTS, IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME. FANS LOVE TO WATCH IT AND IT’S REALLY JUST GOING TO BE AN EXTREMELY EXCITING TIME, ESPECIALLY FOR US OKLAHOMANS TO GET TO BE HERE COME 2028. ELISE. THANK YOU. AND SHE MENTIONED IT THERE. US BEING OKLAHOMANS, I WANT TO BRING BACK SPORTS DIRECTOR BRYAN KEATING. BRIAN, AS THIS NEWS CAME DOWN TODAY, I WAS THINKING ABOUT JUST OUR COVERAGE IN THE FUTURE. YOU HAVE INTERVIEWED NBA MVP’S, HEISMAN WINNERS, YOU’VE COVERED CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS, BUT COVERING THE OLYMPICS IN YOUR HOMETOWN. KEATING. WHAT’S THAT GOING TO BE LIKE? I DON’T KNOW, THAT’S IT’S I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT TODAY TOO. YOU KNOW, I’VE COVERED A LOT OF THINGS AND THE OLYMPICS ISN’T ONE OF THEM. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE KIDS, ABIGAIL, WE HAD THE OLYMPIC FESTIVAL HERE, AND WE THOUGHT THAT WAS A BIG DEAL. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. BUT IT WAS A MUCH SMALLER DEAL THAN THE OLYMPICS, WHICH WILL BE HERE IN FOUR YEARS. AND SO, LOOK, YOU CAN DO A BIGGER STORY ABOUT HOW THE CITY’S CHANGED AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. BUT TO HAVE THE OLYMPICS, THE OLYMPICS IN OKLAHOMA CITY, IT IS REMARKABLE. IT IS COOL. I KNOW WE’RE GETTING INTO THE OLYMPICS NOW HERE IN IN, UH, IN PARIS, BUT IN FOUR YEARS TO HAVE THE OLYMPICS RIG
Oklahoma Metropolis to host softball, canoe slalom occasions in the course of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics
In 4 years, Oklahoma Metropolis will host the canoe slalom and softball competitions in the course of the 2028 Olympics.
Oklahoma Metropolis will assist Los Angeles host two occasions in the course of the 2028 Olympic Video games, the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee introduced on Friday.| MORE | Preparations underway in OKC as baseball, softball return to Olympics come 2028In 4 years, Oklahoma Metropolis will host the canoe slalom and softball competitions in the course of the 2028 Olympics.A information launch states that each canoe slalom and softball venues in Oklahoma Metropolis are constructed to worldwide requirements. Los Angeles, nevertheless, doesn’t have a canoe slalom, and Southern California does not have a softball venue that meets the anticipated spectator demand.”LA28 additionally acknowledges that the Oklahoma Metropolis group has constantly supported prime occasions for each sports activities and is assured that they’ll for these Olympic competitions as nicely,” the information launch states.>> Obtain the KOCO 5 AppMultiple different sports activities will likely be performed outdoors of Los Angeles in 2028, however they want metropolis approval.Olympic Swimming to InglewoodParalympic Swimming to Lengthy Seashore Olympic Inventive Swimming to Lengthy BeachOlympic Basketball to InglewoodOlympic Canoe Slalom to town of Oklahoma CityOlympic and Paralympic Equestrian to TemeculaOlympic and Paralympic Taking pictures to present venue outdoors of Los AngelesThe 2028 Video games marks the return of softball to the Olympics. “The management of the Metropolis of Oklahoma Metropolis, the Better Oklahoma Metropolis Chamber, Riversport OKC and USA Softball can affirm that their organizations have been working intently with LA28 to develop a plan to assist Los Angeles’ supply of the 2028 summer season Olympics by internet hosting all Canoe Slalom and Girls’s Softball occasions in Oklahoma Metropolis,” Craig Cress, the CEO of USA Softball, mentioned in an announcement.The opening ceremonies for the Los Angeles Olympics are set for July 14, 2028. Dates for when the 2 competitions in Oklahoma Metropolis will begin have not been launched.Oklahoma Metropolis Mayor David Holt launched the next assertion: At the moment I can affirm that for the previous six years, now we have been working intently with leaders from LA28 and the Metropolis of Los Angeles to develop a plan to assist L.A.’s supply of the 2028 summer season Olympics by internet hosting all Canoe Slalom and Girls’s Softball occasions in Oklahoma Metropolis.As this journey progressed, I’ve been joined on this endeavor by the Metropolis of Oklahoma Metropolis’s senior administration workforce, in addition to the management of Riversport OKC, USA Softball, and most critically, the Better Oklahoma Metropolis Chamber, who’ve taken the lead this previous yr in finalizing the main points of our group’s assist for the 2028 summer season Olympics. Oklahoma Metropolis has hosted many worldwide competitions at our distinctive, world-class whitewater and softball venues. We’re assured we will likely be an impressive associate to LA28 in making a dynamic atmosphere for Olympians and followers. We’re excited concerning the alternative to assist considered one of America’s nice international cities, Los Angeles, and work intently with the LA28 organizing committee to make sure that the 2028 Olympic Video games are a hit.Because the Metropolis of Los Angeles and the Worldwide Olympic Committee Government Board contemplate LA28’s up to date venue plan, that is the data applicable to share at the moment. The complete story of this historic journey is one I sit up for sharing sooner or later, and there will likely be many necessary folks I sit up for honoring. Within the meantime, I thank our pals in Los Angeles for his or her partnership that has introduced us thus far.High Headlines 1 lifeless after multi-vehicle crash in southwest Oklahoma Metropolis Edmond man heading dwelling after sentencing for Turks and Caicos ammunition cost FAA investigating after Southwest Airways airplane flew so low to the bottom it awakened Yukon residents OHP: 6-year-old lady killed in Thursday wreck Assist group offers protected area for older members of LGBTQ group
Oklahoma Metropolis will assist Los Angeles host two occasions in the course of the 2028 Olympic Video games, the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee introduced on Friday.
| MORE | Preparations underway in OKC as baseball, softball return to Olympics come 2028
In 4 years, Oklahoma Metropolis will host the canoe slalom and softball competitions in the course of the 2028 Olympics.
A information launch states that each canoe slalom and softball venues in Oklahoma Metropolis are constructed to worldwide requirements. Los Angeles, nevertheless, doesn’t have a canoe slalom, and Southern California does not have a softball venue that meets the anticipated spectator demand.
“LA28 additionally acknowledges that the Oklahoma Metropolis group has constantly supported prime occasions for each sports activities and is assured that they’ll for these Olympic competitions as nicely,” the information launch states.
>> Obtain the KOCO 5 App
A number of different sports activities will likely be performed outdoors of Los Angeles in 2028, however they want metropolis approval.
- Olympic Swimming to Inglewood
- Paralympic Swimming to Lengthy Seashore
- Olympic Inventive Swimming to Lengthy Seashore
- Olympic Basketball to Inglewood
- Olympic Canoe Slalom to town of Oklahoma Metropolis
- Olympic and Paralympic Equestrian to Temecula
- Olympic and Paralympic Taking pictures to present venue outdoors of Los Angeles
The 2028 Video games marks the return of softball to the Olympics.
“The management of the Metropolis of Oklahoma Metropolis, the Better Oklahoma Metropolis Chamber, Riversport OKC and USA Softball can affirm that their organizations have been working intently with LA28 to develop a plan to assist Los Angeles’ supply of the 2028 summer season Olympics by internet hosting all Canoe Slalom and Girls’s Softball occasions in Oklahoma Metropolis,” Craig Cress, the CEO of USA Softball, mentioned in an announcement.
The opening ceremonies for the Los Angeles Olympics are set for July 14, 2028. Dates for when the 2 competitions in Oklahoma Metropolis will begin have not been launched.
Oklahoma Metropolis Mayor David Holt launched the next assertion:
At the moment I can affirm that for the previous six years, now we have been working intently with leaders from LA28 and the Metropolis of Los Angeles to develop a plan to assist L.A.’s supply of the 2028 summer season Olympics by internet hosting all Canoe Slalom and Girls’s Softball occasions in Oklahoma Metropolis.
As this journey progressed, I’ve been joined on this endeavor by the Metropolis of Oklahoma Metropolis’s senior administration workforce, in addition to the management of Riversport OKC, USA Softball, and most critically, the Better Oklahoma Metropolis Chamber, who’ve taken the lead this previous yr in finalizing the main points of our group’s assist for the 2028 summer season Olympics.
Oklahoma Metropolis has hosted many worldwide competitions at our distinctive, world-class whitewater and softball venues. We’re assured we will likely be an impressive associate to LA28 in making a dynamic atmosphere for Olympians and followers. We’re excited concerning the alternative to assist considered one of America’s nice international cities, Los Angeles, and work intently with the LA28 organizing committee to make sure that the 2028 Olympic Video games are a hit.
Because the Metropolis of Los Angeles and the Worldwide Olympic Committee Government Board contemplate LA28’s up to date venue plan, that is the data applicable to share at the moment. The complete story of this historic journey is one I sit up for sharing sooner or later, and there will likely be many necessary folks I sit up for honoring. Within the meantime, I thank our pals in Los Angeles for his or her partnership that has introduced us thus far.
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Oklahoma Metropolis to host softball, canoe slalom occasions in the course of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics
In 4 years, Oklahoma Metropolis will host the canoe slalom and softball competitions in the course of the 2028 Olympics.
FIVE STORIES, BUT THIS IS THE BIGGEST HEADLINE TODAY. OKLAHOMA WILL HOST THE SOFTBALL AND CANOE SLALOM EVENTS DURING THE 2028 LOS ANGELES OLYMPICS. WE WANT TO START WITH OUR SPORTS DIRECTOR, BRYAN KEATING. HE IS AT RIVER SPORT IN OKC RIGHT NOW. AND BRYAN, THIS IS MAJOR NEWS FOR OUR CITY. IT’S UNBELIEVABLE GUYS. IT’S KIND OF HARD TO BELIEVE AS A KID WHO GREW UP HERE IN OKLAHOMA CITY TO IMAGINE THE OLYMPIC WILL BE COMING TO OKLAHOMA CITY IN 2028, IT IS A REMARKABLE THING TO SAY, AND WE JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS TODAY. I THINK IT IS VERY COOL BECAUSE THE TWO, UM, EVENTS THAT YOU MENTIONED WILL BE THE ONLY TWO EVENTS OUTSIDE OF CALIFORNIA. AND SO WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY HERE AT THE RIVER SPORT. OKC. AND THIS IS AN UNBELIEVABLE FACILITY AS WELL. AND THAT’S ONE OF THE REASONS GUYS THAT THEY GAVE TODAY IN LOS ANGELES WHEN THEY HAD THEIR BOARD MEETING FROM LA 2028. ONE OF THE REASONS THEY TALKED ABOUT HAVING THIS IN OKLAHOMA CITY IS BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T WANT TO BUILD SOME OF THIS STUFF IN LOS ANGELES, AND SO IT IS A COST CUTTING MEASURE IN A LOT OF WAYS FOR THE OLYMPIC COMMITTEE IN LOS ANGELES. BUT IT’S GREAT FOR US HERE IN OKLAHOMA CITY BECAUSE THE OLYMPICS WILL BE COMING HERE IN IN A COUPLE OF YEARS. AND SO HERE’S A LITTLE BIT OF THAT INTERVIEW FROM THE BOARD MEETING IN LOS ANGELES THAT THE THE NEWS CAME OUT CAME OUT ABOUT OKLAHOMA CITY TODAY TO AVOID BUILDING A COSTLY SOFTBALL VENUE IN LA AND LEVERAGE THE BEST SOFTBALL VENUE IN THE COUNTRY. WE’RE VERY PLEASED TO HOST SOFTBALL IN OKLAHOMA CITY. WE PLAN TO USE EVEN MORE WORLD CLASS EXISTING VENUES TO CREATE GREATER COST, CERTAINTY AND LOWER FINANCIAL RISK FOR THE LA 28 GAMES, WHILE IMPROVING THE EXPERIENCE FOR ATHLETES AND FANS. SO GUYS, THERE’S A LOT OF QUESTIONS HOW IT’S GOING TO WORK, WHERE THE PLAYER IS GOING TO STAY. BUT I KNOW THIS. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU’RE OUT HERE, THIS IS A WORLD CLASS FACILITY. AND SO THE CANOE SLALOM WILL BE HERE AND IT WILL BE COMPLETE REMARKABLE HERE IN 2028. AND YOU TALK ABOUT WORLD CLASS FACILITIES. I WANT TO SEND IT TO ELISE JONES WHO IS AT, YOU KNOW, DEVIN PARK, THE OLD HALL OF FAME STADIUM. THAT IS CERTAINLY WORLD CLASS. AND WE SEE THAT AT HALL OF FAME STADIUM, THE SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS, EVERY SINGLE YEAR. ELISE. YEAH. KEATING. THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT. AND YOU KNOW, DEVIN PARK CAN ACTUALLY SEAT 14,000 PEOPLE HERE IN THE STANDS. NOW THE CHAIRMAN OF LA 28 SAID TODAY ON THAT CALL THERE’S NOT A STADIUM IN LOS ANGELES, SPECIFICALLY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, THAT CAN SEAT MORE THAN 2000 PEOPLE. SO THAT’S WHY THEY SAID THEY’RE GOING TO BRING OLYMPIC SOFTBALL RIGHT HERE TO THE SOFTBALL CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. NOW, OKLAHOMA CITY, AS YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN HOME TO THE WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES AND TEAM USA. NOW THEY WILL HOST THE OLYMPICS HERE IN 2028 FOR SOFTBALL. THE CHAIRMAN OF LA 28 ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT OKC IS A WORLD CLASS VENUE HERE IN DEVON PARK. IT’S ONE THAT HE SAID IS, QUOTE, BUILT TO INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION STANDARDS. SO NOW SOFTBALL FANS CAN COME SEE THE WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES IN JUNE, AND THEY WON’T HAVE TO WAIT MUCH LONGER FOR THEIR NEXT SOFTBALL GAME. WE’VE BEEN TALKED TO A SOFTBALL TEAM TODAY WHO SAYS BRINGING SOFTBALL BACK TO THE OLYMPICS COME 2028 IS A WIN FOR WOMEN’S SPORTS. BUT OF COURSE, HAVING IT HERE IN OKLAHOMA CITY IS AN EVEN BIGGER WIN. THAT’S WHY THEY HOST THE WORLD SERIES HERE, RIGHT? IT’S KIND OF THIS IS WHERE IT STARTED OKLAHOMA CITY. AND THEN IT’S IT’S KNOWN FOR THE GIRLS. RIGHT. THAT THAT’S WHERE THEY WANT TO GET TO THE OLYMPICS IS IS THE PINNACLE. SO FOR IT TO COME BACK HEY HERE HERE IT IS IN COLLEGE AND HERE IT IS IN THE OLYMPICS. IS IS HUGE NOW COMING UP TONIGHT AT SIX. WE ACTUALLY HAD THE CHANCE TO TALK WITH AN ATHLETE FROM TEAM USA. KENZIE HANSEN. SHE’S CURRENTLY GETTING READY. YOU KNOW SHE’S PLAYING PROFESSIONAL. SHE’S DEFINITELY FAMILIAR WITH DEVIN PARK HERE. AND SHE SAYS THAT WHILE SOME ATHLETES ARE YOU KNOW THEY’RE NOT TOO SURE ABOUT THE OLYMPICS BEING IN OKLAHOMA CITY. SHE KNOWS THAT OKLAHOMA IS THE BEST PLACE TO PLAY SOFTBALL REPORTING LIVE AT DEVIN PARK, ELISE JONES, KOCO FIVE NEWS AND ELISE, YEAH, THIS IS MAJOR NEWS FOR OUR CITY. AND THE FACT THAT IT ALSO MARKS THE RETURN OF SOFTBALL TO THE OLYMPICS. IT JUST MAKES IT EVEN MORE EXCITING. OH, ABSOLUTELY. AND YOU KNOW, I’LL HAVE SOME OF THAT TONIGHT AT SIX FROM KINSEY HANSEN, WHO SAYS THE WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES HAS BEEN BROADCAST ON A NATIONAL LEVEL, BROUGHT IN MILLIONS OF VIEWERS. AND NOW THIS IS JUST ANOTHER CHANCE TO REALLY ELEVATE THE SPORT, SHOWING THAT WOMEN’S SPORTS, IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME. FANS LOVE TO WATCH IT AND IT’S REALLY JUST GOING TO BE AN EXTREMELY EXCITING TIME, ESPECIALLY FOR US OKLAHOMANS TO GET TO BE HERE COME 2028. ELISE. THANK YOU. AND SHE MENTIONED IT THERE. US BEING OKLAHOMANS, I WANT TO BRING BACK SPORTS DIRECTOR BRYAN KEATING. BRIAN, AS THIS NEWS CAME DOWN TODAY, I WAS THINKING ABOUT JUST OUR COVERAGE IN THE FUTURE. YOU HAVE INTERVIEWED NBA MVP’S, HEISMAN WINNERS, YOU’VE COVERED CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS, BUT COVERING THE OLYMPICS IN YOUR HOMETOWN. KEATING. WHAT’S THAT GOING TO BE LIKE? I DON’T KNOW, THAT’S IT’S I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT TODAY TOO. YOU KNOW, I’VE COVERED A LOT OF THINGS AND THE OLYMPICS ISN’T ONE OF THEM. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE KIDS, ABIGAIL, WE HAD THE OLYMPIC FESTIVAL HERE, AND WE THOUGHT THAT WAS A BIG DEAL. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. BUT IT WAS A MUCH SMALLER DEAL THAN THE OLYMPICS, WHICH WILL BE HERE IN FOUR YEARS. AND SO, LOOK, YOU CAN DO A BIGGER STORY ABOUT HOW THE CITY’S CHANGED AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. BUT TO HAVE THE OLYMPICS, THE OLYMPICS IN OKLAHOMA CITY, IT IS REMARKABLE. IT IS COOL. I KNOW WE’RE GETTING INTO THE OLYMPICS NOW HERE IN IN, UH, IN PARIS, BUT IN FOUR YEARS TO HAVE THE OLYMPICS RIG
Oklahoma Metropolis to host softball, canoe slalom occasions in the course of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics
In 4 years, Oklahoma Metropolis will host the canoe slalom and softball competitions in the course of the 2028 Olympics.
Oklahoma Metropolis will assist Los Angeles host two occasions in the course of the 2028 Olympic Video games, the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee introduced on Friday.| MORE | Preparations underway in OKC as baseball, softball return to Olympics come 2028In 4 years, Oklahoma Metropolis will host the canoe slalom and softball competitions in the course of the 2028 Olympics.A information launch states that each canoe slalom and softball venues in Oklahoma Metropolis are constructed to worldwide requirements. Los Angeles, nevertheless, doesn’t have a canoe slalom, and Southern California does not have a softball venue that meets the anticipated spectator demand.”LA28 additionally acknowledges that the Oklahoma Metropolis group has constantly supported prime occasions for each sports activities and is assured that they’ll for these Olympic competitions as nicely,” the information launch states.>> Obtain the KOCO 5 AppMultiple different sports activities will likely be performed outdoors of Los Angeles in 2028, however they want metropolis approval.Olympic Swimming to InglewoodParalympic Swimming to Lengthy Seashore Olympic Inventive Swimming to Lengthy BeachOlympic Basketball to InglewoodOlympic Canoe Slalom to town of Oklahoma CityOlympic and Paralympic Equestrian to TemeculaOlympic and Paralympic Taking pictures to present venue outdoors of Los AngelesThe 2028 Video games marks the return of softball to the Olympics. “The management of the Metropolis of Oklahoma Metropolis, the Better Oklahoma Metropolis Chamber, Riversport OKC and USA Softball can affirm that their organizations have been working intently with LA28 to develop a plan to assist Los Angeles’ supply of the 2028 summer season Olympics by internet hosting all Canoe Slalom and Girls’s Softball occasions in Oklahoma Metropolis,” Craig Cress, the CEO of USA Softball, mentioned in an announcement.The opening ceremonies for the Los Angeles Olympics are set for July 14, 2028. Dates for when the 2 competitions in Oklahoma Metropolis will begin have not been launched.Oklahoma Metropolis Mayor David Holt launched the next assertion: At the moment I can affirm that for the previous six years, now we have been working intently with leaders from LA28 and the Metropolis of Los Angeles to develop a plan to assist L.A.’s supply of the 2028 summer season Olympics by internet hosting all Canoe Slalom and Girls’s Softball occasions in Oklahoma Metropolis.As this journey progressed, I’ve been joined on this endeavor by the Metropolis of Oklahoma Metropolis’s senior administration workforce, in addition to the management of Riversport OKC, USA Softball, and most critically, the Better Oklahoma Metropolis Chamber, who’ve taken the lead this previous yr in finalizing the main points of our group’s assist for the 2028 summer season Olympics. Oklahoma Metropolis has hosted many worldwide competitions at our distinctive, world-class whitewater and softball venues. We’re assured we will likely be an impressive associate to LA28 in making a dynamic atmosphere for Olympians and followers. We’re excited concerning the alternative to assist considered one of America’s nice international cities, Los Angeles, and work intently with the LA28 organizing committee to make sure that the 2028 Olympic Video games are a hit.Because the Metropolis of Los Angeles and the Worldwide Olympic Committee Government Board contemplate LA28’s up to date venue plan, that is the data applicable to share at the moment. The complete story of this historic journey is one I sit up for sharing sooner or later, and there will likely be many necessary folks I sit up for honoring. Within the meantime, I thank our pals in Los Angeles for his or her partnership that has introduced us thus far.High Headlines 1 lifeless after multi-vehicle crash in southwest Oklahoma Metropolis Edmond man heading dwelling after sentencing for Turks and Caicos ammunition cost FAA investigating after Southwest Airways airplane flew so low to the bottom it awakened Yukon residents OHP: 6-year-old lady killed in Thursday wreck Assist group offers protected area for older members of LGBTQ group
Oklahoma Metropolis will assist Los Angeles host two occasions in the course of the 2028 Olympic Video games, the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee introduced on Friday.
| MORE | Preparations underway in OKC as baseball, softball return to Olympics come 2028
In 4 years, Oklahoma Metropolis will host the canoe slalom and softball competitions in the course of the 2028 Olympics.
A information launch states that each canoe slalom and softball venues in Oklahoma Metropolis are constructed to worldwide requirements. Los Angeles, nevertheless, doesn’t have a canoe slalom, and Southern California does not have a softball venue that meets the anticipated spectator demand.
“LA28 additionally acknowledges that the Oklahoma Metropolis group has constantly supported prime occasions for each sports activities and is assured that they’ll for these Olympic competitions as nicely,” the information launch states.
>> Obtain the KOCO 5 App
A number of different sports activities will likely be performed outdoors of Los Angeles in 2028, however they want metropolis approval.
- Olympic Swimming to Inglewood
- Paralympic Swimming to Lengthy Seashore
- Olympic Inventive Swimming to Lengthy Seashore
- Olympic Basketball to Inglewood
- Olympic Canoe Slalom to town of Oklahoma Metropolis
- Olympic and Paralympic Equestrian to Temecula
- Olympic and Paralympic Taking pictures to present venue outdoors of Los Angeles
The 2028 Video games marks the return of softball to the Olympics.
“The management of the Metropolis of Oklahoma Metropolis, the Better Oklahoma Metropolis Chamber, Riversport OKC and USA Softball can affirm that their organizations have been working intently with LA28 to develop a plan to assist Los Angeles’ supply of the 2028 summer season Olympics by internet hosting all Canoe Slalom and Girls’s Softball occasions in Oklahoma Metropolis,” Craig Cress, the CEO of USA Softball, mentioned in an announcement.
The opening ceremonies for the Los Angeles Olympics are set for July 14, 2028. Dates for when the 2 competitions in Oklahoma Metropolis will begin have not been launched.
Oklahoma Metropolis Mayor David Holt launched the next assertion:
At the moment I can affirm that for the previous six years, now we have been working intently with leaders from LA28 and the Metropolis of Los Angeles to develop a plan to assist L.A.’s supply of the 2028 summer season Olympics by internet hosting all Canoe Slalom and Girls’s Softball occasions in Oklahoma Metropolis.
As this journey progressed, I’ve been joined on this endeavor by the Metropolis of Oklahoma Metropolis’s senior administration workforce, in addition to the management of Riversport OKC, USA Softball, and most critically, the Better Oklahoma Metropolis Chamber, who’ve taken the lead this previous yr in finalizing the main points of our group’s assist for the 2028 summer season Olympics.
Oklahoma Metropolis has hosted many worldwide competitions at our distinctive, world-class whitewater and softball venues. We’re assured we will likely be an impressive associate to LA28 in making a dynamic atmosphere for Olympians and followers. We’re excited concerning the alternative to assist considered one of America’s nice international cities, Los Angeles, and work intently with the LA28 organizing committee to make sure that the 2028 Olympic Video games are a hit.
Because the Metropolis of Los Angeles and the Worldwide Olympic Committee Government Board contemplate LA28’s up to date venue plan, that is the data applicable to share at the moment. The complete story of this historic journey is one I sit up for sharing sooner or later, and there will likely be many necessary folks I sit up for honoring. Within the meantime, I thank our pals in Los Angeles for his or her partnership that has introduced us thus far.
High Headlines
Oklahoma Metropolis to host softball, canoe slalom occasions in the course of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics
In 4 years, Oklahoma Metropolis will host the canoe slalom and softball competitions in the course of the 2028 Olympics.
FIVE STORIES, BUT THIS IS THE BIGGEST HEADLINE TODAY. OKLAHOMA WILL HOST THE SOFTBALL AND CANOE SLALOM EVENTS DURING THE 2028 LOS ANGELES OLYMPICS. WE WANT TO START WITH OUR SPORTS DIRECTOR, BRYAN KEATING. HE IS AT RIVER SPORT IN OKC RIGHT NOW. AND BRYAN, THIS IS MAJOR NEWS FOR OUR CITY. IT’S UNBELIEVABLE GUYS. IT’S KIND OF HARD TO BELIEVE AS A KID WHO GREW UP HERE IN OKLAHOMA CITY TO IMAGINE THE OLYMPIC WILL BE COMING TO OKLAHOMA CITY IN 2028, IT IS A REMARKABLE THING TO SAY, AND WE JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS TODAY. I THINK IT IS VERY COOL BECAUSE THE TWO, UM, EVENTS THAT YOU MENTIONED WILL BE THE ONLY TWO EVENTS OUTSIDE OF CALIFORNIA. AND SO WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY HERE AT THE RIVER SPORT. OKC. AND THIS IS AN UNBELIEVABLE FACILITY AS WELL. AND THAT’S ONE OF THE REASONS GUYS THAT THEY GAVE TODAY IN LOS ANGELES WHEN THEY HAD THEIR BOARD MEETING FROM LA 2028. ONE OF THE REASONS THEY TALKED ABOUT HAVING THIS IN OKLAHOMA CITY IS BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T WANT TO BUILD SOME OF THIS STUFF IN LOS ANGELES, AND SO IT IS A COST CUTTING MEASURE IN A LOT OF WAYS FOR THE OLYMPIC COMMITTEE IN LOS ANGELES. BUT IT’S GREAT FOR US HERE IN OKLAHOMA CITY BECAUSE THE OLYMPICS WILL BE COMING HERE IN IN A COUPLE OF YEARS. AND SO HERE’S A LITTLE BIT OF THAT INTERVIEW FROM THE BOARD MEETING IN LOS ANGELES THAT THE THE NEWS CAME OUT CAME OUT ABOUT OKLAHOMA CITY TODAY TO AVOID BUILDING A COSTLY SOFTBALL VENUE IN LA AND LEVERAGE THE BEST SOFTBALL VENUE IN THE COUNTRY. WE’RE VERY PLEASED TO HOST SOFTBALL IN OKLAHOMA CITY. WE PLAN TO USE EVEN MORE WORLD CLASS EXISTING VENUES TO CREATE GREATER COST, CERTAINTY AND LOWER FINANCIAL RISK FOR THE LA 28 GAMES, WHILE IMPROVING THE EXPERIENCE FOR ATHLETES AND FANS. SO GUYS, THERE’S A LOT OF QUESTIONS HOW IT’S GOING TO WORK, WHERE THE PLAYER IS GOING TO STAY. BUT I KNOW THIS. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU’RE OUT HERE, THIS IS A WORLD CLASS FACILITY. AND SO THE CANOE SLALOM WILL BE HERE AND IT WILL BE COMPLETE REMARKABLE HERE IN 2028. AND YOU TALK ABOUT WORLD CLASS FACILITIES. I WANT TO SEND IT TO ELISE JONES WHO IS AT, YOU KNOW, DEVIN PARK, THE OLD HALL OF FAME STADIUM. THAT IS CERTAINLY WORLD CLASS. AND WE SEE THAT AT HALL OF FAME STADIUM, THE SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS, EVERY SINGLE YEAR. ELISE. YEAH. KEATING. THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT. AND YOU KNOW, DEVIN PARK CAN ACTUALLY SEAT 14,000 PEOPLE HERE IN THE STANDS. NOW THE CHAIRMAN OF LA 28 SAID TODAY ON THAT CALL THERE’S NOT A STADIUM IN LOS ANGELES, SPECIFICALLY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, THAT CAN SEAT MORE THAN 2000 PEOPLE. SO THAT’S WHY THEY SAID THEY’RE GOING TO BRING OLYMPIC SOFTBALL RIGHT HERE TO THE SOFTBALL CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. NOW, OKLAHOMA CITY, AS YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN HOME TO THE WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES AND TEAM USA. NOW THEY WILL HOST THE OLYMPICS HERE IN 2028 FOR SOFTBALL. THE CHAIRMAN OF LA 28 ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT OKC IS A WORLD CLASS VENUE HERE IN DEVON PARK. IT’S ONE THAT HE SAID IS, QUOTE, BUILT TO INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION STANDARDS. SO NOW SOFTBALL FANS CAN COME SEE THE WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES IN JUNE, AND THEY WON’T HAVE TO WAIT MUCH LONGER FOR THEIR NEXT SOFTBALL GAME. WE’VE BEEN TALKED TO A SOFTBALL TEAM TODAY WHO SAYS BRINGING SOFTBALL BACK TO THE OLYMPICS COME 2028 IS A WIN FOR WOMEN’S SPORTS. BUT OF COURSE, HAVING IT HERE IN OKLAHOMA CITY IS AN EVEN BIGGER WIN. THAT’S WHY THEY HOST THE WORLD SERIES HERE, RIGHT? IT’S KIND OF THIS IS WHERE IT STARTED OKLAHOMA CITY. AND THEN IT’S IT’S KNOWN FOR THE GIRLS. RIGHT. THAT THAT’S WHERE THEY WANT TO GET TO THE OLYMPICS IS IS THE PINNACLE. SO FOR IT TO COME BACK HEY HERE HERE IT IS IN COLLEGE AND HERE IT IS IN THE OLYMPICS. IS IS HUGE NOW COMING UP TONIGHT AT SIX. WE ACTUALLY HAD THE CHANCE TO TALK WITH AN ATHLETE FROM TEAM USA. KENZIE HANSEN. SHE’S CURRENTLY GETTING READY. YOU KNOW SHE’S PLAYING PROFESSIONAL. SHE’S DEFINITELY FAMILIAR WITH DEVIN PARK HERE. AND SHE SAYS THAT WHILE SOME ATHLETES ARE YOU KNOW THEY’RE NOT TOO SURE ABOUT THE OLYMPICS BEING IN OKLAHOMA CITY. SHE KNOWS THAT OKLAHOMA IS THE BEST PLACE TO PLAY SOFTBALL REPORTING LIVE AT DEVIN PARK, ELISE JONES, KOCO FIVE NEWS AND ELISE, YEAH, THIS IS MAJOR NEWS FOR OUR CITY. AND THE FACT THAT IT ALSO MARKS THE RETURN OF SOFTBALL TO THE OLYMPICS. IT JUST MAKES IT EVEN MORE EXCITING. OH, ABSOLUTELY. AND YOU KNOW, I’LL HAVE SOME OF THAT TONIGHT AT SIX FROM KINSEY HANSEN, WHO SAYS THE WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES HAS BEEN BROADCAST ON A NATIONAL LEVEL, BROUGHT IN MILLIONS OF VIEWERS. AND NOW THIS IS JUST ANOTHER CHANCE TO REALLY ELEVATE THE SPORT, SHOWING THAT WOMEN’S SPORTS, IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME. FANS LOVE TO WATCH IT AND IT’S REALLY JUST GOING TO BE AN EXTREMELY EXCITING TIME, ESPECIALLY FOR US OKLAHOMANS TO GET TO BE HERE COME 2028. ELISE. THANK YOU. AND SHE MENTIONED IT THERE. US BEING OKLAHOMANS, I WANT TO BRING BACK SPORTS DIRECTOR BRYAN KEATING. BRIAN, AS THIS NEWS CAME DOWN TODAY, I WAS THINKING ABOUT JUST OUR COVERAGE IN THE FUTURE. YOU HAVE INTERVIEWED NBA MVP’S, HEISMAN WINNERS, YOU’VE COVERED CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS, BUT COVERING THE OLYMPICS IN YOUR HOMETOWN. KEATING. WHAT’S THAT GOING TO BE LIKE? I DON’T KNOW, THAT’S IT’S I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT TODAY TOO. YOU KNOW, I’VE COVERED A LOT OF THINGS AND THE OLYMPICS ISN’T ONE OF THEM. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE KIDS, ABIGAIL, WE HAD THE OLYMPIC FESTIVAL HERE, AND WE THOUGHT THAT WAS A BIG DEAL. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. BUT IT WAS A MUCH SMALLER DEAL THAN THE OLYMPICS, WHICH WILL BE HERE IN FOUR YEARS. AND SO, LOOK, YOU CAN DO A BIGGER STORY ABOUT HOW THE CITY’S CHANGED AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. BUT TO HAVE THE OLYMPICS, THE OLYMPICS IN OKLAHOMA CITY, IT IS REMARKABLE. IT IS COOL. I KNOW WE’RE GETTING INTO THE OLYMPICS NOW HERE IN IN, UH, IN PARIS, BUT IN FOUR YEARS TO HAVE THE OLYMPICS RIG
Oklahoma Metropolis to host softball, canoe slalom occasions in the course of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics
In 4 years, Oklahoma Metropolis will host the canoe slalom and softball competitions in the course of the 2028 Olympics.
Oklahoma Metropolis will assist Los Angeles host two occasions in the course of the 2028 Olympic Video games, the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee introduced on Friday.| MORE | Preparations underway in OKC as baseball, softball return to Olympics come 2028In 4 years, Oklahoma Metropolis will host the canoe slalom and softball competitions in the course of the 2028 Olympics.A information launch states that each canoe slalom and softball venues in Oklahoma Metropolis are constructed to worldwide requirements. Los Angeles, nevertheless, doesn’t have a canoe slalom, and Southern California does not have a softball venue that meets the anticipated spectator demand.”LA28 additionally acknowledges that the Oklahoma Metropolis group has constantly supported prime occasions for each sports activities and is assured that they’ll for these Olympic competitions as nicely,” the information launch states.>> Obtain the KOCO 5 AppMultiple different sports activities will likely be performed outdoors of Los Angeles in 2028, however they want metropolis approval.Olympic Swimming to InglewoodParalympic Swimming to Lengthy Seashore Olympic Inventive Swimming to Lengthy BeachOlympic Basketball to InglewoodOlympic Canoe Slalom to town of Oklahoma CityOlympic and Paralympic Equestrian to TemeculaOlympic and Paralympic Taking pictures to present venue outdoors of Los AngelesThe 2028 Video games marks the return of softball to the Olympics. “The management of the Metropolis of Oklahoma Metropolis, the Better Oklahoma Metropolis Chamber, Riversport OKC and USA Softball can affirm that their organizations have been working intently with LA28 to develop a plan to assist Los Angeles’ supply of the 2028 summer season Olympics by internet hosting all Canoe Slalom and Girls’s Softball occasions in Oklahoma Metropolis,” Craig Cress, the CEO of USA Softball, mentioned in an announcement.The opening ceremonies for the Los Angeles Olympics are set for July 14, 2028. Dates for when the 2 competitions in Oklahoma Metropolis will begin have not been launched.Oklahoma Metropolis Mayor David Holt launched the next assertion: At the moment I can affirm that for the previous six years, now we have been working intently with leaders from LA28 and the Metropolis of Los Angeles to develop a plan to assist L.A.’s supply of the 2028 summer season Olympics by internet hosting all Canoe Slalom and Girls’s Softball occasions in Oklahoma Metropolis.As this journey progressed, I’ve been joined on this endeavor by the Metropolis of Oklahoma Metropolis’s senior administration workforce, in addition to the management of Riversport OKC, USA Softball, and most critically, the Better Oklahoma Metropolis Chamber, who’ve taken the lead this previous yr in finalizing the main points of our group’s assist for the 2028 summer season Olympics. Oklahoma Metropolis has hosted many worldwide competitions at our distinctive, world-class whitewater and softball venues. We’re assured we will likely be an impressive associate to LA28 in making a dynamic atmosphere for Olympians and followers. We’re excited concerning the alternative to assist considered one of America’s nice international cities, Los Angeles, and work intently with the LA28 organizing committee to make sure that the 2028 Olympic Video games are a hit.Because the Metropolis of Los Angeles and the Worldwide Olympic Committee Government Board contemplate LA28’s up to date venue plan, that is the data applicable to share at the moment. The complete story of this historic journey is one I sit up for sharing sooner or later, and there will likely be many necessary folks I sit up for honoring. Within the meantime, I thank our pals in Los Angeles for his or her partnership that has introduced us thus far.High Headlines 1 lifeless after multi-vehicle crash in southwest Oklahoma Metropolis Edmond man heading dwelling after sentencing for Turks and Caicos ammunition cost FAA investigating after Southwest Airways airplane flew so low to the bottom it awakened Yukon residents OHP: 6-year-old lady killed in Thursday wreck Assist group offers protected area for older members of LGBTQ group
Oklahoma Metropolis will assist Los Angeles host two occasions in the course of the 2028 Olympic Video games, the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee introduced on Friday.
| MORE | Preparations underway in OKC as baseball, softball return to Olympics come 2028
In 4 years, Oklahoma Metropolis will host the canoe slalom and softball competitions in the course of the 2028 Olympics.
A information launch states that each canoe slalom and softball venues in Oklahoma Metropolis are constructed to worldwide requirements. Los Angeles, nevertheless, doesn’t have a canoe slalom, and Southern California does not have a softball venue that meets the anticipated spectator demand.
“LA28 additionally acknowledges that the Oklahoma Metropolis group has constantly supported prime occasions for each sports activities and is assured that they’ll for these Olympic competitions as nicely,” the information launch states.
>> Obtain the KOCO 5 App
A number of different sports activities will likely be performed outdoors of Los Angeles in 2028, however they want metropolis approval.
- Olympic Swimming to Inglewood
- Paralympic Swimming to Lengthy Seashore
- Olympic Inventive Swimming to Lengthy Seashore
- Olympic Basketball to Inglewood
- Olympic Canoe Slalom to town of Oklahoma Metropolis
- Olympic and Paralympic Equestrian to Temecula
- Olympic and Paralympic Taking pictures to present venue outdoors of Los Angeles
The 2028 Video games marks the return of softball to the Olympics.
“The management of the Metropolis of Oklahoma Metropolis, the Better Oklahoma Metropolis Chamber, Riversport OKC and USA Softball can affirm that their organizations have been working intently with LA28 to develop a plan to assist Los Angeles’ supply of the 2028 summer season Olympics by internet hosting all Canoe Slalom and Girls’s Softball occasions in Oklahoma Metropolis,” Craig Cress, the CEO of USA Softball, mentioned in an announcement.
The opening ceremonies for the Los Angeles Olympics are set for July 14, 2028. Dates for when the 2 competitions in Oklahoma Metropolis will begin have not been launched.
Oklahoma Metropolis Mayor David Holt launched the next assertion:
At the moment I can affirm that for the previous six years, now we have been working intently with leaders from LA28 and the Metropolis of Los Angeles to develop a plan to assist L.A.’s supply of the 2028 summer season Olympics by internet hosting all Canoe Slalom and Girls’s Softball occasions in Oklahoma Metropolis.
As this journey progressed, I’ve been joined on this endeavor by the Metropolis of Oklahoma Metropolis’s senior administration workforce, in addition to the management of Riversport OKC, USA Softball, and most critically, the Better Oklahoma Metropolis Chamber, who’ve taken the lead this previous yr in finalizing the main points of our group’s assist for the 2028 summer season Olympics.
Oklahoma Metropolis has hosted many worldwide competitions at our distinctive, world-class whitewater and softball venues. We’re assured we will likely be an impressive associate to LA28 in making a dynamic atmosphere for Olympians and followers. We’re excited concerning the alternative to assist considered one of America’s nice international cities, Los Angeles, and work intently with the LA28 organizing committee to make sure that the 2028 Olympic Video games are a hit.
Because the Metropolis of Los Angeles and the Worldwide Olympic Committee Government Board contemplate LA28’s up to date venue plan, that is the data applicable to share at the moment. The complete story of this historic journey is one I sit up for sharing sooner or later, and there will likely be many necessary folks I sit up for honoring. Within the meantime, I thank our pals in Los Angeles for his or her partnership that has introduced us thus far.
High Headlines
Oklahoma Metropolis to host softball, canoe slalom occasions in the course of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics
In 4 years, Oklahoma Metropolis will host the canoe slalom and softball competitions in the course of the 2028 Olympics.
FIVE STORIES, BUT THIS IS THE BIGGEST HEADLINE TODAY. OKLAHOMA WILL HOST THE SOFTBALL AND CANOE SLALOM EVENTS DURING THE 2028 LOS ANGELES OLYMPICS. WE WANT TO START WITH OUR SPORTS DIRECTOR, BRYAN KEATING. HE IS AT RIVER SPORT IN OKC RIGHT NOW. AND BRYAN, THIS IS MAJOR NEWS FOR OUR CITY. IT’S UNBELIEVABLE GUYS. IT’S KIND OF HARD TO BELIEVE AS A KID WHO GREW UP HERE IN OKLAHOMA CITY TO IMAGINE THE OLYMPIC WILL BE COMING TO OKLAHOMA CITY IN 2028, IT IS A REMARKABLE THING TO SAY, AND WE JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS TODAY. I THINK IT IS VERY COOL BECAUSE THE TWO, UM, EVENTS THAT YOU MENTIONED WILL BE THE ONLY TWO EVENTS OUTSIDE OF CALIFORNIA. AND SO WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY HERE AT THE RIVER SPORT. OKC. AND THIS IS AN UNBELIEVABLE FACILITY AS WELL. AND THAT’S ONE OF THE REASONS GUYS THAT THEY GAVE TODAY IN LOS ANGELES WHEN THEY HAD THEIR BOARD MEETING FROM LA 2028. ONE OF THE REASONS THEY TALKED ABOUT HAVING THIS IN OKLAHOMA CITY IS BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T WANT TO BUILD SOME OF THIS STUFF IN LOS ANGELES, AND SO IT IS A COST CUTTING MEASURE IN A LOT OF WAYS FOR THE OLYMPIC COMMITTEE IN LOS ANGELES. BUT IT’S GREAT FOR US HERE IN OKLAHOMA CITY BECAUSE THE OLYMPICS WILL BE COMING HERE IN IN A COUPLE OF YEARS. AND SO HERE’S A LITTLE BIT OF THAT INTERVIEW FROM THE BOARD MEETING IN LOS ANGELES THAT THE THE NEWS CAME OUT CAME OUT ABOUT OKLAHOMA CITY TODAY TO AVOID BUILDING A COSTLY SOFTBALL VENUE IN LA AND LEVERAGE THE BEST SOFTBALL VENUE IN THE COUNTRY. WE’RE VERY PLEASED TO HOST SOFTBALL IN OKLAHOMA CITY. WE PLAN TO USE EVEN MORE WORLD CLASS EXISTING VENUES TO CREATE GREATER COST, CERTAINTY AND LOWER FINANCIAL RISK FOR THE LA 28 GAMES, WHILE IMPROVING THE EXPERIENCE FOR ATHLETES AND FANS. SO GUYS, THERE’S A LOT OF QUESTIONS HOW IT’S GOING TO WORK, WHERE THE PLAYER IS GOING TO STAY. BUT I KNOW THIS. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU’RE OUT HERE, THIS IS A WORLD CLASS FACILITY. AND SO THE CANOE SLALOM WILL BE HERE AND IT WILL BE COMPLETE REMARKABLE HERE IN 2028. AND YOU TALK ABOUT WORLD CLASS FACILITIES. I WANT TO SEND IT TO ELISE JONES WHO IS AT, YOU KNOW, DEVIN PARK, THE OLD HALL OF FAME STADIUM. THAT IS CERTAINLY WORLD CLASS. AND WE SEE THAT AT HALL OF FAME STADIUM, THE SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS, EVERY SINGLE YEAR. ELISE. YEAH. KEATING. THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT. AND YOU KNOW, DEVIN PARK CAN ACTUALLY SEAT 14,000 PEOPLE HERE IN THE STANDS. NOW THE CHAIRMAN OF LA 28 SAID TODAY ON THAT CALL THERE’S NOT A STADIUM IN LOS ANGELES, SPECIFICALLY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, THAT CAN SEAT MORE THAN 2000 PEOPLE. SO THAT’S WHY THEY SAID THEY’RE GOING TO BRING OLYMPIC SOFTBALL RIGHT HERE TO THE SOFTBALL CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. NOW, OKLAHOMA CITY, AS YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN HOME TO THE WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES AND TEAM USA. NOW THEY WILL HOST THE OLYMPICS HERE IN 2028 FOR SOFTBALL. THE CHAIRMAN OF LA 28 ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT OKC IS A WORLD CLASS VENUE HERE IN DEVON PARK. IT’S ONE THAT HE SAID IS, QUOTE, BUILT TO INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION STANDARDS. SO NOW SOFTBALL FANS CAN COME SEE THE WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES IN JUNE, AND THEY WON’T HAVE TO WAIT MUCH LONGER FOR THEIR NEXT SOFTBALL GAME. WE’VE BEEN TALKED TO A SOFTBALL TEAM TODAY WHO SAYS BRINGING SOFTBALL BACK TO THE OLYMPICS COME 2028 IS A WIN FOR WOMEN’S SPORTS. BUT OF COURSE, HAVING IT HERE IN OKLAHOMA CITY IS AN EVEN BIGGER WIN. THAT’S WHY THEY HOST THE WORLD SERIES HERE, RIGHT? IT’S KIND OF THIS IS WHERE IT STARTED OKLAHOMA CITY. AND THEN IT’S IT’S KNOWN FOR THE GIRLS. RIGHT. THAT THAT’S WHERE THEY WANT TO GET TO THE OLYMPICS IS IS THE PINNACLE. SO FOR IT TO COME BACK HEY HERE HERE IT IS IN COLLEGE AND HERE IT IS IN THE OLYMPICS. IS IS HUGE NOW COMING UP TONIGHT AT SIX. WE ACTUALLY HAD THE CHANCE TO TALK WITH AN ATHLETE FROM TEAM USA. KENZIE HANSEN. SHE’S CURRENTLY GETTING READY. YOU KNOW SHE’S PLAYING PROFESSIONAL. SHE’S DEFINITELY FAMILIAR WITH DEVIN PARK HERE. AND SHE SAYS THAT WHILE SOME ATHLETES ARE YOU KNOW THEY’RE NOT TOO SURE ABOUT THE OLYMPICS BEING IN OKLAHOMA CITY. SHE KNOWS THAT OKLAHOMA IS THE BEST PLACE TO PLAY SOFTBALL REPORTING LIVE AT DEVIN PARK, ELISE JONES, KOCO FIVE NEWS AND ELISE, YEAH, THIS IS MAJOR NEWS FOR OUR CITY. AND THE FACT THAT IT ALSO MARKS THE RETURN OF SOFTBALL TO THE OLYMPICS. IT JUST MAKES IT EVEN MORE EXCITING. OH, ABSOLUTELY. AND YOU KNOW, I’LL HAVE SOME OF THAT TONIGHT AT SIX FROM KINSEY HANSEN, WHO SAYS THE WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES HAS BEEN BROADCAST ON A NATIONAL LEVEL, BROUGHT IN MILLIONS OF VIEWERS. AND NOW THIS IS JUST ANOTHER CHANCE TO REALLY ELEVATE THE SPORT, SHOWING THAT WOMEN’S SPORTS, IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME. FANS LOVE TO WATCH IT AND IT’S REALLY JUST GOING TO BE AN EXTREMELY EXCITING TIME, ESPECIALLY FOR US OKLAHOMANS TO GET TO BE HERE COME 2028. ELISE. THANK YOU. AND SHE MENTIONED IT THERE. US BEING OKLAHOMANS, I WANT TO BRING BACK SPORTS DIRECTOR BRYAN KEATING. BRIAN, AS THIS NEWS CAME DOWN TODAY, I WAS THINKING ABOUT JUST OUR COVERAGE IN THE FUTURE. YOU HAVE INTERVIEWED NBA MVP’S, HEISMAN WINNERS, YOU’VE COVERED CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS, BUT COVERING THE OLYMPICS IN YOUR HOMETOWN. KEATING. WHAT’S THAT GOING TO BE LIKE? I DON’T KNOW, THAT’S IT’S I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT TODAY TOO. YOU KNOW, I’VE COVERED A LOT OF THINGS AND THE OLYMPICS ISN’T ONE OF THEM. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE KIDS, ABIGAIL, WE HAD THE OLYMPIC FESTIVAL HERE, AND WE THOUGHT THAT WAS A BIG DEAL. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. BUT IT WAS A MUCH SMALLER DEAL THAN THE OLYMPICS, WHICH WILL BE HERE IN FOUR YEARS. AND SO, LOOK, YOU CAN DO A BIGGER STORY ABOUT HOW THE CITY’S CHANGED AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. BUT TO HAVE THE OLYMPICS, THE OLYMPICS IN OKLAHOMA CITY, IT IS REMARKABLE. IT IS COOL. I KNOW WE’RE GETTING INTO THE OLYMPICS NOW HERE IN IN, UH, IN PARIS, BUT IN FOUR YEARS TO HAVE THE OLYMPICS RIG
Oklahoma Metropolis to host softball, canoe slalom occasions in the course of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics
In 4 years, Oklahoma Metropolis will host the canoe slalom and softball competitions in the course of the 2028 Olympics.
Oklahoma Metropolis will assist Los Angeles host two occasions in the course of the 2028 Olympic Video games, the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee introduced on Friday.| MORE | Preparations underway in OKC as baseball, softball return to Olympics come 2028In 4 years, Oklahoma Metropolis will host the canoe slalom and softball competitions in the course of the 2028 Olympics.A information launch states that each canoe slalom and softball venues in Oklahoma Metropolis are constructed to worldwide requirements. Los Angeles, nevertheless, doesn’t have a canoe slalom, and Southern California does not have a softball venue that meets the anticipated spectator demand.”LA28 additionally acknowledges that the Oklahoma Metropolis group has constantly supported prime occasions for each sports activities and is assured that they’ll for these Olympic competitions as nicely,” the information launch states.>> Obtain the KOCO 5 AppMultiple different sports activities will likely be performed outdoors of Los Angeles in 2028, however they want metropolis approval.Olympic Swimming to InglewoodParalympic Swimming to Lengthy Seashore Olympic Inventive Swimming to Lengthy BeachOlympic Basketball to InglewoodOlympic Canoe Slalom to town of Oklahoma CityOlympic and Paralympic Equestrian to TemeculaOlympic and Paralympic Taking pictures to present venue outdoors of Los AngelesThe 2028 Video games marks the return of softball to the Olympics. “The management of the Metropolis of Oklahoma Metropolis, the Better Oklahoma Metropolis Chamber, Riversport OKC and USA Softball can affirm that their organizations have been working intently with LA28 to develop a plan to assist Los Angeles’ supply of the 2028 summer season Olympics by internet hosting all Canoe Slalom and Girls’s Softball occasions in Oklahoma Metropolis,” Craig Cress, the CEO of USA Softball, mentioned in an announcement.The opening ceremonies for the Los Angeles Olympics are set for July 14, 2028. Dates for when the 2 competitions in Oklahoma Metropolis will begin have not been launched.Oklahoma Metropolis Mayor David Holt launched the next assertion: At the moment I can affirm that for the previous six years, now we have been working intently with leaders from LA28 and the Metropolis of Los Angeles to develop a plan to assist L.A.’s supply of the 2028 summer season Olympics by internet hosting all Canoe Slalom and Girls’s Softball occasions in Oklahoma Metropolis.As this journey progressed, I’ve been joined on this endeavor by the Metropolis of Oklahoma Metropolis’s senior administration workforce, in addition to the management of Riversport OKC, USA Softball, and most critically, the Better Oklahoma Metropolis Chamber, who’ve taken the lead this previous yr in finalizing the main points of our group’s assist for the 2028 summer season Olympics. Oklahoma Metropolis has hosted many worldwide competitions at our distinctive, world-class whitewater and softball venues. We’re assured we will likely be an impressive associate to LA28 in making a dynamic atmosphere for Olympians and followers. We’re excited concerning the alternative to assist considered one of America’s nice international cities, Los Angeles, and work intently with the LA28 organizing committee to make sure that the 2028 Olympic Video games are a hit.Because the Metropolis of Los Angeles and the Worldwide Olympic Committee Government Board contemplate LA28’s up to date venue plan, that is the data applicable to share at the moment. The complete story of this historic journey is one I sit up for sharing sooner or later, and there will likely be many necessary folks I sit up for honoring. Within the meantime, I thank our pals in Los Angeles for his or her partnership that has introduced us thus far.High Headlines 1 lifeless after multi-vehicle crash in southwest Oklahoma Metropolis Edmond man heading dwelling after sentencing for Turks and Caicos ammunition cost FAA investigating after Southwest Airways airplane flew so low to the bottom it awakened Yukon residents OHP: 6-year-old lady killed in Thursday wreck Assist group offers protected area for older members of LGBTQ group
Oklahoma Metropolis will assist Los Angeles host two occasions in the course of the 2028 Olympic Video games, the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee introduced on Friday.
| MORE | Preparations underway in OKC as baseball, softball return to Olympics come 2028
In 4 years, Oklahoma Metropolis will host the canoe slalom and softball competitions in the course of the 2028 Olympics.
A information launch states that each canoe slalom and softball venues in Oklahoma Metropolis are constructed to worldwide requirements. Los Angeles, nevertheless, doesn’t have a canoe slalom, and Southern California does not have a softball venue that meets the anticipated spectator demand.
“LA28 additionally acknowledges that the Oklahoma Metropolis group has constantly supported prime occasions for each sports activities and is assured that they’ll for these Olympic competitions as nicely,” the information launch states.
>> Obtain the KOCO 5 App
A number of different sports activities will likely be performed outdoors of Los Angeles in 2028, however they want metropolis approval.
- Olympic Swimming to Inglewood
- Paralympic Swimming to Lengthy Seashore
- Olympic Inventive Swimming to Lengthy Seashore
- Olympic Basketball to Inglewood
- Olympic Canoe Slalom to town of Oklahoma Metropolis
- Olympic and Paralympic Equestrian to Temecula
- Olympic and Paralympic Taking pictures to present venue outdoors of Los Angeles
The 2028 Video games marks the return of softball to the Olympics.
“The management of the Metropolis of Oklahoma Metropolis, the Better Oklahoma Metropolis Chamber, Riversport OKC and USA Softball can affirm that their organizations have been working intently with LA28 to develop a plan to assist Los Angeles’ supply of the 2028 summer season Olympics by internet hosting all Canoe Slalom and Girls’s Softball occasions in Oklahoma Metropolis,” Craig Cress, the CEO of USA Softball, mentioned in an announcement.
The opening ceremonies for the Los Angeles Olympics are set for July 14, 2028. Dates for when the 2 competitions in Oklahoma Metropolis will begin have not been launched.
Oklahoma Metropolis Mayor David Holt launched the next assertion:
At the moment I can affirm that for the previous six years, now we have been working intently with leaders from LA28 and the Metropolis of Los Angeles to develop a plan to assist L.A.’s supply of the 2028 summer season Olympics by internet hosting all Canoe Slalom and Girls’s Softball occasions in Oklahoma Metropolis.
As this journey progressed, I’ve been joined on this endeavor by the Metropolis of Oklahoma Metropolis’s senior administration workforce, in addition to the management of Riversport OKC, USA Softball, and most critically, the Better Oklahoma Metropolis Chamber, who’ve taken the lead this previous yr in finalizing the main points of our group’s assist for the 2028 summer season Olympics.
Oklahoma Metropolis has hosted many worldwide competitions at our distinctive, world-class whitewater and softball venues. We’re assured we will likely be an impressive associate to LA28 in making a dynamic atmosphere for Olympians and followers. We’re excited concerning the alternative to assist considered one of America’s nice international cities, Los Angeles, and work intently with the LA28 organizing committee to make sure that the 2028 Olympic Video games are a hit.
Because the Metropolis of Los Angeles and the Worldwide Olympic Committee Government Board contemplate LA28’s up to date venue plan, that is the data applicable to share at the moment. The complete story of this historic journey is one I sit up for sharing sooner or later, and there will likely be many necessary folks I sit up for honoring. Within the meantime, I thank our pals in Los Angeles for his or her partnership that has introduced us thus far.
High Headlines
Oklahoma Metropolis to host softball, canoe slalom occasions in the course of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics
In 4 years, Oklahoma Metropolis will host the canoe slalom and softball competitions in the course of the 2028 Olympics.
FIVE STORIES, BUT THIS IS THE BIGGEST HEADLINE TODAY. OKLAHOMA WILL HOST THE SOFTBALL AND CANOE SLALOM EVENTS DURING THE 2028 LOS ANGELES OLYMPICS. WE WANT TO START WITH OUR SPORTS DIRECTOR, BRYAN KEATING. HE IS AT RIVER SPORT IN OKC RIGHT NOW. AND BRYAN, THIS IS MAJOR NEWS FOR OUR CITY. IT’S UNBELIEVABLE GUYS. IT’S KIND OF HARD TO BELIEVE AS A KID WHO GREW UP HERE IN OKLAHOMA CITY TO IMAGINE THE OLYMPIC WILL BE COMING TO OKLAHOMA CITY IN 2028, IT IS A REMARKABLE THING TO SAY, AND WE JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS TODAY. I THINK IT IS VERY COOL BECAUSE THE TWO, UM, EVENTS THAT YOU MENTIONED WILL BE THE ONLY TWO EVENTS OUTSIDE OF CALIFORNIA. AND SO WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY HERE AT THE RIVER SPORT. OKC. AND THIS IS AN UNBELIEVABLE FACILITY AS WELL. AND THAT’S ONE OF THE REASONS GUYS THAT THEY GAVE TODAY IN LOS ANGELES WHEN THEY HAD THEIR BOARD MEETING FROM LA 2028. ONE OF THE REASONS THEY TALKED ABOUT HAVING THIS IN OKLAHOMA CITY IS BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T WANT TO BUILD SOME OF THIS STUFF IN LOS ANGELES, AND SO IT IS A COST CUTTING MEASURE IN A LOT OF WAYS FOR THE OLYMPIC COMMITTEE IN LOS ANGELES. BUT IT’S GREAT FOR US HERE IN OKLAHOMA CITY BECAUSE THE OLYMPICS WILL BE COMING HERE IN IN A COUPLE OF YEARS. AND SO HERE’S A LITTLE BIT OF THAT INTERVIEW FROM THE BOARD MEETING IN LOS ANGELES THAT THE THE NEWS CAME OUT CAME OUT ABOUT OKLAHOMA CITY TODAY TO AVOID BUILDING A COSTLY SOFTBALL VENUE IN LA AND LEVERAGE THE BEST SOFTBALL VENUE IN THE COUNTRY. WE’RE VERY PLEASED TO HOST SOFTBALL IN OKLAHOMA CITY. WE PLAN TO USE EVEN MORE WORLD CLASS EXISTING VENUES TO CREATE GREATER COST, CERTAINTY AND LOWER FINANCIAL RISK FOR THE LA 28 GAMES, WHILE IMPROVING THE EXPERIENCE FOR ATHLETES AND FANS. SO GUYS, THERE’S A LOT OF QUESTIONS HOW IT’S GOING TO WORK, WHERE THE PLAYER IS GOING TO STAY. BUT I KNOW THIS. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU’RE OUT HERE, THIS IS A WORLD CLASS FACILITY. AND SO THE CANOE SLALOM WILL BE HERE AND IT WILL BE COMPLETE REMARKABLE HERE IN 2028. AND YOU TALK ABOUT WORLD CLASS FACILITIES. I WANT TO SEND IT TO ELISE JONES WHO IS AT, YOU KNOW, DEVIN PARK, THE OLD HALL OF FAME STADIUM. THAT IS CERTAINLY WORLD CLASS. AND WE SEE THAT AT HALL OF FAME STADIUM, THE SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS, EVERY SINGLE YEAR. ELISE. YEAH. KEATING. THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT. AND YOU KNOW, DEVIN PARK CAN ACTUALLY SEAT 14,000 PEOPLE HERE IN THE STANDS. NOW THE CHAIRMAN OF LA 28 SAID TODAY ON THAT CALL THERE’S NOT A STADIUM IN LOS ANGELES, SPECIFICALLY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, THAT CAN SEAT MORE THAN 2000 PEOPLE. SO THAT’S WHY THEY SAID THEY’RE GOING TO BRING OLYMPIC SOFTBALL RIGHT HERE TO THE SOFTBALL CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. NOW, OKLAHOMA CITY, AS YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN HOME TO THE WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES AND TEAM USA. NOW THEY WILL HOST THE OLYMPICS HERE IN 2028 FOR SOFTBALL. THE CHAIRMAN OF LA 28 ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT OKC IS A WORLD CLASS VENUE HERE IN DEVON PARK. IT’S ONE THAT HE SAID IS, QUOTE, BUILT TO INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION STANDARDS. SO NOW SOFTBALL FANS CAN COME SEE THE WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES IN JUNE, AND THEY WON’T HAVE TO WAIT MUCH LONGER FOR THEIR NEXT SOFTBALL GAME. WE’VE BEEN TALKED TO A SOFTBALL TEAM TODAY WHO SAYS BRINGING SOFTBALL BACK TO THE OLYMPICS COME 2028 IS A WIN FOR WOMEN’S SPORTS. BUT OF COURSE, HAVING IT HERE IN OKLAHOMA CITY IS AN EVEN BIGGER WIN. THAT’S WHY THEY HOST THE WORLD SERIES HERE, RIGHT? IT’S KIND OF THIS IS WHERE IT STARTED OKLAHOMA CITY. AND THEN IT’S IT’S KNOWN FOR THE GIRLS. RIGHT. THAT THAT’S WHERE THEY WANT TO GET TO THE OLYMPICS IS IS THE PINNACLE. SO FOR IT TO COME BACK HEY HERE HERE IT IS IN COLLEGE AND HERE IT IS IN THE OLYMPICS. IS IS HUGE NOW COMING UP TONIGHT AT SIX. WE ACTUALLY HAD THE CHANCE TO TALK WITH AN ATHLETE FROM TEAM USA. KENZIE HANSEN. SHE’S CURRENTLY GETTING READY. YOU KNOW SHE’S PLAYING PROFESSIONAL. SHE’S DEFINITELY FAMILIAR WITH DEVIN PARK HERE. AND SHE SAYS THAT WHILE SOME ATHLETES ARE YOU KNOW THEY’RE NOT TOO SURE ABOUT THE OLYMPICS BEING IN OKLAHOMA CITY. SHE KNOWS THAT OKLAHOMA IS THE BEST PLACE TO PLAY SOFTBALL REPORTING LIVE AT DEVIN PARK, ELISE JONES, KOCO FIVE NEWS AND ELISE, YEAH, THIS IS MAJOR NEWS FOR OUR CITY. AND THE FACT THAT IT ALSO MARKS THE RETURN OF SOFTBALL TO THE OLYMPICS. IT JUST MAKES IT EVEN MORE EXCITING. OH, ABSOLUTELY. AND YOU KNOW, I’LL HAVE SOME OF THAT TONIGHT AT SIX FROM KINSEY HANSEN, WHO SAYS THE WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES HAS BEEN BROADCAST ON A NATIONAL LEVEL, BROUGHT IN MILLIONS OF VIEWERS. AND NOW THIS IS JUST ANOTHER CHANCE TO REALLY ELEVATE THE SPORT, SHOWING THAT WOMEN’S SPORTS, IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME. FANS LOVE TO WATCH IT AND IT’S REALLY JUST GOING TO BE AN EXTREMELY EXCITING TIME, ESPECIALLY FOR US OKLAHOMANS TO GET TO BE HERE COME 2028. ELISE. THANK YOU. AND SHE MENTIONED IT THERE. US BEING OKLAHOMANS, I WANT TO BRING BACK SPORTS DIRECTOR BRYAN KEATING. BRIAN, AS THIS NEWS CAME DOWN TODAY, I WAS THINKING ABOUT JUST OUR COVERAGE IN THE FUTURE. YOU HAVE INTERVIEWED NBA MVP’S, HEISMAN WINNERS, YOU’VE COVERED CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS, BUT COVERING THE OLYMPICS IN YOUR HOMETOWN. KEATING. WHAT’S THAT GOING TO BE LIKE? I DON’T KNOW, THAT’S IT’S I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT TODAY TOO. YOU KNOW, I’VE COVERED A LOT OF THINGS AND THE OLYMPICS ISN’T ONE OF THEM. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE KIDS, ABIGAIL, WE HAD THE OLYMPIC FESTIVAL HERE, AND WE THOUGHT THAT WAS A BIG DEAL. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. BUT IT WAS A MUCH SMALLER DEAL THAN THE OLYMPICS, WHICH WILL BE HERE IN FOUR YEARS. AND SO, LOOK, YOU CAN DO A BIGGER STORY ABOUT HOW THE CITY’S CHANGED AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. BUT TO HAVE THE OLYMPICS, THE OLYMPICS IN OKLAHOMA CITY, IT IS REMARKABLE. IT IS COOL. I KNOW WE’RE GETTING INTO THE OLYMPICS NOW HERE IN IN, UH, IN PARIS, BUT IN FOUR YEARS TO HAVE THE OLYMPICS RIG
Oklahoma Metropolis to host softball, canoe slalom occasions in the course of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics
In 4 years, Oklahoma Metropolis will host the canoe slalom and softball competitions in the course of the 2028 Olympics.
Oklahoma Metropolis will assist Los Angeles host two occasions in the course of the 2028 Olympic Video games, the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee introduced on Friday.| MORE | Preparations underway in OKC as baseball, softball return to Olympics come 2028In 4 years, Oklahoma Metropolis will host the canoe slalom and softball competitions in the course of the 2028 Olympics.A information launch states that each canoe slalom and softball venues in Oklahoma Metropolis are constructed to worldwide requirements. Los Angeles, nevertheless, doesn’t have a canoe slalom, and Southern California does not have a softball venue that meets the anticipated spectator demand.”LA28 additionally acknowledges that the Oklahoma Metropolis group has constantly supported prime occasions for each sports activities and is assured that they’ll for these Olympic competitions as nicely,” the information launch states.>> Obtain the KOCO 5 AppMultiple different sports activities will likely be performed outdoors of Los Angeles in 2028, however they want metropolis approval.Olympic Swimming to InglewoodParalympic Swimming to Lengthy Seashore Olympic Inventive Swimming to Lengthy BeachOlympic Basketball to InglewoodOlympic Canoe Slalom to town of Oklahoma CityOlympic and Paralympic Equestrian to TemeculaOlympic and Paralympic Taking pictures to present venue outdoors of Los AngelesThe 2028 Video games marks the return of softball to the Olympics. “The management of the Metropolis of Oklahoma Metropolis, the Better Oklahoma Metropolis Chamber, Riversport OKC and USA Softball can affirm that their organizations have been working intently with LA28 to develop a plan to assist Los Angeles’ supply of the 2028 summer season Olympics by internet hosting all Canoe Slalom and Girls’s Softball occasions in Oklahoma Metropolis,” Craig Cress, the CEO of USA Softball, mentioned in an announcement.The opening ceremonies for the Los Angeles Olympics are set for July 14, 2028. Dates for when the 2 competitions in Oklahoma Metropolis will begin have not been launched.Oklahoma Metropolis Mayor David Holt launched the next assertion: At the moment I can affirm that for the previous six years, now we have been working intently with leaders from LA28 and the Metropolis of Los Angeles to develop a plan to assist L.A.’s supply of the 2028 summer season Olympics by internet hosting all Canoe Slalom and Girls’s Softball occasions in Oklahoma Metropolis.As this journey progressed, I’ve been joined on this endeavor by the Metropolis of Oklahoma Metropolis’s senior administration workforce, in addition to the management of Riversport OKC, USA Softball, and most critically, the Better Oklahoma Metropolis Chamber, who’ve taken the lead this previous yr in finalizing the main points of our group’s assist for the 2028 summer season Olympics. Oklahoma Metropolis has hosted many worldwide competitions at our distinctive, world-class whitewater and softball venues. We’re assured we will likely be an impressive associate to LA28 in making a dynamic atmosphere for Olympians and followers. We’re excited concerning the alternative to assist considered one of America’s nice international cities, Los Angeles, and work intently with the LA28 organizing committee to make sure that the 2028 Olympic Video games are a hit.Because the Metropolis of Los Angeles and the Worldwide Olympic Committee Government Board contemplate LA28’s up to date venue plan, that is the data applicable to share at the moment. The complete story of this historic journey is one I sit up for sharing sooner or later, and there will likely be many necessary folks I sit up for honoring. Within the meantime, I thank our pals in Los Angeles for his or her partnership that has introduced us thus far.High Headlines 1 lifeless after multi-vehicle crash in southwest Oklahoma Metropolis Edmond man heading dwelling after sentencing for Turks and Caicos ammunition cost FAA investigating after Southwest Airways airplane flew so low to the bottom it awakened Yukon residents OHP: 6-year-old lady killed in Thursday wreck Assist group offers protected area for older members of LGBTQ group
Oklahoma Metropolis will assist Los Angeles host two occasions in the course of the 2028 Olympic Video games, the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee introduced on Friday.
| MORE | Preparations underway in OKC as baseball, softball return to Olympics come 2028
In 4 years, Oklahoma Metropolis will host the canoe slalom and softball competitions in the course of the 2028 Olympics.
A information launch states that each canoe slalom and softball venues in Oklahoma Metropolis are constructed to worldwide requirements. Los Angeles, nevertheless, doesn’t have a canoe slalom, and Southern California does not have a softball venue that meets the anticipated spectator demand.
“LA28 additionally acknowledges that the Oklahoma Metropolis group has constantly supported prime occasions for each sports activities and is assured that they’ll for these Olympic competitions as nicely,” the information launch states.
>> Obtain the KOCO 5 App
A number of different sports activities will likely be performed outdoors of Los Angeles in 2028, however they want metropolis approval.
- Olympic Swimming to Inglewood
- Paralympic Swimming to Lengthy Seashore
- Olympic Inventive Swimming to Lengthy Seashore
- Olympic Basketball to Inglewood
- Olympic Canoe Slalom to town of Oklahoma Metropolis
- Olympic and Paralympic Equestrian to Temecula
- Olympic and Paralympic Taking pictures to present venue outdoors of Los Angeles
The 2028 Video games marks the return of softball to the Olympics.
“The management of the Metropolis of Oklahoma Metropolis, the Better Oklahoma Metropolis Chamber, Riversport OKC and USA Softball can affirm that their organizations have been working intently with LA28 to develop a plan to assist Los Angeles’ supply of the 2028 summer season Olympics by internet hosting all Canoe Slalom and Girls’s Softball occasions in Oklahoma Metropolis,” Craig Cress, the CEO of USA Softball, mentioned in an announcement.
The opening ceremonies for the Los Angeles Olympics are set for July 14, 2028. Dates for when the 2 competitions in Oklahoma Metropolis will begin have not been launched.
Oklahoma Metropolis Mayor David Holt launched the next assertion:
At the moment I can affirm that for the previous six years, now we have been working intently with leaders from LA28 and the Metropolis of Los Angeles to develop a plan to assist L.A.’s supply of the 2028 summer season Olympics by internet hosting all Canoe Slalom and Girls’s Softball occasions in Oklahoma Metropolis.
As this journey progressed, I’ve been joined on this endeavor by the Metropolis of Oklahoma Metropolis’s senior administration workforce, in addition to the management of Riversport OKC, USA Softball, and most critically, the Better Oklahoma Metropolis Chamber, who’ve taken the lead this previous yr in finalizing the main points of our group’s assist for the 2028 summer season Olympics.
Oklahoma Metropolis has hosted many worldwide competitions at our distinctive, world-class whitewater and softball venues. We’re assured we will likely be an impressive associate to LA28 in making a dynamic atmosphere for Olympians and followers. We’re excited concerning the alternative to assist considered one of America’s nice international cities, Los Angeles, and work intently with the LA28 organizing committee to make sure that the 2028 Olympic Video games are a hit.
Because the Metropolis of Los Angeles and the Worldwide Olympic Committee Government Board contemplate LA28’s up to date venue plan, that is the data applicable to share at the moment. The complete story of this historic journey is one I sit up for sharing sooner or later, and there will likely be many necessary folks I sit up for honoring. Within the meantime, I thank our pals in Los Angeles for his or her partnership that has introduced us thus far.
High Headlines
Oklahoma Metropolis to host softball, canoe slalom occasions in the course of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics
In 4 years, Oklahoma Metropolis will host the canoe slalom and softball competitions in the course of the 2028 Olympics.
FIVE STORIES, BUT THIS IS THE BIGGEST HEADLINE TODAY. OKLAHOMA WILL HOST THE SOFTBALL AND CANOE SLALOM EVENTS DURING THE 2028 LOS ANGELES OLYMPICS. WE WANT TO START WITH OUR SPORTS DIRECTOR, BRYAN KEATING. HE IS AT RIVER SPORT IN OKC RIGHT NOW. AND BRYAN, THIS IS MAJOR NEWS FOR OUR CITY. IT’S UNBELIEVABLE GUYS. IT’S KIND OF HARD TO BELIEVE AS A KID WHO GREW UP HERE IN OKLAHOMA CITY TO IMAGINE THE OLYMPIC WILL BE COMING TO OKLAHOMA CITY IN 2028, IT IS A REMARKABLE THING TO SAY, AND WE JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS TODAY. I THINK IT IS VERY COOL BECAUSE THE TWO, UM, EVENTS THAT YOU MENTIONED WILL BE THE ONLY TWO EVENTS OUTSIDE OF CALIFORNIA. AND SO WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY HERE AT THE RIVER SPORT. OKC. AND THIS IS AN UNBELIEVABLE FACILITY AS WELL. AND THAT’S ONE OF THE REASONS GUYS THAT THEY GAVE TODAY IN LOS ANGELES WHEN THEY HAD THEIR BOARD MEETING FROM LA 2028. ONE OF THE REASONS THEY TALKED ABOUT HAVING THIS IN OKLAHOMA CITY IS BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T WANT TO BUILD SOME OF THIS STUFF IN LOS ANGELES, AND SO IT IS A COST CUTTING MEASURE IN A LOT OF WAYS FOR THE OLYMPIC COMMITTEE IN LOS ANGELES. BUT IT’S GREAT FOR US HERE IN OKLAHOMA CITY BECAUSE THE OLYMPICS WILL BE COMING HERE IN IN A COUPLE OF YEARS. AND SO HERE’S A LITTLE BIT OF THAT INTERVIEW FROM THE BOARD MEETING IN LOS ANGELES THAT THE THE NEWS CAME OUT CAME OUT ABOUT OKLAHOMA CITY TODAY TO AVOID BUILDING A COSTLY SOFTBALL VENUE IN LA AND LEVERAGE THE BEST SOFTBALL VENUE IN THE COUNTRY. WE’RE VERY PLEASED TO HOST SOFTBALL IN OKLAHOMA CITY. WE PLAN TO USE EVEN MORE WORLD CLASS EXISTING VENUES TO CREATE GREATER COST, CERTAINTY AND LOWER FINANCIAL RISK FOR THE LA 28 GAMES, WHILE IMPROVING THE EXPERIENCE FOR ATHLETES AND FANS. SO GUYS, THERE’S A LOT OF QUESTIONS HOW IT’S GOING TO WORK, WHERE THE PLAYER IS GOING TO STAY. BUT I KNOW THIS. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU’RE OUT HERE, THIS IS A WORLD CLASS FACILITY. AND SO THE CANOE SLALOM WILL BE HERE AND IT WILL BE COMPLETE REMARKABLE HERE IN 2028. AND YOU TALK ABOUT WORLD CLASS FACILITIES. I WANT TO SEND IT TO ELISE JONES WHO IS AT, YOU KNOW, DEVIN PARK, THE OLD HALL OF FAME STADIUM. THAT IS CERTAINLY WORLD CLASS. AND WE SEE THAT AT HALL OF FAME STADIUM, THE SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS, EVERY SINGLE YEAR. ELISE. YEAH. KEATING. THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT. AND YOU KNOW, DEVIN PARK CAN ACTUALLY SEAT 14,000 PEOPLE HERE IN THE STANDS. NOW THE CHAIRMAN OF LA 28 SAID TODAY ON THAT CALL THERE’S NOT A STADIUM IN LOS ANGELES, SPECIFICALLY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, THAT CAN SEAT MORE THAN 2000 PEOPLE. SO THAT’S WHY THEY SAID THEY’RE GOING TO BRING OLYMPIC SOFTBALL RIGHT HERE TO THE SOFTBALL CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. NOW, OKLAHOMA CITY, AS YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN HOME TO THE WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES AND TEAM USA. NOW THEY WILL HOST THE OLYMPICS HERE IN 2028 FOR SOFTBALL. THE CHAIRMAN OF LA 28 ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT OKC IS A WORLD CLASS VENUE HERE IN DEVON PARK. IT’S ONE THAT HE SAID IS, QUOTE, BUILT TO INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION STANDARDS. SO NOW SOFTBALL FANS CAN COME SEE THE WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES IN JUNE, AND THEY WON’T HAVE TO WAIT MUCH LONGER FOR THEIR NEXT SOFTBALL GAME. WE’VE BEEN TALKED TO A SOFTBALL TEAM TODAY WHO SAYS BRINGING SOFTBALL BACK TO THE OLYMPICS COME 2028 IS A WIN FOR WOMEN’S SPORTS. BUT OF COURSE, HAVING IT HERE IN OKLAHOMA CITY IS AN EVEN BIGGER WIN. THAT’S WHY THEY HOST THE WORLD SERIES HERE, RIGHT? IT’S KIND OF THIS IS WHERE IT STARTED OKLAHOMA CITY. AND THEN IT’S IT’S KNOWN FOR THE GIRLS. RIGHT. THAT THAT’S WHERE THEY WANT TO GET TO THE OLYMPICS IS IS THE PINNACLE. SO FOR IT TO COME BACK HEY HERE HERE IT IS IN COLLEGE AND HERE IT IS IN THE OLYMPICS. IS IS HUGE NOW COMING UP TONIGHT AT SIX. WE ACTUALLY HAD THE CHANCE TO TALK WITH AN ATHLETE FROM TEAM USA. KENZIE HANSEN. SHE’S CURRENTLY GETTING READY. YOU KNOW SHE’S PLAYING PROFESSIONAL. SHE’S DEFINITELY FAMILIAR WITH DEVIN PARK HERE. AND SHE SAYS THAT WHILE SOME ATHLETES ARE YOU KNOW THEY’RE NOT TOO SURE ABOUT THE OLYMPICS BEING IN OKLAHOMA CITY. SHE KNOWS THAT OKLAHOMA IS THE BEST PLACE TO PLAY SOFTBALL REPORTING LIVE AT DEVIN PARK, ELISE JONES, KOCO FIVE NEWS AND ELISE, YEAH, THIS IS MAJOR NEWS FOR OUR CITY. AND THE FACT THAT IT ALSO MARKS THE RETURN OF SOFTBALL TO THE OLYMPICS. IT JUST MAKES IT EVEN MORE EXCITING. OH, ABSOLUTELY. AND YOU KNOW, I’LL HAVE SOME OF THAT TONIGHT AT SIX FROM KINSEY HANSEN, WHO SAYS THE WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES HAS BEEN BROADCAST ON A NATIONAL LEVEL, BROUGHT IN MILLIONS OF VIEWERS. AND NOW THIS IS JUST ANOTHER CHANCE TO REALLY ELEVATE THE SPORT, SHOWING THAT WOMEN’S SPORTS, IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME. FANS LOVE TO WATCH IT AND IT’S REALLY JUST GOING TO BE AN EXTREMELY EXCITING TIME, ESPECIALLY FOR US OKLAHOMANS TO GET TO BE HERE COME 2028. ELISE. THANK YOU. AND SHE MENTIONED IT THERE. US BEING OKLAHOMANS, I WANT TO BRING BACK SPORTS DIRECTOR BRYAN KEATING. BRIAN, AS THIS NEWS CAME DOWN TODAY, I WAS THINKING ABOUT JUST OUR COVERAGE IN THE FUTURE. YOU HAVE INTERVIEWED NBA MVP’S, HEISMAN WINNERS, YOU’VE COVERED CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS, BUT COVERING THE OLYMPICS IN YOUR HOMETOWN. KEATING. WHAT’S THAT GOING TO BE LIKE? I DON’T KNOW, THAT’S IT’S I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT TODAY TOO. YOU KNOW, I’VE COVERED A LOT OF THINGS AND THE OLYMPICS ISN’T ONE OF THEM. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE KIDS, ABIGAIL, WE HAD THE OLYMPIC FESTIVAL HERE, AND WE THOUGHT THAT WAS A BIG DEAL. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. BUT IT WAS A MUCH SMALLER DEAL THAN THE OLYMPICS, WHICH WILL BE HERE IN FOUR YEARS. AND SO, LOOK, YOU CAN DO A BIGGER STORY ABOUT HOW THE CITY’S CHANGED AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. BUT TO HAVE THE OLYMPICS, THE OLYMPICS IN OKLAHOMA CITY, IT IS REMARKABLE. IT IS COOL. I KNOW WE’RE GETTING INTO THE OLYMPICS NOW HERE IN IN, UH, IN PARIS, BUT IN FOUR YEARS TO HAVE THE OLYMPICS RIG
Oklahoma Metropolis to host softball, canoe slalom occasions in the course of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics
In 4 years, Oklahoma Metropolis will host the canoe slalom and softball competitions in the course of the 2028 Olympics.
Oklahoma Metropolis will assist Los Angeles host two occasions in the course of the 2028 Olympic Video games, the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee introduced on Friday.| MORE | Preparations underway in OKC as baseball, softball return to Olympics come 2028In 4 years, Oklahoma Metropolis will host the canoe slalom and softball competitions in the course of the 2028 Olympics.A information launch states that each canoe slalom and softball venues in Oklahoma Metropolis are constructed to worldwide requirements. Los Angeles, nevertheless, doesn’t have a canoe slalom, and Southern California does not have a softball venue that meets the anticipated spectator demand.”LA28 additionally acknowledges that the Oklahoma Metropolis group has constantly supported prime occasions for each sports activities and is assured that they’ll for these Olympic competitions as nicely,” the information launch states.>> Obtain the KOCO 5 AppMultiple different sports activities will likely be performed outdoors of Los Angeles in 2028, however they want metropolis approval.Olympic Swimming to InglewoodParalympic Swimming to Lengthy Seashore Olympic Inventive Swimming to Lengthy BeachOlympic Basketball to InglewoodOlympic Canoe Slalom to town of Oklahoma CityOlympic and Paralympic Equestrian to TemeculaOlympic and Paralympic Taking pictures to present venue outdoors of Los AngelesThe 2028 Video games marks the return of softball to the Olympics. “The management of the Metropolis of Oklahoma Metropolis, the Better Oklahoma Metropolis Chamber, Riversport OKC and USA Softball can affirm that their organizations have been working intently with LA28 to develop a plan to assist Los Angeles’ supply of the 2028 summer season Olympics by internet hosting all Canoe Slalom and Girls’s Softball occasions in Oklahoma Metropolis,” Craig Cress, the CEO of USA Softball, mentioned in an announcement.The opening ceremonies for the Los Angeles Olympics are set for July 14, 2028. Dates for when the 2 competitions in Oklahoma Metropolis will begin have not been launched.Oklahoma Metropolis Mayor David Holt launched the next assertion: At the moment I can affirm that for the previous six years, now we have been working intently with leaders from LA28 and the Metropolis of Los Angeles to develop a plan to assist L.A.’s supply of the 2028 summer season Olympics by internet hosting all Canoe Slalom and Girls’s Softball occasions in Oklahoma Metropolis.As this journey progressed, I’ve been joined on this endeavor by the Metropolis of Oklahoma Metropolis’s senior administration workforce, in addition to the management of Riversport OKC, USA Softball, and most critically, the Better Oklahoma Metropolis Chamber, who’ve taken the lead this previous yr in finalizing the main points of our group’s assist for the 2028 summer season Olympics. Oklahoma Metropolis has hosted many worldwide competitions at our distinctive, world-class whitewater and softball venues. We’re assured we will likely be an impressive associate to LA28 in making a dynamic atmosphere for Olympians and followers. We’re excited concerning the alternative to assist considered one of America’s nice international cities, Los Angeles, and work intently with the LA28 organizing committee to make sure that the 2028 Olympic Video games are a hit.Because the Metropolis of Los Angeles and the Worldwide Olympic Committee Government Board contemplate LA28’s up to date venue plan, that is the data applicable to share at the moment. The complete story of this historic journey is one I sit up for sharing sooner or later, and there will likely be many necessary folks I sit up for honoring. Within the meantime, I thank our pals in Los Angeles for his or her partnership that has introduced us thus far.High Headlines 1 lifeless after multi-vehicle crash in southwest Oklahoma Metropolis Edmond man heading dwelling after sentencing for Turks and Caicos ammunition cost FAA investigating after Southwest Airways airplane flew so low to the bottom it awakened Yukon residents OHP: 6-year-old lady killed in Thursday wreck Assist group offers protected area for older members of LGBTQ group
Oklahoma Metropolis will assist Los Angeles host two occasions in the course of the 2028 Olympic Video games, the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee introduced on Friday.
| MORE | Preparations underway in OKC as baseball, softball return to Olympics come 2028
In 4 years, Oklahoma Metropolis will host the canoe slalom and softball competitions in the course of the 2028 Olympics.
A information launch states that each canoe slalom and softball venues in Oklahoma Metropolis are constructed to worldwide requirements. Los Angeles, nevertheless, doesn’t have a canoe slalom, and Southern California does not have a softball venue that meets the anticipated spectator demand.
“LA28 additionally acknowledges that the Oklahoma Metropolis group has constantly supported prime occasions for each sports activities and is assured that they’ll for these Olympic competitions as nicely,” the information launch states.
>> Obtain the KOCO 5 App
A number of different sports activities will likely be performed outdoors of Los Angeles in 2028, however they want metropolis approval.
- Olympic Swimming to Inglewood
- Paralympic Swimming to Lengthy Seashore
- Olympic Inventive Swimming to Lengthy Seashore
- Olympic Basketball to Inglewood
- Olympic Canoe Slalom to town of Oklahoma Metropolis
- Olympic and Paralympic Equestrian to Temecula
- Olympic and Paralympic Taking pictures to present venue outdoors of Los Angeles
The 2028 Video games marks the return of softball to the Olympics.
“The management of the Metropolis of Oklahoma Metropolis, the Better Oklahoma Metropolis Chamber, Riversport OKC and USA Softball can affirm that their organizations have been working intently with LA28 to develop a plan to assist Los Angeles’ supply of the 2028 summer season Olympics by internet hosting all Canoe Slalom and Girls’s Softball occasions in Oklahoma Metropolis,” Craig Cress, the CEO of USA Softball, mentioned in an announcement.
The opening ceremonies for the Los Angeles Olympics are set for July 14, 2028. Dates for when the 2 competitions in Oklahoma Metropolis will begin have not been launched.
Oklahoma Metropolis Mayor David Holt launched the next assertion:
At the moment I can affirm that for the previous six years, now we have been working intently with leaders from LA28 and the Metropolis of Los Angeles to develop a plan to assist L.A.’s supply of the 2028 summer season Olympics by internet hosting all Canoe Slalom and Girls’s Softball occasions in Oklahoma Metropolis.
As this journey progressed, I’ve been joined on this endeavor by the Metropolis of Oklahoma Metropolis’s senior administration workforce, in addition to the management of Riversport OKC, USA Softball, and most critically, the Better Oklahoma Metropolis Chamber, who’ve taken the lead this previous yr in finalizing the main points of our group’s assist for the 2028 summer season Olympics.
Oklahoma Metropolis has hosted many worldwide competitions at our distinctive, world-class whitewater and softball venues. We’re assured we will likely be an impressive associate to LA28 in making a dynamic atmosphere for Olympians and followers. We’re excited concerning the alternative to assist considered one of America’s nice international cities, Los Angeles, and work intently with the LA28 organizing committee to make sure that the 2028 Olympic Video games are a hit.
Because the Metropolis of Los Angeles and the Worldwide Olympic Committee Government Board contemplate LA28’s up to date venue plan, that is the data applicable to share at the moment. The complete story of this historic journey is one I sit up for sharing sooner or later, and there will likely be many necessary folks I sit up for honoring. Within the meantime, I thank our pals in Los Angeles for his or her partnership that has introduced us thus far.
High Headlines
Oklahoma Metropolis to host softball, canoe slalom occasions in the course of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics
In 4 years, Oklahoma Metropolis will host the canoe slalom and softball competitions in the course of the 2028 Olympics.
FIVE STORIES, BUT THIS IS THE BIGGEST HEADLINE TODAY. OKLAHOMA WILL HOST THE SOFTBALL AND CANOE SLALOM EVENTS DURING THE 2028 LOS ANGELES OLYMPICS. WE WANT TO START WITH OUR SPORTS DIRECTOR, BRYAN KEATING. HE IS AT RIVER SPORT IN OKC RIGHT NOW. AND BRYAN, THIS IS MAJOR NEWS FOR OUR CITY. IT’S UNBELIEVABLE GUYS. IT’S KIND OF HARD TO BELIEVE AS A KID WHO GREW UP HERE IN OKLAHOMA CITY TO IMAGINE THE OLYMPIC WILL BE COMING TO OKLAHOMA CITY IN 2028, IT IS A REMARKABLE THING TO SAY, AND WE JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS TODAY. I THINK IT IS VERY COOL BECAUSE THE TWO, UM, EVENTS THAT YOU MENTIONED WILL BE THE ONLY TWO EVENTS OUTSIDE OF CALIFORNIA. AND SO WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY HERE AT THE RIVER SPORT. OKC. AND THIS IS AN UNBELIEVABLE FACILITY AS WELL. AND THAT’S ONE OF THE REASONS GUYS THAT THEY GAVE TODAY IN LOS ANGELES WHEN THEY HAD THEIR BOARD MEETING FROM LA 2028. ONE OF THE REASONS THEY TALKED ABOUT HAVING THIS IN OKLAHOMA CITY IS BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T WANT TO BUILD SOME OF THIS STUFF IN LOS ANGELES, AND SO IT IS A COST CUTTING MEASURE IN A LOT OF WAYS FOR THE OLYMPIC COMMITTEE IN LOS ANGELES. BUT IT’S GREAT FOR US HERE IN OKLAHOMA CITY BECAUSE THE OLYMPICS WILL BE COMING HERE IN IN A COUPLE OF YEARS. AND SO HERE’S A LITTLE BIT OF THAT INTERVIEW FROM THE BOARD MEETING IN LOS ANGELES THAT THE THE NEWS CAME OUT CAME OUT ABOUT OKLAHOMA CITY TODAY TO AVOID BUILDING A COSTLY SOFTBALL VENUE IN LA AND LEVERAGE THE BEST SOFTBALL VENUE IN THE COUNTRY. WE’RE VERY PLEASED TO HOST SOFTBALL IN OKLAHOMA CITY. WE PLAN TO USE EVEN MORE WORLD CLASS EXISTING VENUES TO CREATE GREATER COST, CERTAINTY AND LOWER FINANCIAL RISK FOR THE LA 28 GAMES, WHILE IMPROVING THE EXPERIENCE FOR ATHLETES AND FANS. SO GUYS, THERE’S A LOT OF QUESTIONS HOW IT’S GOING TO WORK, WHERE THE PLAYER IS GOING TO STAY. BUT I KNOW THIS. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU’RE OUT HERE, THIS IS A WORLD CLASS FACILITY. AND SO THE CANOE SLALOM WILL BE HERE AND IT WILL BE COMPLETE REMARKABLE HERE IN 2028. AND YOU TALK ABOUT WORLD CLASS FACILITIES. I WANT TO SEND IT TO ELISE JONES WHO IS AT, YOU KNOW, DEVIN PARK, THE OLD HALL OF FAME STADIUM. THAT IS CERTAINLY WORLD CLASS. AND WE SEE THAT AT HALL OF FAME STADIUM, THE SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS, EVERY SINGLE YEAR. ELISE. YEAH. KEATING. THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT. AND YOU KNOW, DEVIN PARK CAN ACTUALLY SEAT 14,000 PEOPLE HERE IN THE STANDS. NOW THE CHAIRMAN OF LA 28 SAID TODAY ON THAT CALL THERE’S NOT A STADIUM IN LOS ANGELES, SPECIFICALLY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, THAT CAN SEAT MORE THAN 2000 PEOPLE. SO THAT’S WHY THEY SAID THEY’RE GOING TO BRING OLYMPIC SOFTBALL RIGHT HERE TO THE SOFTBALL CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. NOW, OKLAHOMA CITY, AS YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN HOME TO THE WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES AND TEAM USA. NOW THEY WILL HOST THE OLYMPICS HERE IN 2028 FOR SOFTBALL. THE CHAIRMAN OF LA 28 ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT OKC IS A WORLD CLASS VENUE HERE IN DEVON PARK. IT’S ONE THAT HE SAID IS, QUOTE, BUILT TO INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION STANDARDS. SO NOW SOFTBALL FANS CAN COME SEE THE WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES IN JUNE, AND THEY WON’T HAVE TO WAIT MUCH LONGER FOR THEIR NEXT SOFTBALL GAME. WE’VE BEEN TALKED TO A SOFTBALL TEAM TODAY WHO SAYS BRINGING SOFTBALL BACK TO THE OLYMPICS COME 2028 IS A WIN FOR WOMEN’S SPORTS. BUT OF COURSE, HAVING IT HERE IN OKLAHOMA CITY IS AN EVEN BIGGER WIN. THAT’S WHY THEY HOST THE WORLD SERIES HERE, RIGHT? IT’S KIND OF THIS IS WHERE IT STARTED OKLAHOMA CITY. AND THEN IT’S IT’S KNOWN FOR THE GIRLS. RIGHT. THAT THAT’S WHERE THEY WANT TO GET TO THE OLYMPICS IS IS THE PINNACLE. SO FOR IT TO COME BACK HEY HERE HERE IT IS IN COLLEGE AND HERE IT IS IN THE OLYMPICS. IS IS HUGE NOW COMING UP TONIGHT AT SIX. WE ACTUALLY HAD THE CHANCE TO TALK WITH AN ATHLETE FROM TEAM USA. KENZIE HANSEN. SHE’S CURRENTLY GETTING READY. YOU KNOW SHE’S PLAYING PROFESSIONAL. SHE’S DEFINITELY FAMILIAR WITH DEVIN PARK HERE. AND SHE SAYS THAT WHILE SOME ATHLETES ARE YOU KNOW THEY’RE NOT TOO SURE ABOUT THE OLYMPICS BEING IN OKLAHOMA CITY. SHE KNOWS THAT OKLAHOMA IS THE BEST PLACE TO PLAY SOFTBALL REPORTING LIVE AT DEVIN PARK, ELISE JONES, KOCO FIVE NEWS AND ELISE, YEAH, THIS IS MAJOR NEWS FOR OUR CITY. AND THE FACT THAT IT ALSO MARKS THE RETURN OF SOFTBALL TO THE OLYMPICS. IT JUST MAKES IT EVEN MORE EXCITING. OH, ABSOLUTELY. AND YOU KNOW, I’LL HAVE SOME OF THAT TONIGHT AT SIX FROM KINSEY HANSEN, WHO SAYS THE WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES HAS BEEN BROADCAST ON A NATIONAL LEVEL, BROUGHT IN MILLIONS OF VIEWERS. AND NOW THIS IS JUST ANOTHER CHANCE TO REALLY ELEVATE THE SPORT, SHOWING THAT WOMEN’S SPORTS, IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME. FANS LOVE TO WATCH IT AND IT’S REALLY JUST GOING TO BE AN EXTREMELY EXCITING TIME, ESPECIALLY FOR US OKLAHOMANS TO GET TO BE HERE COME 2028. ELISE. THANK YOU. AND SHE MENTIONED IT THERE. US BEING OKLAHOMANS, I WANT TO BRING BACK SPORTS DIRECTOR BRYAN KEATING. BRIAN, AS THIS NEWS CAME DOWN TODAY, I WAS THINKING ABOUT JUST OUR COVERAGE IN THE FUTURE. YOU HAVE INTERVIEWED NBA MVP’S, HEISMAN WINNERS, YOU’VE COVERED CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS, BUT COVERING THE OLYMPICS IN YOUR HOMETOWN. KEATING. WHAT’S THAT GOING TO BE LIKE? I DON’T KNOW, THAT’S IT’S I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT TODAY TOO. YOU KNOW, I’VE COVERED A LOT OF THINGS AND THE OLYMPICS ISN’T ONE OF THEM. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE KIDS, ABIGAIL, WE HAD THE OLYMPIC FESTIVAL HERE, AND WE THOUGHT THAT WAS A BIG DEAL. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. BUT IT WAS A MUCH SMALLER DEAL THAN THE OLYMPICS, WHICH WILL BE HERE IN FOUR YEARS. AND SO, LOOK, YOU CAN DO A BIGGER STORY ABOUT HOW THE CITY’S CHANGED AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. BUT TO HAVE THE OLYMPICS, THE OLYMPICS IN OKLAHOMA CITY, IT IS REMARKABLE. IT IS COOL. I KNOW WE’RE GETTING INTO THE OLYMPICS NOW HERE IN IN, UH, IN PARIS, BUT IN FOUR YEARS TO HAVE THE OLYMPICS RIG
Oklahoma Metropolis to host softball, canoe slalom occasions in the course of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics
In 4 years, Oklahoma Metropolis will host the canoe slalom and softball competitions in the course of the 2028 Olympics.
Oklahoma Metropolis will assist Los Angeles host two occasions in the course of the 2028 Olympic Video games, the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee introduced on Friday.| MORE | Preparations underway in OKC as baseball, softball return to Olympics come 2028In 4 years, Oklahoma Metropolis will host the canoe slalom and softball competitions in the course of the 2028 Olympics.A information launch states that each canoe slalom and softball venues in Oklahoma Metropolis are constructed to worldwide requirements. Los Angeles, nevertheless, doesn’t have a canoe slalom, and Southern California does not have a softball venue that meets the anticipated spectator demand.”LA28 additionally acknowledges that the Oklahoma Metropolis group has constantly supported prime occasions for each sports activities and is assured that they’ll for these Olympic competitions as nicely,” the information launch states.>> Obtain the KOCO 5 AppMultiple different sports activities will likely be performed outdoors of Los Angeles in 2028, however they want metropolis approval.Olympic Swimming to InglewoodParalympic Swimming to Lengthy Seashore Olympic Inventive Swimming to Lengthy BeachOlympic Basketball to InglewoodOlympic Canoe Slalom to town of Oklahoma CityOlympic and Paralympic Equestrian to TemeculaOlympic and Paralympic Taking pictures to present venue outdoors of Los AngelesThe 2028 Video games marks the return of softball to the Olympics. “The management of the Metropolis of Oklahoma Metropolis, the Better Oklahoma Metropolis Chamber, Riversport OKC and USA Softball can affirm that their organizations have been working intently with LA28 to develop a plan to assist Los Angeles’ supply of the 2028 summer season Olympics by internet hosting all Canoe Slalom and Girls’s Softball occasions in Oklahoma Metropolis,” Craig Cress, the CEO of USA Softball, mentioned in an announcement.The opening ceremonies for the Los Angeles Olympics are set for July 14, 2028. Dates for when the 2 competitions in Oklahoma Metropolis will begin have not been launched.Oklahoma Metropolis Mayor David Holt launched the next assertion: At the moment I can affirm that for the previous six years, now we have been working intently with leaders from LA28 and the Metropolis of Los Angeles to develop a plan to assist L.A.’s supply of the 2028 summer season Olympics by internet hosting all Canoe Slalom and Girls’s Softball occasions in Oklahoma Metropolis.As this journey progressed, I’ve been joined on this endeavor by the Metropolis of Oklahoma Metropolis’s senior administration workforce, in addition to the management of Riversport OKC, USA Softball, and most critically, the Better Oklahoma Metropolis Chamber, who’ve taken the lead this previous yr in finalizing the main points of our group’s assist for the 2028 summer season Olympics. Oklahoma Metropolis has hosted many worldwide competitions at our distinctive, world-class whitewater and softball venues. We’re assured we will likely be an impressive associate to LA28 in making a dynamic atmosphere for Olympians and followers. We’re excited concerning the alternative to assist considered one of America’s nice international cities, Los Angeles, and work intently with the LA28 organizing committee to make sure that the 2028 Olympic Video games are a hit.Because the Metropolis of Los Angeles and the Worldwide Olympic Committee Government Board contemplate LA28’s up to date venue plan, that is the data applicable to share at the moment. The complete story of this historic journey is one I sit up for sharing sooner or later, and there will likely be many necessary folks I sit up for honoring. Within the meantime, I thank our pals in Los Angeles for his or her partnership that has introduced us thus far.High Headlines 1 lifeless after multi-vehicle crash in southwest Oklahoma Metropolis Edmond man heading dwelling after sentencing for Turks and Caicos ammunition cost FAA investigating after Southwest Airways airplane flew so low to the bottom it awakened Yukon residents OHP: 6-year-old lady killed in Thursday wreck Assist group offers protected area for older members of LGBTQ group
Oklahoma Metropolis will assist Los Angeles host two occasions in the course of the 2028 Olympic Video games, the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee introduced on Friday.
| MORE | Preparations underway in OKC as baseball, softball return to Olympics come 2028
In 4 years, Oklahoma Metropolis will host the canoe slalom and softball competitions in the course of the 2028 Olympics.
A information launch states that each canoe slalom and softball venues in Oklahoma Metropolis are constructed to worldwide requirements. Los Angeles, nevertheless, doesn’t have a canoe slalom, and Southern California does not have a softball venue that meets the anticipated spectator demand.
“LA28 additionally acknowledges that the Oklahoma Metropolis group has constantly supported prime occasions for each sports activities and is assured that they’ll for these Olympic competitions as nicely,” the information launch states.
>> Obtain the KOCO 5 App
A number of different sports activities will likely be performed outdoors of Los Angeles in 2028, however they want metropolis approval.
- Olympic Swimming to Inglewood
- Paralympic Swimming to Lengthy Seashore
- Olympic Inventive Swimming to Lengthy Seashore
- Olympic Basketball to Inglewood
- Olympic Canoe Slalom to town of Oklahoma Metropolis
- Olympic and Paralympic Equestrian to Temecula
- Olympic and Paralympic Taking pictures to present venue outdoors of Los Angeles
The 2028 Video games marks the return of softball to the Olympics.
“The management of the Metropolis of Oklahoma Metropolis, the Better Oklahoma Metropolis Chamber, Riversport OKC and USA Softball can affirm that their organizations have been working intently with LA28 to develop a plan to assist Los Angeles’ supply of the 2028 summer season Olympics by internet hosting all Canoe Slalom and Girls’s Softball occasions in Oklahoma Metropolis,” Craig Cress, the CEO of USA Softball, mentioned in an announcement.
The opening ceremonies for the Los Angeles Olympics are set for July 14, 2028. Dates for when the 2 competitions in Oklahoma Metropolis will begin have not been launched.
Oklahoma Metropolis Mayor David Holt launched the next assertion:
At the moment I can affirm that for the previous six years, now we have been working intently with leaders from LA28 and the Metropolis of Los Angeles to develop a plan to assist L.A.’s supply of the 2028 summer season Olympics by internet hosting all Canoe Slalom and Girls’s Softball occasions in Oklahoma Metropolis.
As this journey progressed, I’ve been joined on this endeavor by the Metropolis of Oklahoma Metropolis’s senior administration workforce, in addition to the management of Riversport OKC, USA Softball, and most critically, the Better Oklahoma Metropolis Chamber, who’ve taken the lead this previous yr in finalizing the main points of our group’s assist for the 2028 summer season Olympics.
Oklahoma Metropolis has hosted many worldwide competitions at our distinctive, world-class whitewater and softball venues. We’re assured we will likely be an impressive associate to LA28 in making a dynamic atmosphere for Olympians and followers. We’re excited concerning the alternative to assist considered one of America’s nice international cities, Los Angeles, and work intently with the LA28 organizing committee to make sure that the 2028 Olympic Video games are a hit.
Because the Metropolis of Los Angeles and the Worldwide Olympic Committee Government Board contemplate LA28’s up to date venue plan, that is the data applicable to share at the moment. The complete story of this historic journey is one I sit up for sharing sooner or later, and there will likely be many necessary folks I sit up for honoring. Within the meantime, I thank our pals in Los Angeles for his or her partnership that has introduced us thus far.
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Oklahoma Metropolis to host softball, canoe slalom occasions in the course of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics
In 4 years, Oklahoma Metropolis will host the canoe slalom and softball competitions in the course of the 2028 Olympics.
FIVE STORIES, BUT THIS IS THE BIGGEST HEADLINE TODAY. OKLAHOMA WILL HOST THE SOFTBALL AND CANOE SLALOM EVENTS DURING THE 2028 LOS ANGELES OLYMPICS. WE WANT TO START WITH OUR SPORTS DIRECTOR, BRYAN KEATING. HE IS AT RIVER SPORT IN OKC RIGHT NOW. AND BRYAN, THIS IS MAJOR NEWS FOR OUR CITY. IT’S UNBELIEVABLE GUYS. IT’S KIND OF HARD TO BELIEVE AS A KID WHO GREW UP HERE IN OKLAHOMA CITY TO IMAGINE THE OLYMPIC WILL BE COMING TO OKLAHOMA CITY IN 2028, IT IS A REMARKABLE THING TO SAY, AND WE JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS TODAY. I THINK IT IS VERY COOL BECAUSE THE TWO, UM, EVENTS THAT YOU MENTIONED WILL BE THE ONLY TWO EVENTS OUTSIDE OF CALIFORNIA. AND SO WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY HERE AT THE RIVER SPORT. OKC. AND THIS IS AN UNBELIEVABLE FACILITY AS WELL. AND THAT’S ONE OF THE REASONS GUYS THAT THEY GAVE TODAY IN LOS ANGELES WHEN THEY HAD THEIR BOARD MEETING FROM LA 2028. ONE OF THE REASONS THEY TALKED ABOUT HAVING THIS IN OKLAHOMA CITY IS BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T WANT TO BUILD SOME OF THIS STUFF IN LOS ANGELES, AND SO IT IS A COST CUTTING MEASURE IN A LOT OF WAYS FOR THE OLYMPIC COMMITTEE IN LOS ANGELES. BUT IT’S GREAT FOR US HERE IN OKLAHOMA CITY BECAUSE THE OLYMPICS WILL BE COMING HERE IN IN A COUPLE OF YEARS. AND SO HERE’S A LITTLE BIT OF THAT INTERVIEW FROM THE BOARD MEETING IN LOS ANGELES THAT THE THE NEWS CAME OUT CAME OUT ABOUT OKLAHOMA CITY TODAY TO AVOID BUILDING A COSTLY SOFTBALL VENUE IN LA AND LEVERAGE THE BEST SOFTBALL VENUE IN THE COUNTRY. WE’RE VERY PLEASED TO HOST SOFTBALL IN OKLAHOMA CITY. WE PLAN TO USE EVEN MORE WORLD CLASS EXISTING VENUES TO CREATE GREATER COST, CERTAINTY AND LOWER FINANCIAL RISK FOR THE LA 28 GAMES, WHILE IMPROVING THE EXPERIENCE FOR ATHLETES AND FANS. SO GUYS, THERE’S A LOT OF QUESTIONS HOW IT’S GOING TO WORK, WHERE THE PLAYER IS GOING TO STAY. BUT I KNOW THIS. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU’RE OUT HERE, THIS IS A WORLD CLASS FACILITY. AND SO THE CANOE SLALOM WILL BE HERE AND IT WILL BE COMPLETE REMARKABLE HERE IN 2028. AND YOU TALK ABOUT WORLD CLASS FACILITIES. I WANT TO SEND IT TO ELISE JONES WHO IS AT, YOU KNOW, DEVIN PARK, THE OLD HALL OF FAME STADIUM. THAT IS CERTAINLY WORLD CLASS. AND WE SEE THAT AT HALL OF FAME STADIUM, THE SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS, EVERY SINGLE YEAR. ELISE. YEAH. KEATING. THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT. AND YOU KNOW, DEVIN PARK CAN ACTUALLY SEAT 14,000 PEOPLE HERE IN THE STANDS. NOW THE CHAIRMAN OF LA 28 SAID TODAY ON THAT CALL THERE’S NOT A STADIUM IN LOS ANGELES, SPECIFICALLY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, THAT CAN SEAT MORE THAN 2000 PEOPLE. SO THAT’S WHY THEY SAID THEY’RE GOING TO BRING OLYMPIC SOFTBALL RIGHT HERE TO THE SOFTBALL CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. NOW, OKLAHOMA CITY, AS YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN HOME TO THE WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES AND TEAM USA. NOW THEY WILL HOST THE OLYMPICS HERE IN 2028 FOR SOFTBALL. THE CHAIRMAN OF LA 28 ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT OKC IS A WORLD CLASS VENUE HERE IN DEVON PARK. IT’S ONE THAT HE SAID IS, QUOTE, BUILT TO INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION STANDARDS. SO NOW SOFTBALL FANS CAN COME SEE THE WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES IN JUNE, AND THEY WON’T HAVE TO WAIT MUCH LONGER FOR THEIR NEXT SOFTBALL GAME. WE’VE BEEN TALKED TO A SOFTBALL TEAM TODAY WHO SAYS BRINGING SOFTBALL BACK TO THE OLYMPICS COME 2028 IS A WIN FOR WOMEN’S SPORTS. BUT OF COURSE, HAVING IT HERE IN OKLAHOMA CITY IS AN EVEN BIGGER WIN. THAT’S WHY THEY HOST THE WORLD SERIES HERE, RIGHT? IT’S KIND OF THIS IS WHERE IT STARTED OKLAHOMA CITY. AND THEN IT’S IT’S KNOWN FOR THE GIRLS. RIGHT. THAT THAT’S WHERE THEY WANT TO GET TO THE OLYMPICS IS IS THE PINNACLE. SO FOR IT TO COME BACK HEY HERE HERE IT IS IN COLLEGE AND HERE IT IS IN THE OLYMPICS. IS IS HUGE NOW COMING UP TONIGHT AT SIX. WE ACTUALLY HAD THE CHANCE TO TALK WITH AN ATHLETE FROM TEAM USA. KENZIE HANSEN. SHE’S CURRENTLY GETTING READY. YOU KNOW SHE’S PLAYING PROFESSIONAL. SHE’S DEFINITELY FAMILIAR WITH DEVIN PARK HERE. AND SHE SAYS THAT WHILE SOME ATHLETES ARE YOU KNOW THEY’RE NOT TOO SURE ABOUT THE OLYMPICS BEING IN OKLAHOMA CITY. SHE KNOWS THAT OKLAHOMA IS THE BEST PLACE TO PLAY SOFTBALL REPORTING LIVE AT DEVIN PARK, ELISE JONES, KOCO FIVE NEWS AND ELISE, YEAH, THIS IS MAJOR NEWS FOR OUR CITY. AND THE FACT THAT IT ALSO MARKS THE RETURN OF SOFTBALL TO THE OLYMPICS. IT JUST MAKES IT EVEN MORE EXCITING. OH, ABSOLUTELY. AND YOU KNOW, I’LL HAVE SOME OF THAT TONIGHT AT SIX FROM KINSEY HANSEN, WHO SAYS THE WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES HAS BEEN BROADCAST ON A NATIONAL LEVEL, BROUGHT IN MILLIONS OF VIEWERS. AND NOW THIS IS JUST ANOTHER CHANCE TO REALLY ELEVATE THE SPORT, SHOWING THAT WOMEN’S SPORTS, IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME. FANS LOVE TO WATCH IT AND IT’S REALLY JUST GOING TO BE AN EXTREMELY EXCITING TIME, ESPECIALLY FOR US OKLAHOMANS TO GET TO BE HERE COME 2028. ELISE. THANK YOU. AND SHE MENTIONED IT THERE. US BEING OKLAHOMANS, I WANT TO BRING BACK SPORTS DIRECTOR BRYAN KEATING. BRIAN, AS THIS NEWS CAME DOWN TODAY, I WAS THINKING ABOUT JUST OUR COVERAGE IN THE FUTURE. YOU HAVE INTERVIEWED NBA MVP’S, HEISMAN WINNERS, YOU’VE COVERED CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS, BUT COVERING THE OLYMPICS IN YOUR HOMETOWN. KEATING. WHAT’S THAT GOING TO BE LIKE? I DON’T KNOW, THAT’S IT’S I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT TODAY TOO. YOU KNOW, I’VE COVERED A LOT OF THINGS AND THE OLYMPICS ISN’T ONE OF THEM. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE KIDS, ABIGAIL, WE HAD THE OLYMPIC FESTIVAL HERE, AND WE THOUGHT THAT WAS A BIG DEAL. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. BUT IT WAS A MUCH SMALLER DEAL THAN THE OLYMPICS, WHICH WILL BE HERE IN FOUR YEARS. AND SO, LOOK, YOU CAN DO A BIGGER STORY ABOUT HOW THE CITY’S CHANGED AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. BUT TO HAVE THE OLYMPICS, THE OLYMPICS IN OKLAHOMA CITY, IT IS REMARKABLE. IT IS COOL. I KNOW WE’RE GETTING INTO THE OLYMPICS NOW HERE IN IN, UH, IN PARIS, BUT IN FOUR YEARS TO HAVE THE OLYMPICS RIG
Oklahoma Metropolis to host softball, canoe slalom occasions in the course of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics
In 4 years, Oklahoma Metropolis will host the canoe slalom and softball competitions in the course of the 2028 Olympics.
Oklahoma Metropolis will assist Los Angeles host two occasions in the course of the 2028 Olympic Video games, the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee introduced on Friday.| MORE | Preparations underway in OKC as baseball, softball return to Olympics come 2028In 4 years, Oklahoma Metropolis will host the canoe slalom and softball competitions in the course of the 2028 Olympics.A information launch states that each canoe slalom and softball venues in Oklahoma Metropolis are constructed to worldwide requirements. Los Angeles, nevertheless, doesn’t have a canoe slalom, and Southern California does not have a softball venue that meets the anticipated spectator demand.”LA28 additionally acknowledges that the Oklahoma Metropolis group has constantly supported prime occasions for each sports activities and is assured that they’ll for these Olympic competitions as nicely,” the information launch states.>> Obtain the KOCO 5 AppMultiple different sports activities will likely be performed outdoors of Los Angeles in 2028, however they want metropolis approval.Olympic Swimming to InglewoodParalympic Swimming to Lengthy Seashore Olympic Inventive Swimming to Lengthy BeachOlympic Basketball to InglewoodOlympic Canoe Slalom to town of Oklahoma CityOlympic and Paralympic Equestrian to TemeculaOlympic and Paralympic Taking pictures to present venue outdoors of Los AngelesThe 2028 Video games marks the return of softball to the Olympics. “The management of the Metropolis of Oklahoma Metropolis, the Better Oklahoma Metropolis Chamber, Riversport OKC and USA Softball can affirm that their organizations have been working intently with LA28 to develop a plan to assist Los Angeles’ supply of the 2028 summer season Olympics by internet hosting all Canoe Slalom and Girls’s Softball occasions in Oklahoma Metropolis,” Craig Cress, the CEO of USA Softball, mentioned in an announcement.The opening ceremonies for the Los Angeles Olympics are set for July 14, 2028. Dates for when the 2 competitions in Oklahoma Metropolis will begin have not been launched.Oklahoma Metropolis Mayor David Holt launched the next assertion: At the moment I can affirm that for the previous six years, now we have been working intently with leaders from LA28 and the Metropolis of Los Angeles to develop a plan to assist L.A.’s supply of the 2028 summer season Olympics by internet hosting all Canoe Slalom and Girls’s Softball occasions in Oklahoma Metropolis.As this journey progressed, I’ve been joined on this endeavor by the Metropolis of Oklahoma Metropolis’s senior administration workforce, in addition to the management of Riversport OKC, USA Softball, and most critically, the Better Oklahoma Metropolis Chamber, who’ve taken the lead this previous yr in finalizing the main points of our group’s assist for the 2028 summer season Olympics. Oklahoma Metropolis has hosted many worldwide competitions at our distinctive, world-class whitewater and softball venues. We’re assured we will likely be an impressive associate to LA28 in making a dynamic atmosphere for Olympians and followers. We’re excited concerning the alternative to assist considered one of America’s nice international cities, Los Angeles, and work intently with the LA28 organizing committee to make sure that the 2028 Olympic Video games are a hit.Because the Metropolis of Los Angeles and the Worldwide Olympic Committee Government Board contemplate LA28’s up to date venue plan, that is the data applicable to share at the moment. The complete story of this historic journey is one I sit up for sharing sooner or later, and there will likely be many necessary folks I sit up for honoring. Within the meantime, I thank our pals in Los Angeles for his or her partnership that has introduced us thus far.High Headlines 1 lifeless after multi-vehicle crash in southwest Oklahoma Metropolis Edmond man heading dwelling after sentencing for Turks and Caicos ammunition cost FAA investigating after Southwest Airways airplane flew so low to the bottom it awakened Yukon residents OHP: 6-year-old lady killed in Thursday wreck Assist group offers protected area for older members of LGBTQ group
Oklahoma Metropolis will assist Los Angeles host two occasions in the course of the 2028 Olympic Video games, the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee introduced on Friday.
| MORE | Preparations underway in OKC as baseball, softball return to Olympics come 2028
In 4 years, Oklahoma Metropolis will host the canoe slalom and softball competitions in the course of the 2028 Olympics.
A information launch states that each canoe slalom and softball venues in Oklahoma Metropolis are constructed to worldwide requirements. Los Angeles, nevertheless, doesn’t have a canoe slalom, and Southern California does not have a softball venue that meets the anticipated spectator demand.
“LA28 additionally acknowledges that the Oklahoma Metropolis group has constantly supported prime occasions for each sports activities and is assured that they’ll for these Olympic competitions as nicely,” the information launch states.
>> Obtain the KOCO 5 App
A number of different sports activities will likely be performed outdoors of Los Angeles in 2028, however they want metropolis approval.
- Olympic Swimming to Inglewood
- Paralympic Swimming to Lengthy Seashore
- Olympic Inventive Swimming to Lengthy Seashore
- Olympic Basketball to Inglewood
- Olympic Canoe Slalom to town of Oklahoma Metropolis
- Olympic and Paralympic Equestrian to Temecula
- Olympic and Paralympic Taking pictures to present venue outdoors of Los Angeles
The 2028 Video games marks the return of softball to the Olympics.
“The management of the Metropolis of Oklahoma Metropolis, the Better Oklahoma Metropolis Chamber, Riversport OKC and USA Softball can affirm that their organizations have been working intently with LA28 to develop a plan to assist Los Angeles’ supply of the 2028 summer season Olympics by internet hosting all Canoe Slalom and Girls’s Softball occasions in Oklahoma Metropolis,” Craig Cress, the CEO of USA Softball, mentioned in an announcement.
The opening ceremonies for the Los Angeles Olympics are set for July 14, 2028. Dates for when the 2 competitions in Oklahoma Metropolis will begin have not been launched.
Oklahoma Metropolis Mayor David Holt launched the next assertion:
At the moment I can affirm that for the previous six years, now we have been working intently with leaders from LA28 and the Metropolis of Los Angeles to develop a plan to assist L.A.’s supply of the 2028 summer season Olympics by internet hosting all Canoe Slalom and Girls’s Softball occasions in Oklahoma Metropolis.
As this journey progressed, I’ve been joined on this endeavor by the Metropolis of Oklahoma Metropolis’s senior administration workforce, in addition to the management of Riversport OKC, USA Softball, and most critically, the Better Oklahoma Metropolis Chamber, who’ve taken the lead this previous yr in finalizing the main points of our group’s assist for the 2028 summer season Olympics.
Oklahoma Metropolis has hosted many worldwide competitions at our distinctive, world-class whitewater and softball venues. We’re assured we will likely be an impressive associate to LA28 in making a dynamic atmosphere for Olympians and followers. We’re excited concerning the alternative to assist considered one of America’s nice international cities, Los Angeles, and work intently with the LA28 organizing committee to make sure that the 2028 Olympic Video games are a hit.
Because the Metropolis of Los Angeles and the Worldwide Olympic Committee Government Board contemplate LA28’s up to date venue plan, that is the data applicable to share at the moment. The complete story of this historic journey is one I sit up for sharing sooner or later, and there will likely be many necessary folks I sit up for honoring. Within the meantime, I thank our pals in Los Angeles for his or her partnership that has introduced us thus far.
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