Olympic flag arrives in LA for 2028 Olympics – NBC Los Angeles

What to Know

• Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass will arrive early Monday afternoon at LAX with the official Olympic flag. Watch live coverage above.
• Bass received the flag at Sunday’s Paris Olympics Closing Ceremony from Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo in an historic exchange between two female mayors.
• Tom Cruise appeared to transport the flag to LA in a very Tom Cruise way during the Opening Ceremony, but that action-packed sequence was all Hollywood magic.
• The flag, which will be taken to Los Angeles City Hall, will be raised at the main venue during the Opening Ceremony at the 2028 Olympics, the third hosted by Los Angeles. The Coliseum will become the only venue to host three track and field competitions and three Olympic ceremonies.
• The Olympic flag was created for the Olympic Jubilee Congress in 1914 in Paris in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Olympic movement.