Venue announced for cricket’s Olympics return at LA28
The 2028 Olympics will mark cricket’s return to the Games after a 128-year hiatus.
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A termporary venue at the Fairgrounds in Pomona, Southern California will host cricket during the 2028 Olympic Games, as per an official announcement by organising committee of LA28. The LA28 Olympics will be held from July 14 to July 30 in 2028. The grand spectacle will see cricket mark its return after a period of 128 years.
As it has been announced, the competition will involve six teams each in the men's and women's categories. The maximum size of each squad has been finalised to be 15. The criteria of qualifying for the Games and other stuff related to the same is yet to be confirmed.
Cricket 🤝 West Coast.
— LA28 (@LA28) April 15, 2025
Cricket will make its triumphant Olympic return in 2028 from the Fairgrounds in Pomona, CA. 128 years in the making, we can't wait to see the cricketers out on the oval in SoCal.@ICC | #LA28 pic.twitter.com/gyKoMQeCD7
Chairperson of the International Cricket Council, Jay Shah, recently expressed his views on the venue for cricket being announced.
"We welcome the announcement of the venue for cricket at Los Angeles 2028 as it is a significant step towards the preparation for our sport's return to the Olympics. Although cricket is a hugely popular sport, it will be a fantastic opportunity to expand traditional boundaries when it features in the Olympics in the fast-paced, exciting T20 format that should appeal to new audiences," stated Shah, as quoted by ESPNcricinfo.
Cricket is slated to join five new sports at LA28. The four others are baseball/softball, flag football, lacrosse (sixes), and squash. Moreover, cricket is set to retained for the 2032 Olympics in Brisbane with the final of the event to be held at the icoonic Gabba before the venue is brought down.