USC Will Help Host the Special Olympics World Summer Games

Colleges & Universities University of Southern California
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<p>In 2015 the Special Olympics World Summer Games will be held in Los Angeles. The USC campus and Exposition Park will be the site of the Olympic Village and sports venues.</p>

<p>About 7000 athletes are expected to compete in the summer games. This is the first time the Special Olympics (summer) has been held in the United States since 1999.</p>

<p>More information about the event can be found on the USC website: [University</a> of Southern California](<a href=“http://www.usc.edu%5DUniversity”>http://www.usc.edu) .</p>

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<p>Correction/update:</p>

<p>UCLA and USC will actually cohost the summer games with UCLA hosting and housing a majority of the athletes and events. </p>

<p>[UCLA</a> to co-host 2015 Special Olympics / UCLA Newsroom](<a href=“http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-to-co-host-2015-special-olympics-215399.aspx]UCLA”>Newsroom | UCLA)</p>

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<p>I guess the 5 sports hosted by UCLA will collectively have more events (and participating athletes) than the remaining 17 sports.</p>

<p>Anyone know when the schedules will be finalized? </p>

<p>As much as downtown improved in the past decade or so, it’ll be even nicer by 2015. The 2015 games will be a great showcase for how far downtown has come.</p>