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PARIS (Reuters) Los Angeles cannot compete with the iconic landmarks of the Paris Olympics but LA28 Games organisers are confident the Hollywood factor and the American citys identity will help them raise the bar when they host the event in four years time...
The Paris Games were a hit with fans, athletes, sponsors and broadcasters and LA28 CEO Reynold Hoover praised French organisers for an incredible Games...
Hoover, a former U.S. Army lieutenant general who came out of retirement to take charge of the next summer Games, admitted there were areas where the West Coast city could not compete with Paris, but said they had plenty to offer nonetheless...
But every city has a personality, every city has something different to offer the Olympics and we think that (in) LA we have our own iconic sporting venues; weve got the Coliseum weve got the Rose Bowl, weve got amazing world class athletic competition venues...
While he remained tight-lipped about LAs opening ceremony plans after Paris delivered a brilliant show along the Seine river the first Olympic ceremony to be held outside a stadium Hoover recalled how LA stunned the world in 1984...
