Metro - File #: 2025-0562

• File #: 2025-0562
• Type: Motion / Motion Response
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 6/30/2025
• In control: 2028 Olympic & Paralympic Games/Quarterly Special Board Meeting
• On agenda: 9/17/2025
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE report on initial planning steps to Increasing Access to the Olympic and Paralympic Games Through Fan Zone Activations and Multi-Modal Transportation Options.
• Indexes: Accessibility, Budgeting, Central Los Angeles subregion, City of Los Angeles, Downtown Los Angeles, El Monte, El Monte Busway, El Monte Transit Station Enhancement, First/Last Mile, Grant Aid, Guidelines, Hubs, Los Angeles City Council District 14, Los Angeles Union Station, Maps, Metro Rail A Line, Metro’s Open Streets Grant Program, Metrolink San Bernardino Line, Motion / Motion Response, Olympic games, Open Streets, Pedestrians, Program, San Fernando Valley subregion, South Bay Cities subregion, Street closure, Transit centers, Vehicle miles of travel, Westside Cities subregion, Zoning

Meeting_Body
SPECIAL BOARD MEETING
SEPTEMBER 17, 2025

Subject
SUBJECT: METRO'S TRANSIT-FIRST FAN ZONE APPROACH

Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE

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RECOMMENDATION

Title
RECEIVE AND FILE report on initial planning steps to Increasing Access to the Olympic and Paralympic Games Through Fan Zone Activations and Multi-Modal Transportation Options.

Issue
ISSUE

This report summarizes Metro's work to-date to respond to Board approved Motion 8 by Directors Solis, Dupont-Walker, and Hahn at its May 2025 meeting (Attachment A). The motion directs staff to work with Los Angeles County, the City of Los Angeles, other local jurisdictions, community-based organizations, and groups to identify potential Fan Zones for the 2028 Games; and report back within 120 days on initial planning steps. This report includes coordination efforts, potential locations, community engagement strategies, and how existing and planned transit infrastructure can be leveraged to support Fan Zone access.

Background
BACKGROUND

Los Angeles County is preparing to host two world-scale sporting events in the coming years: the 2026 FIFA World Cup, and the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games (the 2028 Games). As an integral part of and key connector across Los Angeles County and the Southern California region, Metro is leading spectator transportation efforts for both major events with the goal of improving our transit system to ensure safe, sustainable, and seamless access to these major events, and for Angelenos to benefit from over the decades to come.

Fan Zones are public gatherings to view major sporting events that bring communities together, often coupled with entertainment, food, and cultural or recreational programming. Fan Zones* provide an ideal opportunity to increase free public access to residents and visitors alike to these events. Fan Zones may be located proximate to venues or farther away, spreading the spirit of the major events to communities with more limited acces...