The study
The Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation released its analysis of the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games on 15 September 2026. LA28 commissioned it. LAEDC puts total economic output across the five-county region at approximately $20.5 billion to $40.6 billion across the preparation years and through the close of the Games.
LAEDC publishes the range from two methods. Its National Income Accounting framework counts only net new spending sourced outside each area, and its IMPLAN regional input-output framework counts gross economic activity inside each area. LA28 states the analysis draws on guidance from the International Academy of Sport Science and Technology and on OECD event-measurement guidance.
The split inside the range
LAist reports the split that the LA28 release omits. The conservative method produces $20.5 billion to $25.4 billion in output and 126,000 to 152,000 jobs. The second method produces $35.4 billion to $40.6 billion and up to 224,000 jobs. LA28 states the combined jobs range of 126,000 to 224,000 and names construction, transportation, administrative support, hospitality, accommodation and security among the sectors.
The trade copies lead on the top of both ranges. Hotel Online ran the study under a headline carrying $40.6 billion, and its summary repeats $40.6 billion and up to 224,000 jobs. The LA28 release headline rounds to $40 billion and more than 200,000 jobs.
The visitor line a hotel reads
About 2 million visitors are expected in Greater Los Angeles. Direct spending by non-resident visitors in Los Angeles County runs at $1.6 billion to $4.3 billion. LA28 names hotels, restaurants, retailers and other local businesses as the recipients.
A daytime or hourly booking sells part of a room-day. The visitor window sets the demand that a daytime rate is priced against, and this county line is the only visitor-spending figure the study breaks out at that level.
Capital investment
About $8.35 billion of investment in transportation, airport, mobility, accessibility and venue upgrades has been accelerated or undertaken for the Games. LAEDC names capital investment the largest single source of estimated impact. LA28 runs a no-build strategy for the venues, which relies on existing venues and temporary facilities.
LA28 aims to direct 75 percent of addressable procurement spending to Greater Los Angeles businesses and 25 percent to local and small businesses.
A second estimate for the county
A separate analysis reached the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in early September 2026. LAist reports HR&A Advisors produced it and that it puts direct spending above $13 billion and total economic output at $19.2 billion in Los Angeles County alone. The same analysis names Carson, Pomona, the City of Industry and Exposition Park as host locations that could end up as passthrough areas.
What a revenue team takes from it
The range sets a planning horizon and a band for the property years the Games touch. Price a daytime slot inside those years against the overnight rate the window carries, and hold the daytime offer inside the market's own trend until a county-level hotel breakdown appears.
The study measures activity through 2028. The Los Angeles Times notes it does not measure effects after the Games, and that a comparable 2024 Paris forecast fell short of expectations.