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Los Angeles 2024 Olympic Bid Venue Plans Revealed

The opening ceremonies for 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio may be just a week away, but the United States and the city of Los Angeles, California are already looking eight years ahead.

On Friday, Los Angeles 2024 unveiled its plans and renderings for venues that would house the Summer Games.

One of those venues is the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the home of USC football that opened in 1923. It would receive a serious face lift in order to host track and field events, via LA 2024:

A modernized @lacoliseum rich in Olympic tradition & reimagined for the world to see in 2024 #FollowTheSunhttps://t.