the chairman of the la games, casey wasserman, says the five new sports that are going to be on theirbaseball, softball, flag football, squash and cricket, will bring many more diverse audiences to the event. but he was asked if the divisive nature of american politics would impact the build up to his games. we have had three united states presidents sign letters on our bid, started with president obama and president trump and president biden. so we have been through three administrations who have remained incredibly supportive. and ijust want to remind people this is about red, white and blue. this is not about red and blue. we all march behind the same flag and sing the same anthem. and this is something that's going to bring our country together irrespective of politics. the olympics is not a normal event. it doesn't matter in what time it operates and what city it is. the benefit in la is we have lots of incredibly big global events, and so we're used to different security protocols for those events. we want to have the greatest sports programme in the history of the olympics beca

. >> reporter: casey wasserman is the chairman of the l.a. 2028 committee. he says turning the coliseum a venue from the 1932 and 1984 games from a football field back into a track & field venue is the most expensive investment of the games. >> to put a track back in means we have to spend about $150 million and the track will go 14 rows into the stands. that's how big the competition field is. because we have to put that in, we'll actually have the warm-up track underneath the track. >> reporter: there will be no new venues built, a unique distinction. more than 80 existing venues across southern california will hold olympic events. >> welcome to intuit dome. it's l.a.'s newest sports facility. it's also the new home to the los angeles clippers. and four years from now it will be home to olympic basketball and some of the greatest fans in the world. >> reporter: having the olympics in the second largest city in the u.s. comes with its share of challenges, including the city's legendary traffic. >> the games are going to be car-free, which means if you want

. >> according to casey wasserman, chairman of la 2028, the olympic host committee is right where it needs to be financially. >> we are in a strong position as an organizing committee has ever been four years before an olympic games financially, and that's subject to two things. one, we have the best sports economy in the world, in the united states, and we have benefited from that. so we sit here today with more contracted revenue than paris will have in total. the city of la is not giving us any money. the state of california is not giving us any money. our budget actually reimburses the city for all incremental expenses as opposed to a normal day in la versus the olympics. >> all right. that was reporter josh haskell. organizers say hosting an olympics is equivalent to putting on seven super bowls a day for 17 days. so a big job. all right. it's not highly unusual, of course, to spot a mountain lion while hiking in the bay area. but to see four mountain lions togethe. we'll talk to the mountain lion foundation about a power outage is looming. that's just alert, he's always getting

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you'll never be this big in your whole life >> reporter: casey wasserman is a chairman of the l.a. 2028ttee, turning the coliseum, where rocket man famous flew from a football field to a track and field venue will be the most expe expe expensive investment of the games, one he believes is worth it. >> to put a track in, means we have to spend $150 million, and the track will go 14 rows into the stands because we have to put that in, we'll have the warm up track underneath the track. >> reporter: the coliseum will be an important part of the opening ceremonies but the torch will end the journey at sofi stadium, which will serve as the olympic swimmie as the olympic swimming venue. >> we will be literally under water right here >> definitely right where we are. the biggest swim competition ever. >> reporter: wasserman recruited olympian janet evans to bring it to life. >> i'm sitting with janet evans in the world's largest stadium. >> to look around and see the facility, what our athletes will be experiencing, it's going to be incredible. >> reporter: putting on what will be the largest p