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The 29th Olympic Games opened on 8 August 2008 at Beijing National Stadium with a ceremony directed by Zhang Yimou, watched by a worldwide audience likely above a billion.

LVMH announced a Premium Partnership with the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, with Chaumet designing the medals and Louis Vuitton, Dior, Moët Hennessy and other Maisons taking roles across the Games, reportedly worth around €150 million.

Swiss sportswear brand On agreed an early renewal to keep equipping Swiss Olympic teams at the Summer Olympic Games until at least 2034, extending a partnership that began in 2020; financial terms were not disclosed.

Nine miles of light rail and four new stations in Glendora, San Dimas, La Verne and Pomona, bringing trains back to the eastern San Gabriel Valley for the first time since 1951 on a $1.5 billion extension.

Lululemon's third Games as Team Canada's official outfitter: a kit with topographic-map prints, deep red to iceberg-green colours and new adaptive pieces for Paralympians, revealed alongside Sidney Crosby as a new ambassador.

The ring of 15 illuminated pylons that had welcomed drivers to LAX since 2000 came down to make way for 4.4 miles of new elevated airport roadways, with redesigned pylons to return when the work ends.

On became the first private partner of Switzerland's bid for the 2038 Winter Olympics and Paralympics with a financial contribution equal to 10% of the private deficit guarantee, reported by Sportcal as CHF 20 million.

As Official Timekeeper, Omega timed the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games, 6-22 February 2026, its 32nd Games since 1932, and launched Speedmaster and Seamaster Diver 300M Milano Cortina watches.

About 135 Canadian athletes paraded in Lululemon's burgundy-and-red maple-leaf kit at the first Olympic opening ceremony held across four sites, with flag bearers Mikaël Kingsbury and Marielle Thompson leading in Livigno.

Drop 1 opened global sales for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, after a locals-only presale put hundreds of thousands of $28 tickets in LA and Oklahoma City residents' hands; fans bought more than 4 million tickets that month.

Crews placed the final steel beam on the frame of American Airlines' rebuilt Terminal 4 main concourse at LAX, finishing the major structural work before interiors go in.

Section 2 of the D Line extension adds 2.59 miles of subway and two stations, Beverly Drive and Century City, carrying the line west from Wilshire/La Cienega.

Metro forecasts fall 2027 operations for Section 3 of the D Line extension, serving Westwood/UCLA and Westwood/VA Hospital.

The inbound half of LAX's 4.4-mile roadway rebuild, which separates airport traffic from Sepulveda Boulevard and neighbourhood streets, is due in May 2028, two months before the Games.

The 2034 Winter Olympics, officially the XXVII Olympic Winter Games, and branded as Utah 2034, is a future international multi-sport event scheduled to take place in the U.S. state of Utah from February 10 to 26, 2034. The pin sits at Rice–Eccles Stadium.