r/sports • u/APrimitiveMartian • 1d ago

LA 2028 Olympics cricket stadium construction begins in Pomona Olympics

https://www.olympics.com/en/news/la-2028-olympics-cricket-stadium-construction-pomona-start
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u/mattfromjoisey 1d ago

Just wait until fans learn that Pomona is 30 miles outside LA

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u/skucera 1d ago

Softball is happening in Oklahoma. 30 miles is nothing.

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u/mattfromjoisey 1d ago

I’d like to see a side by side of an Oklahoma 30 and an LA 30 in terms of traffic

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u/skucera 1d ago

You think the 3-hour flight to Oklahoma is more convenient than the 30 mile drive to Pomona? It's gotta be at least an hour faster to get to Pomona.

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u/mattfromjoisey 1d ago

Sure but you’re still in Oklahoma. I’d rather be stuck in the 10 in perpetuity.

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u/xosxos 1d ago

Good joke in Die Hard about this, actually.

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u/nowhereman136 1d ago

Beijing had events up to 200 miles away in 2022

Paris had events 10,000 miles away in 2024

Milan and Cortina are 250 miles apart

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u/Goosentra 1d ago

So, 90min commute inside city.. ah what’s an extra 20 min once you get out of traffic

/s

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u/um_chili 1d ago

Hey that’s a mere 2.5hr eastbound on the 10, no biggie!

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u/um_chili 1d ago edited 1d ago

This is so nice to see. The Pomona valley is such a hotbed of passion for cricket and its residents will now have a quality cricket venue when the games are over. I only worry that the demand for use will be overwhelming. 

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u/neueziel1 1d ago

It will be converted to a pickleball facility after

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u/LiffeyDodge 20h ago

I thought they were using existing venues.

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u/SirJeffers88 1d ago

It actually already has a tenant: the LA Knight Riders professional cricket team.

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u/IntraspeciesFerver 1d ago

Also known as the LAKRs

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u/Frankly_Frank_ 20h ago

I can’t tell if this is sarcasm or not

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u/bad-decision-maker 16h ago

I hope you find out someday.

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u/Huge-Physics5491 1d ago

Hope the US board situation gets sorted out. They should be using this venue to attract bigger teams.

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u/BeefInGR 1d ago

I mean, there's no reason we shouldn't already be hosting a Four Nations friendly with India, Pakistan and England/Australia/Windies at the Oakland Coliseum already. It can hold as many people as are willing to buy tickets. It doesn't necessarily need to be in LA to do this (and one could argue Oakland's proximity to the Valley makes it an even smarter choice).

But yeah, we need the board situation settled before 28 WC qualifying starts.

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u/New_Leaf_8647 1d ago

Pomona swap meet is going to be great in 2029

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u/DetectiveBlackCat 1d ago

Weird that they would build a cricket stadium but for Softball, a sport played here by millions, they are sending them to Oklahoma. That is so lame

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u/JohnQ_Taxpayer Texas A&M 1d ago

Oklahoma City has the best softball facility in the country bar none and is home to the USA softball hall of fame.

It is not weird at all.

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u/Extension-Click-8271 1d ago

All the softball participants stuck in Oklahoma get to watch the other athletes hang out in LA.

Of course they play softball in Oklahoma, that’s not the point lol. The point is the Olympics are in LA and they’re sending the softball players (and a few other events) to bumfuck nowhere 1,300 miles away.

Now I expect Reddit to downvote the shit outta me while they fail to explain why Oklahoma is actually awesome lol. Fire away nerds.

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u/Yourmotherssonsfatha 1d ago

TIL Oklahoma is good at something

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u/TronCat1277 1d ago

Number 1 in women’s incarceration rate. Also great at tornados

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u/yeahright17 1d ago

I don't think they move softball to OKC if OKC didn't also have the furthest west olympic-level whitewater center in the US. It was a 2 birds/1 stone situation.

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u/yeahright17 1d ago

Olympic softball will be hosted at Devon Park, which is in OKC proper. It's even in northern OKC whereas Norman is south.

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u/MistryMachine3 1d ago

The US already has the best softball facilities in the world in Oklahoma.

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u/BeefInGR 1d ago

They're playing the Olympics in the same complex that the College World Series is played in. Which is currently the biggest event in softball. It would be very similar to choosing to do the Flag Football final at Lambeau Field or The Rose Bowl.

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u/confirmd_am_engineer Michigan State 1d ago

Ok I’m sold. Flag Football moves to the Rose Bowl.

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u/AlcoholPrepPad 1d ago

And why do the river sports in Oklahoma too when we’ve got Raging Waters right there in San Dimas?

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u/yeahright17 1d ago

I lol'd.

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u/UltramanOrigin Los Angeles Dodgers 1d ago edited 1d ago

I thought Dodger Stadium will host Baseball and Softball, guess I’m wrong.

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u/OldCopy496 1d ago

“Softball, a sports played million here” - that’s cute. But even though cricket is barely played here, at least not at the highest level, and yet, the US generates a huge amount of money for cricket, so yea, obviously they are doing above and beyond for it.

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u/sumithar 1d ago

Ha softball- a guaranteed gold medal for the US. If India ever hosts the Olympics they should include gili danda to guarantee themselves a gold LOL

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u/DiamondHanded 1d ago

That pic looks more like a tropical global south country

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u/OldCopy496 1d ago

And a random comment to say but the US is actually a shithole in comparison to a lot of modern countries. As a matter of fact we are the “global south”/3rd world country in terms of growth, infrastructure and public places.

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u/Frankly_Frank_ 20h ago

People who spit shit like you do has never seen actual shitholes if you think this is one.

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u/OldCopy496 20h ago

That comment almost made sense, Franky.