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What happened? The L.A. City Council voted unanimously on Wednesday to consolidate the closing ceremony in Exposition Park.

Why the change? "This is something very important that LA28, the council and members of the community have been working on for months to make sure we affirm the position of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, built for the Olympics or built to attract the Olympics in the early 1930s — that it in fact becomes one of the only buildings in the world to host three opening or closing ceremonies,” L.A. Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson said at an Olympics and Paralympic games ad hoc committee meeting on Oct. 29.

What else has changed? In September, the City Council voted to approve the venue change for Olympic diving to be held at the Rose Bowl Aquatic

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