Los Angeles bid for the 2018 Summer Olympics

On January 24, 2018, the Western Republic announced that it would be bidding for the 2018 Mapperdonian Olympic Games. Los Angeles was chosen as the city the Western Republic would bid to host the games.

On April 15, 2018, the Mapperdonian Olympic Committee announced that Los Angeles's bid had won the bidding process, and that Los Angeles would be hosting the games.

Los Angeles 2018 Committee
In December 2017, the Western Republic Olympic Committee selected five cities in the Western Republic to potentially host the Games. Those five cities were Los Angeles, Calgary, Seattle, Phoenix, and Honolulu. When the Committee voted, Los Angeles won the vote with 53% of the votes. On January 24, 2018, the Committee announced that Los Angeles would bid to host the Games. Chaired by Edward Clarkson, the Western Republic Olympic Committee, as well as the Western Federal Government would be responsible to support the bid.

Evaluation of Applicant Cities
On March 20, 2018, the Mapperdonian Olympic Committee selected Los Angeles' bid to make the shortlist. After evaluating the venues, Los Angeles' bid placed first overall out of 5 bids in terms of MOC Score, with a score of 124.25.

On April 15, 2018, the Mapperdonian Olympic Committee announced that Los Angeles' bid had won the bidding process for the games, and would be hosting the event.

Venues
The Los Angeles Olympic bid includes 17 venues, across 5 locations, 2 of which are located in the city of Los Angeles. The Opening Ceremony and Closing Ceremony of the Games will be held in Hollywood Park. Football finals will be held in Hollywood Park, and basketball finals will be held in the Western Skyways Arena.