OLYPLY* CITIES

Everything starts with individuals joining OPC and connecting to a Host City Team to start building local events and activities. HCTs submit a simple form to join global festivities that culminate Friday July 7, 2028 (before LA Games). 

HCT events worldwide center on lighting a local Flame to proclaim   OLYPLY SPORT + PEACE Values. Organized by athletes, mayors, and others (see below) and using OPC 28 Materials, events can take place on a single day ... or longer.

OPTIONAL: Based on local needs, preferences, and resources, Teams create Add-On Events & Activities. These promote a City's unique sites, history, and culture while attracting youth, sport clubs, schools, tourists, companies, and others.

• Inspired local OLY/PLY stakeholders and enthusiasts of the Games (see below) unite to create a new, exciting, localized festival of SPORT + PEACE.

• Local individuals and Teams join others globally, unitinwith purpose and meaning around a greater cause: building 'a better, more peaceful world' through sport and Fair Play.

• Host Cities keep the Spirit of the Games and Flames alive and vibrant -- long after the competitions end and move on.

• Every two years, Host Cities reignite the magic of hosting the world's most inspiring sporting event, gathering ethusiasts, once again, from near and far to celebrate cherished venues, ideals, and memories.

• People, Places, and Principles - key (and sometimes overlooked) assets of the OLYPLY ecosystem are utilized to their best and fullest. 

• Host Cities serve as permanent Platforms of PEACE,  reminding future generations of the Games' core goals, values, and traditions.  

• SPORT + THE GAMES are affirmed as tools for PEACE, accessibility, goodwill, and community/humanity. 

• A global celebration of light and inspiration centered on the PEACE-centric Spirit of the Games and Host Cities*  around world united by a simple lighting a flames of PEACE. 

• OPC 28 kicks-off at LA28 with activities culminating on Olympic Truce Day --  one week before Olympic Opening Ceremonies.

* 63 and counting as of 2026.

• Facilitate individuals, groups, and local influencers joining OPC 28 and Host City Teams.

• Facilitate HCT building of real/proxy PEACE flames and other fun, exciting, and non-political ways that showcase local sites, traditions, and experiences.

•  Facilitate downloadable, easy-to-use, templated OPC 28 materials.

• Build an independent, athlete-led,  locally-driven, universally-accessible, and volunteer-based non-profit (with a Global Advisory Board and 4 Regional Organizing Committees).

• Partner with PEACE groups, sponsors, and Olympic & Paralympic entities (such as the IOC, IPC, NOCs, OCOGs, WOA, WUOC, etc.) and events (such as June 23 Olympic Day).

• Be open to make OPC 28 better! (see contact info here).