The 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Village will be at UCLA, about a mile from the gates of Bel Air, and no competition will take place on campus. For owners nearby, that means demand from federations, sponsors and athletes’ families rather than spectators. As of September 30, 2026, there are two lawful ways to meet it: home-sharing a primary residence, or a lease longer than 30 nights.
Everything else in circulation, including the much-discussed plan to let second homes host Games visitors, is still a proposal. This guide sets out what is confirmed, what is undecided, and how an owner in Bel Air, Holmby Hills or Westwood should use the twenty-one months before the opening ceremony on July 14, 2028.
What UCLA Will Actually Be in July 2028
UCLA is a village and a training ground, not a venue. LA28’s official venue list contains nothing in Westwood: athletics and the ceremonies are at the Coliseum, swimming is in the Inglewood stadium, golf is at Riviera. That is the principal difference from 1984, when the Hill housed more than 4,000 athletes and staff and gymnastics filled Pauley Pavilion, as the Daily Bruin has recorded. In 2028 the campus sleeps and feeds the athletes and sends them elsewhere to compete.
The scale is larger this time. UCLA’s administrative vice chancellor, Michael Beck, told the Daily Bruin on September 17, 2026 that the university expects to support around 17,000 athletes, along with members of their support teams, at the Village’s peak. According to the same report, every residence hall on the Hill and the Weyburn Terrace apartments will be used; athletes will train at the John Wooden Center, Drake Stadium and the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center; and the Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center becomes their medical hub. NBC Los Angeles reported in February that UCLA’s kitchens will serve about 42,000 meals a day.
Two details matter to neighbors. First, the calendar: temporary LA28 structures and branding begin to appear in spring 2028 and become conspicuous around June, and fall instruction starts roughly a week late. Official opening and closing dates for the Village have not been published. Second, the consultation: UCLA has said its first Village town hall will be held in October 2026 and quarterly after that, with a dedicated website due this fall. Owners on the streets above Sunset should attend the first one. Accredited media, incidentally, will not be in Westwood at all; USC has confirmed that its University Park Campus is the media village.
Who Will Want a House Ten Minutes from the Hill
Athletes live inside the fence. The people who travel with them do not, and they are the market: national Olympic committee staff beyond the accredited quota, coaches’ and athletes’ families, sponsors entertaining clients, broadcasters’ executives, and the private security and medical teams that accompany all of them. Their requirement is proximity to the Village and a fast line to the 405, which is precisely what Bel Air, Holmby Hills and the streets north of Wilshire offer.
The evidence that this market books early is already public. The Real Deal reported in September 2025 that Los Angeles villas were being reserved three years ahead, at figures from $150,000 to $300,000 a month, by federations, sports brands and executives. LA28 said on August 21, 2026 that more than six million tickets had been sold across its first two drops, with first-come, first-served sales and an official resale marketplace to follow in 2027. On Location has been selling hospitality packages since April 1, 2026. A Deloitte study commissioned by Airbnb and published in February estimated that paid accommodation demand would exceed capacity on 13 of the 19 competition days across roughly 157,790 hotel rooms in Los Angeles and Orange counties. Treat that last figure as an interested party’s estimate, but the direction is not in dispute.
The national houses are also choosing the Westside. Germany’s Olympic marketing agency confirmed in March 2026 that the Deutsches Haus will occupy the Bel-Air Bay Club in Pacific Palisades from July 14 to August 2, 2028, and local reporting places the French and Swiss houses on the Santa Monica beachfront. Delegations tend to house their principals within a short drive of both their house and the Village, and the canyon roads between Sunset and the coast connect the two.
One caution from Paris. Reuters reported in July 2024 that hotel operators there cut rates in the final weeks before the Games, with the average falling to about €258 from €342 earlier that summer. Spectator demand is price-sensitive and arrives late. Delegation and sponsor demand is neither, which is why an owner near the Village should be talking to that second group in 2027 rather than waiting for the first in 2028.
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What an Owner May Legally Do Today
Bel Air, Holmby Hills and Westwood all sit inside the City of Los Angeles, so one set of rules applies. Under the Home-Sharing Ordinance, as Los Angeles City Planning explains it, a short-term rental is a stay of 30 consecutive days or less, and it is permitted only in the host’s primary residence: the home where the host lives more than six months of the year. The host must register with the city, may hold one registration, may take one booking at a time, and is capped at 120 nights a calendar year unless approved for extended home-sharing. Rent-stabilized units are excluded.
For most estate owners in these neighborhoods that produces a clear division. If the house is your principal home and you plan to be elsewhere for the Games, a registered home-share for the seventeen days of competition is lawful, and the transient occupancy tax applies at 14 percent. Voters rejected Measure TT in June 2026, which would have raised the rate to 16 percent through 2028, and approved Measure TC, which extends the tax to the full amount paid through online travel companies and booking agents.
If the house is a second home, an investment property or held in a company, short stays are not available to you. What remains is a lease of more than 30 consecutive nights, which falls outside both the Home-Sharing Ordinance and the transient occupancy tax. In practice this is how delegations and sponsors prefer to book anyway: a six- to eight-week term that covers arrival, the Olympic fortnight and, for some, the Paralympic Games from August 15 to 27. Owners should take advice before signing, because the city’s Just Cause Ordinance extends tenant protections to most rental housing, single-family homes included, once a tenancy passes six months or the initial lease expires, whichever comes first. A Games lease needs to be drafted with that in mind.
One boundary is worth knowing precisely. Beverly Hills, which begins a few blocks east of Holmby Hills, has since September 5, 2025 required an initial lease of at least twelve consecutive months in its residential zones; a federal challenge was filed on August 31, 2026 and is unresolved. An address on the Los Angeles side of that line has options that an address on the Beverly Hills side currently does not. Our guide to Los Angeles rental rules for 2028 covers the background.
The Second-Home Proposal: Where It Actually Stands
Much of what owners have heard about the Olympics and second homes describes a program that does not yet exist. Council File 25-0029-S1 would create a temporary vacation-rental category for non-primary residences. It has been discussed in the Planning and Land Use Management Committee, and on September 8, 2026 a City Planning report dated August 31 was referred to that committee and to Budget and Finance. No committee or full-council vote adopting the program is recorded.
The August 31 report also shows how narrow the program would be if it passed as outlined. It would end no later than December 31, 2028. A host would need to have owned the property on or before December 31, 2025, would be limited to 60 booking days a year and to a single vacation rental, and would have to be an individual or a property-owning trust, with business entities excluded. Rentals would be capped at one percent of housing units citywide and within each community plan area, with a 250-foot separation between them. City Planning estimates about six months to draft the ordinance on a condensed schedule, before environmental review, the Planning Commission, committee and two council readings.
The politics are local. The Bel Air–Beverly Crest Neighborhood Council voted 21 to 0 on July 22, 2026 to oppose the program. An owner in these hills should plan on the two routes that exist today and treat anything further as a possible bonus, not a business plan.
Living Beside the Village: Roads, Security and the Subway
The Games were designated a National Special Security Event in 2024, which puts the U.S. Secret Service in charge of security planning. No perimeter, street closure or resident-permit scheme specific to Westwood has been announced, and anyone who quotes you one is guessing. What has been published is the road plan.
CBS Los Angeles reported in early September 2026 that the Caltrans-led Games Route Network will reserve 369 miles of lanes for accredited vehicles, marked with blue LA28 signs, with fines approaching $300 for drivers who stray into them. The network includes dedicated lanes in both directions between UCLA and the 405, and Sunset Boulevard is named. For a household on Stone Canyon, Bellagio or Beverly Glen, that means the usual route to the freeway will have a lane removed for the duration. Athletes, for their part, board buses inside the Village after screening, as UCLA transportation researcher Juan Matute told the Daily Bruin, which should keep that traffic off residential streets.
Two further items belong on an owner’s list. In September 2025 the City Council voted to develop a construction moratorium for the Games period around venues and the route network; its dates and boundaries are not yet set, so a renovation planned for the first half of 2028 should be brought forward. And Metro forecasts that the D Line’s Westwood/UCLA station will open in 2027, following the first section of the extension, which opened on May 8, 2026. The Sepulveda corridor line is still in environmental review and will not be running in 2028.
A Timeline for Owners, from Now to the Closing Ceremony
Autumn 2026 is for decisions. Establish which legal route applies to your title and residency, read the August 31 planning report if a second home is involved, and go to UCLA’s first town hall in October. If the house needs work to be delegation-ready, such as a second office, staff quarters or a gate that a security detail will accept, commission it now.
The year 2027 is when contracts are signed. General ticket sales open on a first-come basis, federations finalize their team sizes after qualification events, and sponsors allocate hospitality budgets. A home that is photographed, priced and represented by the first quarter of 2027 is in front of those buyers at the right moment. By spring 2028 the overlay appears on campus; a handful of sports begin a few days before the ceremony; the Olympic Games run from July 14 to 30 and the Paralympic Games from August 15 to 27.
The management of a Games lease is heavier than an ordinary tenancy: security walkthroughs, staff accreditation, insurance endorsements, daily housekeeping on a delegation’s schedule, and a deposit structure that reflects a house full of people for six weeks. Villoura’s property management service handles vetting, contracts and the house itself, and owners can submit a home for consideration without obligation. The wider commercial picture, including how the Games sit alongside the 2027 Super Bowl, is in our Super Bowl LXI guide and the pricing and booking guide for 2028.
For Guests: Staying Near the Village
For families of athletes, federation principals and sponsors who want the shortest drive to the Hill, the relevant addresses are in Bel Air, Holmby Hills and Brentwood. Villoura’s Bel Air collection includes the Bel Air Road Estate, a nine-bedroom contemporary house of about 20,500 square feet; the Bellagio Road Estate, five suites behind glass walls on nearly half an acre; and the Roscomare Residence, four bedrooms a few minutes above campus.
Games-period terms are arranged by inquiry and structured to comply with the rules described above, which for most houses means a stay of more than 30 nights. Shorter visits of three to ten nights are possible where a residence qualifies. Our LA28 accommodation page explains the three ways to book, the venue map shows which neighborhood serves which sport, and the concierge team arranges drivers, chefs and security for the term. To discuss a specific delegation or family, speak to a villa specialist.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where is the Olympic Village for the 2028 Los Angeles Games?
The Olympic and Paralympic Village is at UCLA in Westwood. UCLA Housing and Hospitality has confirmed that athletes will eat, sleep and train on campus, using the residence halls on the Hill and existing athletic facilities. No new village is being built, and accredited media will be housed separately at USC.
Will any Olympic events be held at UCLA in 2028?
No. LA28’s venue list includes no competition site at UCLA or in Westwood. Pauley Pavilion hosted gymnastics in 1984, but in 2028 the campus is a residential and training site only.
Can I rent out my Bel Air or Holmby Hills home during the Olympics?
Yes, in two ways under current law. If it is your primary residence, you may register for home-sharing and host stays of 30 days or less, subject to the 120-night annual cap and the 14 percent transient occupancy tax. If it is not your primary residence, you may lease it for more than 30 consecutive nights. Take legal advice on the lease terms.
Has Los Angeles approved short-term rentals in second homes for the Olympics?
Not as of September 30, 2026. Council File 25-0029-S1 remains in committee. The version described in City Planning’s August 31, 2026 report would allow 60 booking days a year, only for individuals or trusts who owned the property by December 31, 2025, and would expire by December 31, 2028.
Will there be a security perimeter around Westwood?
The Games are a National Special Security Event led by the U.S. Secret Service, but no perimeter or resident-access scheme for the UCLA Village has been announced. The published Games Route Network does include dedicated lanes between UCLA and the 405 and on Sunset Boulevard.
When should an owner near UCLA start preparing?
Now. Delegations and sponsors have been reserving Los Angeles houses since 2025, contracts concentrate in 2027, and any renovation should be finished before a Games-period construction moratorium, whose dates are not yet set, takes effect. UCLA’s first community town hall on the Village is scheduled for October 2026.
Sources named in this article: UCLA Housing & Hospitality; Daily Bruin (September 17, 2026); LA28 newsroom (August 21, 2026); Los Angeles City Planning and City Clerk Council File 25-0029-S1; Los Angeles Office of Finance; City of Beverly Hills Ordinance 25-O-2918; U.S. Secret Service; Metro; CBS Los Angeles; NBC Los Angeles; The Real Deal; Reuters; Deloitte for Airbnb; Deutsche Sport Marketing. Rules and dates are as published on September 30, 2026 and will change; this article is general information, not legal or tax advice.
