{"id":170016,"date":"2026-02-26T12:24:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T12:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/170016\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T12:24:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T12:24:23","slug":"orlando-bidding-to-host-final-stop-of-2028-olympic-qualifier-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/170016\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando bidding to host final stop of 2028 Olympic Qualifier Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-olympics \">Orlando is an \u201cofficial candidate to host the final stop of the Olympic Qualifier Series 2028\u2033 &#8212; a multi-sport showcase that will determine the last wave of athletes to earn their Olympic berths. If selected, the four-day festival \u201cwould be staged at Camping World Stadium,\u201d which is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbusinessjournal.com\/Articles\/2025\/02\/24\/barton-malowaecom-hunt-jv-picked-to-negotiate-with-orlando-for-camping-world-stadium-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbusinessjournal.com\/Articles\/2025\/02\/24\/barton-malowaecom-hunt-jv-picked-to-negotiate-with-orlando-for-camping-world-stadium-work\/\">currently undergoing renovations<\/a> designed to \u201cenhance both athlete performance spaces and fan experiences.\u201d Launched in 2024, the Olympic Qualifier Series marked the \u201cfirst time Olympic qualification events were staged in a fully Olympic-branded environment.\u201d For 2028, the series is \u201cset to expand to three cities and six sports.\u201d In addition to BMX freestyle, skateboarding and climbing, organizers \u201cwill add 3\u00d73 basketball, beach volleyball and flag football &#8212; underscoring a push toward urban, youth-driven disciplines\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/2026\/02\/25\/orlando-los-angeles-olympics-olympics-qualier-series\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ORLANDO SENTINEL, 2\/25<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Orlando is an \u201cofficial candidate to host the final stop of the Olympic Qualifier Series 2028\u2033 &#8212; a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":170017,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[3108,57,139,141,140,6372],"class_list":["post-170016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-basketball","tag-football","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-volleyball"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}