About the 2015 Special Olympics World Games

With 7,000 athletes representing 170 countries, along with 3,000 coaches, 30,000 volunteers and an anticipated 500,000 spectators, the 2015 Special Olympics World Games - being staged in Los Angeles July 25 - August 2, 2015 - will be the largest sports-and-humanitarian event anywhere in the world that year, and the biggest single event in Los Angeles since the 1984 Olympic Games.  The 2015 World Games, with the unparalleled spirit, enthusiasm, teamwork, hospitality and joy that are trademarks of all Special Olympics events, will feature 25 Olympic-style events in venues throughout the Los Angeles region, following the Opening Ceremony in the historic Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, site of the 1932 and 1984 Olympic Games.  The Games Organizing Committee, LA2015, is a recognized 501(c)(3), with funding coming almost exclusively from private sources, including the generous support of such Founding Champions and sponsors as AEG, The Coca-Cola Company, Davis Elen Advertising, Deloitte, Kaiser Permanente, Mattel Inc., The Walt Disney Company, David Geffen and Steven Spielberg and his wife Kate Capshaw.  For more information on the 2015 Special Olympics World Games, including sponsorship and volunteer opportunities, visit www.losangeles2015.org.

Contact

Marc Grossman
Senior Vice President - Communications
2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games
Marc.Grossman@LA2015.org 
Office:  213-892-6016
Cell:     310-489-9506