Olympics - LA to benefit from more time to prepare for Games: Garcetti

Aug 9, 2016; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti during a LA2024 Los Angeles bid press conference during the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games at Olympic Gold Course. Mandatory Credit: Jerry Lai-USA TODAY Sports Picture Supplied by Action Images

LIMA (Reuters) - Los Angeles will benefit from having longer to get ready for the 2028 summer Olympics after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to award the hosting rights to two Games at its session vote this week, mayor Eric Garcetti said.

Past Olympic hosts had seven years to prepare from when they were awarded the Games to their staging, compared to LA's 11.