Behind every venue challenge, lies the Cisco ingenuity to solve it

Cisco will help design the networks and automate deployment across all venues, while adapting to each site’s constraints. Working with partners, Cisco will install new infrastructure—routers, switches, and wireless access points—to create a consistent, high-performance network overlay. Cisco SD-WAN will play a critical role in connecting these venues, enabling centralized policy enforcement, segmentation, and routing across the distributed environment.

The LA28 Games will rely on existing venues rather than newly constructed permanent facilities. This means Cisco must deploy networks across 40+ locations throughout the LA region. Each venue contains its own mix of modern infrastructure, legacy systems, and physical constraints. The challenge: Bring these diverse environments into the AI era and create a cohesive networking infrastructure.

The LA28 Games will not run on a single network but rather an ecosystem of interconnected networks. These include networks for timing and scoring, broadcasting, venue operations, media and press, and more. Geographic diversity is an additional complication, with networks dispersed across the LA region. How do you manage everything consistently and without dozens of fragmented tools, dashboards, and interfaces?

We’ll centralize control with a networking management environment, where traffic from venues and PoPs is routed, inspected, and optimized, especially for access to cloud and SaaS applications. Cisco AI agents will help drive operations at the PoP level to enable real-time automation and optimization. Networks will respond quickly to changing conditions while maintaining consistent policy and performance across venues.

We’ll deploy a unified, centrally managed, AI-powered network visibility platform that delivers a single, comprehensive view across all networks and infrastructure. With end-to-end monitoring, real-time insights, and intelligent data correlation, IT teams will be able to quickly identify root causes, resolve issues faster, and maintain exceptional performance and digital resilience throughout the LA28 Games.

To prevent issues and troubleshoot rapidly during the Games, IT teams will require end-to-end visibility across all distributed networks. This includes both owned and unowned networks—from Cisco SD-WAN to the 5G network for spectators. If visibility gaps remain, networking teams could lose critical hours searching for the source of an issue.

Protecting vital networks across the LA28 Games requires advanced secure networking and threat intelligence solutions to thwart bad actors. No single technology partner of the LA28 Games is responsible for digital safety and security: It’s a team effort by design.

As the Official Network Equipment Partner, Cisco will collaborate closely with other official LA28 technology partners—such as Deloitte, Google, CDW, and AECOM—to maintain a safe and secure digital environment. Cisco excels at multi-vendor partnerships that deliver superior outcomes. Our secure networking equipment and AI-powered network visibility solutions will play critical roles in maintaining exceptional network security at the Games.