(ATR) Los Angeles leaders are counting down to the city's largest multi-sport event since the 1984 Summer Olympics.
The opening ceremony of the 2015 Special Olympics World Games is taking place this Saturday, July 25, at the Los Angeles Coliseum.
LA2015 organizers say some 6,500 athletes from 165 countries will compete at the summer edition of the Special Olympics World Games.
Over 500,000 people are expected to come out to watch competition in L.A. Some 2,000 coaches and 30,000 volunteers will be in the southern California city for the games.Competition ends Aug. 2.
Around the Ringsspoke with Steven Vanderpool, senior vice president of communications and media operations for the Special Olympics World Games, on Tuesday.
Steven told me the feeling throughout L.A. is electric and athletes who have arrived at the games are enjoying a Hollywood treatment. He said all that is left to do now is get the word out.
Written and produced byNicole Bennett
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