Long Beach is home to the second-busiest container port in the United States, handling over $200 billion in annual trade, plus Cal State Long Beach and the historic Queen Mary — a real working port city with a large university population, not just a beach town.
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The City of Long Beach said in April 2025 that it is confirmed to stage 11 sporting events at seven venues for the 2028 Olympic Games, including handball at the Long Beach Arena, rowing and canoe sprint at Marine Stadium, sailing off Belmont Shore, and water polo and artistic swimming in temporary aquatics centers at the Convention Center lot. LA28's own Games map notes that all names and venues are subject to change.
On Nov. 19, 2025, after the California State University Board of Trustees unanimously approved it, Long Beach State and LBS Financial Credit Union announced a 12-year, $8.5 million sponsorship agreement to rename the campus arena the LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid. It is a university arena, not a youth sports venue, but it shows a credit union buying into Long Beach athletics.
In May 2026 the city's Parks, Recreation and Marine department said it would again offer the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation's Dodgers Dreamteam program for underserved youth, with T-ball and coach pitch for ages 5 to 8 and baseball and fastpitch softball for ages 9 to 18, from June through August. The department anticipates 89 teams across 23 parks; those are the city's own projections.
Find corporate sponsors for your Long Beach-area organization — jerseys, field signage, tournaments, and more — and put the support back into your kids' season.
See Options for Organizations →Reach Long Beach-area families through youth sports sponsorships — 67% of youth sports parents say they're more likely to buy from a brand that sponsors their child's team than from one that sponsors a pro team they follow.
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