The United States first hosted the Olympic Games -- the 3^rd Olympiad, in 1904 -- in St. Louis, Missouri. Since then, the U.S. has hosted the Games multiple times, with two U.S. cities (Los Angeles and Lake Placid, NY) having hosted the Olympic Games twice.

Summer Olympic Games have been held in Los Angeles (twice, in 1932 and 1984) and Atlanta (1996); Winter Olympic Games have been held in Lake Placid, NY (twice, in 1932 and 1980), Squaw Valley, CA (1960), and Salt Lake City (2002).