What to Know
- The Olympics will return to Los Angeles for an historic third time in 2028.
- The LA 2028 Olympics Opening Ceremony is July 14, 2028 with competition through July 30, 2028.
- The LA28 Paralympic Games will kick off Aug. 15, 2028 and close Aug. 27, 2028.
- Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Exposition Park and SoFi Stadium in Inglewood will host the Opening and Closing Ceremony in a dual-venue celebration.
An important date is here for anyone planning to buy tickets for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
Wednesday is the final day to register for the second LA28 ticket draw, aka Drop 2. Once registered, a draw will be held to determine who receives a time slot to buy tickets in Drop 2.
Here are some key details.
- The registration deadline is 11:59 p.m. California time. on Wednesday, July 22.
- Drop 2 will run from Aug. 10-20.
- People randomly selected in the raw will be notified Aug. 6-7 by email of their time slot. Tickets can be purchased during that time slot.
- Time slots are open for 48 hours.
- Fan who registered for Drop 1, but did not receive a time slot did not buy their maximum number of tickets during Drop 1, are automatically entered in the Drop 2 draw.
- Up to 12 Olympic session tickets and up to 12 Football (Soccer) tournament tickets may be purchased.
- There is a four-ticket-per-ceremony limit, which counts toward the general 12-ticket maximum for Olympic events.
- Each person’s maximum Olympic ticket allowance is cumulative across all LA28 Olympic presales and ticket drops.
- Paralympic Games ticket sales will begin in 2027.
- LA28 will launch a multi-platform ticket resale network in 2027.
Images: See venues planned for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics
When are the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics?
The Olympics will return to Los Angeles for an historic third time in 2028.
The LA 2028 Olympics Opening Ceremony is July 14, 2028 with competition through July 30, 2028. The LA28 Paralympic Games will kick off Aug. 15, 2028 and close Aug. 27, 2028.
The organizing committee has released a first look at the competition schedule. Field hockey, basketball, rugby sevens, water polo, handball and cricket will be the first sports to kick off the competition on July 12, two days before the Opening Ceremony.
The first full date of competition, designated Day 1, is July 15. The order of events includes a twist for 2028 with track and field and swimming swapping their typical schedules. Track and field will compete at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in the first week of the Olympics schedule with swimming moving to the second week at SoFi Stadium.
The marathons will still be on the final weekend.
The first medal will be awarded in triathlon on Day 1 in Venice Beach. July 29, or Day 15, will be the busiest day on the podium with 16 gold and bronze events in team sports and 19 individual medal events.
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Exposition Park and SoFi Stadium in Inglewood will host the opening ceremony in a duel-venue celebration. The Paralympic opening ceremony will be at SoFi Stadium with the closing ceremony at the Coliseum.
New for the 2028 Olympics
The program approved for 2028 has 22 more medal events than Paris 2024 at 351.
Mixed team events added for 2028 include artistic gymnastics, athletics (4×100 mixed gender relay), golf, archery (compound bow), coastal rowing beach sprint and table tennis. The competition format for the new artistic gymnastic mixed team event will be finalized and announced at a later date.
The medal competition includes expansions to the field of women’s soccer and water polo event, a new women’s boxing weight class, an expanded 3×3 basketball field, and more medal events in swimming and sport climbing.
Flag football will make its Olympic debut in 2028 and lacrosse will return to the lineup of medal sports for the first time in more than a century. Baseball and softball will make their Olympic comeback, and cricket also will be part of the lineup.
See the full list of medal events here.