What to KnowThe 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 deadline is near for fans planning to attend events when the Olympics return for a third time to Los Angeles in 2028.

Registration for the first Olympics Ticket Draw is open through Wednesday ahead of tickets for all sports going on sale in early April. So far, more than 5 million fans from 197 countries and territories have registered since ticket draw registration opened in January. according to LA28.

Fans must register by 11:59:59 p.m. PDT on March 18 for an opportunity to secure a time slot for Drop 1, set for April 9-19 or the LA and Oklahoma City Locals Presale April 2-6. Registrants randomly selected to participate in the first ticket drop will be notified via email between March 31 and April 7 with information and time slots.

Fans selected for Drop 1 time slots will have the opportunity to buy up to 12 tickets for events, including Opening and Closing ceremonies, which have a four-ticket-per-ceremony limit. People who do not max out the allotment will be automatically be entered into subsequent draws.

Anyone interested in buying tickets for the soccer tournament can buy up to 12 tickets in addition to the 12-ticket limit for all other events.

More ticket drops are planned as the Olympics approach. Fans not selected in the first drop are automatically part of the subsequent draws.

More information can be found on LA28’s ticketing page.  

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.