The LA 2028 Olympic & Paralympic Games

26 venues across the region — filter by area or search a sport.

New for 2028

Five sports join (or rejoin) the program in LA.

Venue–sport pairings come from LA28's plan and may shift before 2028 — verify on la28.org.

• 🏟️ Opening Ceremony (Jul 14, 2028) is a first-ever dual-stadium event — shared by the LA Memorial Coliseum and SoFi Stadium.
• 🏁 Closing Ceremony (Jul 30) is at the LA Memorial Coliseum — the first venue to stage events at three Olympics (1932, 1984, 2028).
• 🏊 Swimming runs Jul 22–30 at SoFi Stadium (nine days, the second week).
• 🏃 Athletics is staged at the Coliseum; LA28's reveal highlighted the women's 100m final on Day 1.
• ⭐ "Super Saturday" (Day 15) is the marquee day — 26 final sessions across 23 sports.

A full day-by-day competition schedule is published by LA28; some sport timings are still being finalized.

• Buy ONLY through the official platform: tickets.la28.org. Registration → a random time-slot draw → ticket "drops."
• ~1 million tickets start at a base price of $28 — the lowest in modern Olympic history; about a third of all tickets are under $100.
• Drop 1 (Apr 2026) already sold 4M+ tickets. Drop 2 registration closed Jul 22, 2026; further drops follow through 2027–2028.
• Up to 12 tickets per account per session. Premium/ceremony seats run into the thousands.
• The draw is free to enter — never pay anyone for "registration," and only resell/buy through LA28's official resale marketplace.

• ♻️ A "no-build" Games — the first Summer Olympics since London 1948 with no new permanent venues. Everything is an existing stadium/arena plus temporary overlays (the SoFi pool, beach venues, Exposition Park Stadium).
• 🏘️ The main Olympic & Paralympic Village is at UCLA, housing ~15,000 athletes, committed to 100% clean electricity and 90% landfill-waste diversion.
• 🚇 A transit-first, "car-free" Games — limited venue parking, with ~2,000 borrowed buses added to Metro's fleet and a Games Route Network of priority corridors. (Framed as an aspiration; expect to lean on rail + shuttles.)
• 🌊 Temporary venues put marquee sports in iconic places — swimming inside an NFL stadium, beach sports on real LA beaches, whitewater in Oklahoma City.

SoCal has six useful airports. Where you fly in matters if you're car-free.

These are billed as transit-first Games, with no spectator parking at venues. By 2028 Metro's rail network expands significantly — base yourself on a line and it's genuinely doable.

• 🚆 D Line (Purple) subway extension to the Westside — Koreatown → Beverly Hills → Century City → Westwood/UCLA (next to the Athletes' Village), targeted before the Games. Phased openings have slipped, so confirm which stations are live.
• ✈️ The LAX Automated People Mover (free, driverless) connects terminals to the LAX/Metro Transit Center and the K & C Lines — targeted to open 2026.
• 🏟️ The K Line already serves Inglewood (SoFi, Intuit Dome) and the LAX/Metro Transit Center (opened June 2025).
• 🚍 A Games Route Network + dedicated GETS shuttles link rail stations and park-and-ride lots to venues; Games tickets are intended to bundle transit (mechanics TBD).
• 💳 Pay by tapping a contactless card or phone — $1.75 base fare, free after a $5 daily / $18 weekly cap, with 2 hours of free transfers.
• 🚗 Weak links to plan rideshare for: Carson (Dignity Health Sports Park), the Sepulveda Basin/Valley complex, and far-flung surfing/equestrian venues.

There's no single area near everything — pick your base around the cluster you'll attend most, ideally on a rail line. Book refundable rooms early (they run 2–3× and sell out).

• Aug 15–27, 2028 — ~560 medal events, billed as the largest Paralympics ever.
• Opening Ceremony (Aug 15) at SoFi Stadium, which also hosts Para athletics; Closing Ceremony (Aug 27) at the LA Coliseum.
• Three main clusters — Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Carson — all within a ~35-mile radius, with a single Paralympic Village.
• Late August is the hottest stretch of the year — lean on early/late outdoor plans and the cooler coast.

Between sessions, SoCal is one big bucket list — and our finders sort everything by what's nearest your hotel. Start here: