LA 2028 Olympics Countdown
The Games of the XXXIV Olympiad open in Los Angeles on July 14, 2028, the third time LA has hosted, after 1932 and 1984. This countdown runs to the opening ceremony.
LA 2028 Olympics Opening Ceremony is on Friday, July 14, 2028, which is 722 days away. The live countdown above ticks down to the exact moment, to the second.
How many days until LA 2028 Olympics Opening Ceremony?
LA 2028 Olympics Opening Ceremony is on Friday, July 14, 2028, which is 722 days away. The live countdown above ticks down to the exact moment, to the second.
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LA, three-peat host
Los Angeles joins London and Paris as the only cities to host the Summer Games three times. The 1984 LA Games famously turned a profit and reshaped how the Olympics are organized.
New sports, iconic venues
LA28 brings new and returning sports, including cricket, flag football, squash and lacrosse, staged across landmarks from the Coliseum, which hosted in both 1932 and 1984, to SoFi Stadium.
1932: the Depression Games that invented the podium
LA's first Olympics opened in 1932 with the world mired in the Great Depression — barely half as many athletes made the trip as in 1928. Yet those Games changed the Olympics forever: organizers built the first Olympic Village, 550 bungalows on 321 acres in Baldwin Hills, and gave the brand-new victory podium — first used months earlier at the Lake Placid Winter Games — its modern form, with numbered steps, flag-raising and the winner's national anthem. Against all odds, the 1932 Games still turned a profit of about $1 million — a trick LA famously repeated in 1984.
Tickets, two stadiums, and how to watch
For the first time in Olympic history, the opening ceremony splits across two venues: the Memorial Coliseum and SoFi Stadium in Inglewood. Tickets are sold in phased "drops" through LA28's official platform — register at la28.org, and randomly selected registrants receive timed purchase windows, with ceremony tickets capped at four per buyer. An official verified resale marketplace handles secondhand sales, so skip unofficial brokers. In the United States, NBC and Peacock carry the Games; elsewhere, check your national Olympic broadcaster.
Quick facts
- Opening ceremony: July 14, 2028
- LA's third Summer Games (1932, 1984, 2028)
- New sports include cricket, flag football, squash and lacrosse
- The LA Coliseum will host its third Olympics
- The opening ceremony spans two venues, the Coliseum and SoFi Stadium — an Olympic first
- The 1932 LA Games built the first Olympic Village and gave the victory podium its modern numbered-steps form
How to watch LA 2028 Olympics
NBC/NBCUniversal (NBC broadcast, cable channels like USA Network, and the Peacock streaming service) is the exclusive US Olympic broadcast rights holder, a partnership dating to 1988 for the Summer Games. In March 2025, NBCUniversal signed a $3 billion extension with the IOC locking in US rights through the 2036 Summer Games, comfortably covering LA 2028.
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LA 2028 Olympics Opening Ceremony — frequently asked questions
When is LA 2028 Olympics Opening Ceremony?
LA 2028 Olympics Opening Ceremony is on Friday, July 14, 2028.
How many days until LA 2028 Olympics Opening Ceremony?
LA 2028 Olympics Opening Ceremony is on Friday, July 14, 2028, which is 722 days away. The live countdown above ticks down to the exact moment, to the second.
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