The 2028 Los Angeles Olympics are approaching, and Wednesday is the final day to register for the second LA28 ticket draw, also known as Drop 2. Once registered, a draw will be held to determine who receives a time slot to buy tickets in Drop 2.
Competition Schedule
The Olympics will return to Los Angeles for a historic third time in 2028, with the Opening Ceremony on July 14, 2028, and competition through July 30, 2028. The LA28 Paralympic Games will kick off on August 15, 2028, and close on August 27, 2028.
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 day 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 the 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 dual-venue celebration. The Paralympic opening ceremony will be at SoFi Stadium, with the closing ceremony at the Coliseum.
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.
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 will also be part of the lineup.
Original reporting: NBC4 Los Angeles — read the source article.
