The Summer Olympics return to Los Angeles — 36 sports, 10,500 athletes, 3 weeks.
The 2028 Summer Olympics come to Los Angeles — 32 years after Atlanta 1996 and 44 years after LA 1984. 36 sports, 10,500 athletes from 200+ countries. LA has always hosted the Olympics differently: the 1984 Games set the template for the commercially self-sustaining Olympics that every city after has tried to replicate. The 2028 Games are spread across 30+ venues from Palos Verdes to Long Beach, with surfing at Teahupo'o in Tahiti (a 12-hour flight). A custom LA Olympics package secures the event tickets, the accommodation strategy, and the California experience around the Games.
Olympic tickets are allocated through an official lottery (typically 18–24 months before the Games) at olympictickets2028.com. The most in-demand sports (100m sprint, gymnastics all-around, swimming finals, opening ceremony) require lottery entry months ahead. Less popular sports (handball, field hockey, canoe slalom) have tickets available closer to the Games and are genuinely excellent live experiences. Our approach: enter the lottery for 2–3 premium events, supplement with high-quality secondary sports, and book accommodation before tickets are confirmed.
LA 1984 was the first Olympics to use existing facilities rather than building new ones — 2028 follows the same approach. SoFi Stadium (opened 2020, hosts the opening and closing ceremonies, track & field, and the football final), the Intuit Dome (basketball), the Crypto.com Arena (boxing, weightlifting), the Staples Riviera Country Club (golf), and Palos Verdes for mountain biking. The Olympic Village is at UCLA. The fan zone in downtown LA (LA Live / Crypto.com Arena area) will be the social hub of the Games.
Three weeks in Southern California alongside the Olympics: Santa Monica beach mornings before events, Joshua Tree National Park for a night under the stars, Big Sur coastal drive, San Francisco extension (1-hour flight north), or a pre-Games Yosemite trip (5 hours). Summer in LA is reliably warm (25–30°C), low humidity, and the traffic is only bearable during the Olympics because officials manage it — 1984 had the best LA traffic in decades. The Pacific Coast Highway drive from Malibu to Santa Barbara is the classic California experience.
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The fastest humans in history at SoFi Stadium. The most prestigious 10 seconds in athletics. We enter the ticket lottery the moment it opens. One of the hardest tickets in sport to get — but we're in the queue from day one.
The most technically spectacular Olympic discipline, watched by more people globally than any sport except the sprint. The Intuit Dome is an intimate venue — the seat experience is far better than the Olympic Stadium for gymnastics.
The Olympic surfing competition at Teahupo'o (French Polynesia) — the most powerful and dangerous wave in competition surfing. A separate 3-day trip from LA (12-hour flight) to watch the surfing on the most photogenic wave in the world.
The LA 2028 opening ceremony will be a Hollywood-produced spectacle. SoFi Stadium seats 70,000. We enter the ceremony lottery on opening day and have a contingency strategy for secondary market if the primary lottery fails.
Beach volleyball returns to Santa Monica, where it was played in 1996 (Atlanta) and then moved. The outdoor beach setting is the most accessible and enjoyable Olympic venue experience — combine with a Santa Monica beach morning.
On non-event days: Joshua Tree National Park (2.5 hours east) for night sky photography and boulder hiking. Pacific Coast Highway drive. Disneyland for families. Wine country in Santa Barbara. We build 10–21 day California itineraries around the Olympic schedule.
The Summer Olympics 2028 in Los Angeles run from July 14 to August 30, 2028. The Paralympic Games follow from September 15 to September 27, 2028. The Opening Ceremony is July 14 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood.
Olympic tickets for LA 2028 go through the official Olympic ticketing portal (via the LA28 organizing committee). A public ticket lottery typically opens 18–24 months before the Games (expected late 2026 to early 2027). Register at the official LA28 ticketing site when it opens. We track the lottery calendar and guide you through the process.
The main venues are concentrated in the LA basin (Inglewood for SoFi Stadium, downtown LA for the Crypto.com Arena/Intuit Dome cluster, Westwood/UCLA for the Olympic Village). Santa Monica and Westwood provide walkable-to-transit access to multiple venues. Avoid staying in the San Fernando Valley or far east LA — Olympic venue transport will be congested.
Our custom packages start at €3,500/person for 10 days including hotel and event tickets for 3–4 sessions. Full packages with premium events (100m final, gymnastics all-around, opening ceremony) run €6,000–€15,000/person. Accommodation in LA in summer 2028 will be at significant premium — booking early (2026) is essential.
Yes — Olympic surfing in 2028 returns to Teahupo'o in French Polynesia (as it was in Paris 2024). This requires a separate 3–5 day trip from LA (12-hour flight, Papeete then Tahiti boat). Teahupo'o in competition mode is one of the most spectacular sports viewing experiences anywhere — massive left-hand barrel waves breaking over a shallow reef. We build combined LA + Tahiti packages.
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