More than 6 million tickets to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics have been sold through just two lottery drops, organizers announced Friday, Aug. 21, putting LA28 on pace to shatter the Paris 2024 sales record nearly two years before the Games begin.

The remaining roughly 4.5 million Olympic tickets will go on sale in 2027 on a first-come, first-served basis, according to the Los Angeles Times. LA28 has not announced a specific date for that sale to open.

"The demand we've seen across both drops is a powerful signal that the world is energized for LA28," LA28 chairperson and president Casey Wasserman said. "We're grateful to every fan who participated, and we're just getting started."

The 6 million figure accounts for more than half of the estimated 10.5 million Olympic tickets available. Paris 2024 had sold 5.39 million through its second drop. LA28 has already exceeded that mark.

What changes in 2027

The 12-ticket-per-person cap from the lottery drops will be lifted. Additional inventory across every sport will be added, including for events that sold out in both drops: flag football, softball, lacrosse and squash. All tickets for Oklahoma City's softball and canoe slalom events were claimed during the lotteries.

The ticketing platform will remain open continuously through the Games, which open Friday, July 14, 2028. Tickets that appear unavailable one day could surface weeks later as organizers finalize venue layouts. Crypto.com Arena's seating plan for artistic gymnastics, for example, is still being developed.

Allison Katz-Mayfield, LA28 senior vice president of Games delivery revenue, said the approach is meant to keep fans from feeling rushed. She told The Athletic that tickets won't all drop at once but will flow steadily from the 2027 opening through Games time, and that organizers want to avoid queues lasting hours.

Prices and access

Tickets range from $28 to $5,519 for a prime Opening Ceremony seat. LA28 says nearly 50% will cost less than $200, though for more than 60 events the top ticket exceeds $1,000. More than 700,000 of the one million $28 tickets were sold during the first two drops.

Dynamic pricing has not been ruled out for 2027, though organizers did not raise prices between the first and second drops.

Fans will need a free LA28 ID to buy tickets in 2027. Anyone worldwide can purchase, regardless of whether they participated in the 2026 drops, KTLA reported.

For those willing to pay more, hospitality packages through official provider On Location start at $400 and can exceed $15,000 per person. For basketball, top seating categories including courtside are available only through those packages.

Paralympics and resale

Paralympic tickets will also go on sale in 2027, beginning with a lottery for assigned time slots. About 3.5 million Paralympic tickets are expected, priced lower than Olympic tickets. Fans already registered for Olympic lotteries will automatically be enrolled for the Paralympic draws.

LA28's verified resale program is expected to launch in 2027 through platforms including AXS, Ticketmaster and Sports Illustrated Tickets. Organizers warned that any tickets listed for resale before the official program launches have not been verified.

Ticketing and hospitality revenue are expected to cover almost $2.5 billion of LA28's $7.1 billion privately funded budget. The next sale date has not been announced.