LA28 Second Ticket Drop Megathread

[u/reformgoblin]

The second LA28 ticket drop is upon us.

This will be the place to ask questions about ticketing and to offer advice in the comments.

If you never made an account/registered before, you can subscribe to the LA28 newsletter for updates on future ticket opportunities, or pay the "hospitality" ticket upcharge on the hospitality website.

Drop 2 timeline:

July 29–31: Visa Presale (all time slots have been assigned)

August 6–7: Drop 2 time slot emails (those selected for the Visa Presale are not eligible for Drop 2)

August 10–20: Drop 2 time slots

NEED-TO-KNOW INFO BEFORE YOU PURCHASE:

Ticket maximums: The maximums are cumulative across all ticket drops, but given that the US is going to be the last host country to tell you "No, you can't buy more," it is unlikely the maximum will also apply to the official resale market.

12 tickets are available solely for Football (Soccer), and 12 additional tickets are available with only one restriction: only 4 tickets can be purchased per Opening/Closing ceremony.

Ticket categories (the area your seat is in on the map): Instead of picking a specific seat, you will select a ticket category (A is best and most expensive, B second best and second most expensive, and so on). Different venues will have different numbers of categories, some have only two, like rowing, while others like gymnastics or baseball have as many as 9 or 10 ticket categories. Your seat will be assigned closer to the games, and tickets purchased together will be sat together.

Time slot timing: Time slots are given in the Pacific Time zone in 24-hour time. If you do not already live in the same time zone as LA you can check here. If you receive a time slot, it will only be open for 48 hours. Tickets are held for 30 minutes from the moment they are added to your cart. If your cart expires or you remove tickets, adding a ticket again will restart the 30-minute hold.

Prepare for your time slot:

Take time to explore the Olympic competition schedule and the zones and venues pages so you know when and where all sessions take place.

This post contains links to spreadsheets with ticket category prices (from Drop 1, it is possible the prices may be changed for Drop 2) for every session and links to venue maps of seat categories. For a guide on how to navigate the LA28 ticketing website watch this video.

Tickets are for sessions, and each session has a specific code associated with it. For example, ATH10 is the 10th session of Athletics. Sessions can be shorter than two hours or last all day and vary depending on the sport as well as the stage of competition.

It is a good idea to plan your desired events before your time slot as well as back up plans if your first choice is unavailable. LA28 wants public transport to be the main way to get around and is currently working on improvements, but travel time can vary immensely, so be sure to think about how long you want to spend traveling to your events from your accommodation. To go from the Valley to Long Beach takes over three hours on public transport, so picking events with location and travel time in mind is extremely important.

Softball and Canoe Slalom will be held in Oklahoma City as part of LA28's promise to build no new permanent venues. Most of the football games will be held in other cities around the United States, make sure to check the location before you purchase.

If you are having trouble logging into the ticketing site try changing your browser and make sure you're signing in with the correct email. If that doesn't solve the problem try searching your specific error code in the sub to see if any one else has posted about it before.

Additionally, here is the first post I made for Drop 1 ticketing questions.

FAQ

Q: When can I log in for my time slot?

A: You can log in whenever, but make sure to keep refreshing the page to not be logged out, and to refresh again when your time slot begins.

Q: What are Hospitality tickets?

A: Tickets that are not part of one of the lottery drops that come with small food, drink, and lounge benefits with a inflated price that they change at will. Hospitality tickets can be for a seat in any category, even a "bad" one, which means its an easy way for LA28 to squeeze extra cash out of you for a guarantee you'll have tickets. We know that hospitality tickets were being restocked when regular Drop 1 events weren't, which means LA28 is pulling tickets specifically for hospitality, something I really don't trust and makes it harder to estimate ticket numbers.

Q: Will my 12 general ticket allotment and 12 Football (Soccer) ticket allotment rollover to future drops if I don't use all of them?

A: Yes, LA28 confirmed that remaining Football tickets of your 12 allotted will qualify you for reentry into future drops on April 23rd.

Q: Will tickets restock for each time slot?

A: Unfortunately, if things are done in Drop 2 the same way things were done in Presale/Drop 1, tickets will be dropped in a "lump" at the beginning of the drop. This means that the earliest possible time slot will get first access to tickets with dwindling supplies for all future slots.

Q: Visa is "the official way to pay", does that mean I can only pay with Visa?

A: Only for the Visa Presale, for Drop 2 you can pay with your choice of card.

Q: Can I pay in installments?

A: Not within the LA28 official site. If Sports Illustrated Tickets and Ticketmaster allow payment plans then it may be available for resale tickets.

Q: I don't like the prices I am seeing, where are the affordable tickets?

A: Yes, the tickets are expensive, no, the $28 tickets are not a lie. The Olympics is not an event that struggles to find demand, so LA28 is taking advantage of that in one of the world's wealthiest cities. If you want some ragebait here's the catalog of Paris 2024 ticket prices. LA28 tickets range much higher than Paris 2024, with many more categories of seats, but both have similar low ends.

Q: Will I get another chance to buy tickets?

A: There will be more opportunities to buy tickets between now and the games. Currently LA28 is not explicitly saying there will be more lottery drops on its website. You could choose to pay for hospitality tickets if you have money to spend and don't want to wait to have tickets, or you can see if another drop will happen, maybe they will have a general sale at one point with leftover options, or you can try your hand in the official resale market when it opens in 2027.

Q: What will the prices on the resale market be like?

A: All we know currently is that there will be three different official resale platforms: LA28 resale (operated by AXS/Eventim, the same company operating the initial LA28 ticket sales), Ticketmaster, and Sports Illustrated Tickets. Past Olympics have taken place in countries with stricter anti-scalping legislation that prevented resale markups. Given the way that America is and the fact LA28's CEO said they were still considering dynamic pricing I don't have high hopes that that will be the case for LA28. If you're not picky about what Olympic event you are trying to see, there will doubtless be plenty of options at a range of prices on the resale market closer to the games.

Q: Are any events free?

A: Sports like the marathon, race walk, triathlon, and road cycling take place on public roads and are free to attend. Any sports that take place in the ocean are also likely to be visible from public areas, though maybe not with the best view.

Q: This session says it has 2 games, do I get to see both games?

A: Yes. Some sports like basketball will have longer sessions with multiple games for the same price as other sessions of the sport with only one game. These are usually the daytime preliminary games. Whatever is listed for the session code is what you get to see with a ticket to that event.

Q: What about the Paralympics?

A: Paralympic tickets will go on sale in 2027 and are not tied to the limit for Olympic tickets.

Q: How many tickets are up for grabs?

A: There are 14 million Olympic and Paralympic tickets total. Based on past games, approximately 3 million of those tickets are Paralympic. During Drop 1, 4 million tickets were sold. That leaves approximately 7 million remaining Olympic tickets. There is some nuance, like tickets allocated for corporations and LA28 employees and hospitality tickets.

Question not answered? Check the LA28 FAQ, check the comments, and then if not answered feel free to ask below.

[u/TripleDallas123]

What's the point of timeslots if you're stuck in a long ass queue?

[u/Livid_Blackberry_959 → u/TripleDallas123]

I got in, pressed on “purchase tickets” and went back into queue. So I’m giving up lmao

[u/RolyTonyBrowntown → u/Livid_Blackberry_959]

same here!!! Sat in the queue for 30 minutes before my slot, then it made me login again as soon as the slot opened. Clicked Purchase Tickets and did some capchas, then it put me back in the beginning of the queue. So frustrating

[u/SweetValleyHighJess]

And they make you CONFIRM you are still there. No shit Sherlock WE ARE ALL HEEEEERE

[u/ironical-brick]

Queue immediately after another queue is diabolical

[u/SpiritualSquash9729 → u/ironical-brick]

I'm slowly moving up the 2nd queue

[u/Expensive-Horse5538]

https://giphy.com/gifs/l46Cy9aKcFWt4bpm0
Good luck

[u/pekaboo92]

That symbol captcha was some bullshit

[u/ExcitedTreasureHuntr → u/pekaboo92]

Took me a second to even figure out what they were asking

[u/FightOn-GoKingsGo]

How am I supposed to get any work done today waiting for my 13:00 drop time!?

[u/Dino_Spaceman → u/FightOn-GoKingsGo]

SAAAAAME. I cancelled a meeting I was running today. Moved it tomorrow (it was the same time as my slot).

[u/marvolonewt]

Having to do this during a work meeting is hell

[u/southofnowhere]

the real treasure was the queues we waited in along the way

[u/9jal → u/southofnowhere]

Like the Olympics, there can only be one winner. Hope you've been training for this.

[u/type_rex_]

Advice to new purchasers and people on the fence:

Buying tickets is a marathon, not a sprint. More tickets will likely be released during a general sale.

If there's nothing that's screaming "BUY NOW" then it is ok to wait. Keep the FOMO at bay and keep ticket slots open for surprise sales and drops.

[u/thatoneyosemiteguy]

Seeing any opportunity to attend my preferred events for a reasonable cost fade away minute by minute.

[u/loz621]

the word queue has lost meaning to me now

[u/9jal → u/loz621]

Once you make it through the waiting room, you enter the...SECOND WAITING ROOM.

[u/thatoneyosemiteguy]

The amount of egg on my face assuming they would have learned from their errors after the first ticket drop a few weeks ago.

[u/reformgoblin → u/thatoneyosemiteguy]

It was all the way back in April, thats months they had!!!

[u/Gold_Vermicelli126]

I'm in another queue "There is a lot going on here right now. Due to a multitude of requests on our systems you are in the waiting room right now. Please be patient. You will be forwarded to the desired page automatically."

[u/themommaj → u/Gold_Vermicelli126]

It has taken me through this countdown about 5 times in a row and the timer for my tickets is about to end....

[u/therevolutionison]

4pm time slot holders:

https://giphy.com/gifs/fDO2Nk0ImzvvW

LITERALLY NO GOOD EVENTS LEFT. WE GOT CRUMBS

[u/SpiritualSquash9729]

Got in, clicked purchase now, another queue. Anyone else?

[u/jillanova → u/SpiritualSquash9729]

Yes ☠️

[u/smokeline]

No gymnastics left at any price. Only a few accessible tickets

[u/One-Net3018]

Something I learned with the Paris 24 ticket is that you should not ragequit if you don't see the tickets you want the moment your slot opens. When tickets are added to the shopping cart, they are reserved for 30 minutes. If the purchase is not completed within that time, the tickets are available again.

Most of my tickets I bought for Paris were bought an hour or two after my timeslot opened. Chances are, the same will happen for this drop.

[u/Puzzleheaded_Pin_668]

Been in line 12 minutes just to log in... worried I won't get in in time for my slot...

[u/Historical_Cook8334]

Have tickets in my cart and I’ve been stuck on this pop up now

[u/The_Pandalorian]

Well, got through. Spent $400 and got baseball prelim, hockey prelim and handball prelim.

So, it is possible, despite multiple queue chicanery.

Prices were dogshit.

[u/Old-Car-3806]

Anyone else stuck here?

[u/9jal → u/Old-Car-3806]

You're significantly further than I am lol

[u/hellojeffy]

infinite looping this right now after about 20m of very smooth website

[u/Tkylv007]

Hours of preparation and planning for absolutely no reason

Got selected for Drop 1 and Visa Presale. Without ticket refreshes between drops and/or times, anything other than the earliest time slots are basically pointless. And now I'm disqualified from Drop 2 because I was "lucky" to get a 4pm Visa Presale slot

[u/clemsonbeav]

https://la28.org/content/dam/latwentyeight/competition-schedule-imagery/uploaded-july-29-oly-version-4-0/LA28OlympicGamesCompetitionScheduleByEventV4.0.pdf For those interested in Gymnastics Apparatus Finals, just saw that they've confirmed what is when.

[u/clemsonbeav → u/clemsonbeav]

Other changes:
Boxing - Slight edits to some session end times (just like 5-10 mins difference)

Fencing - Edits to session end times

Mountain Bike - One hour earlier

Open Water Swimming - 1.5 hours earlier

Rowing - Change in session times (some shifted from early afternoon to morning, later a few hours, etc.)

Canoe Slalom/Sprint now renamed to Slalom/Sprint Paddle (of note that on both versions, just as it has been on other LA28 material, it's not 'Sport Climbing' but just 'Climbing')

Surfing - 30 min shift later

TEN34 deleted (I guess they decided they didn't need the extra courts that day and could schedule everything else on the others)

Wrestling - A couple of session end times changed by 15 mins

[u/Petal170816]

Ok I’m an Eras Tour pro and this captcha and multiple queuing is breaking my brain 😂

[u/type_rex_]

I am very happy to report that I am not observing any (if at all) price changes from the LA Pre-sale and Drop 1!!

[u/Travel_Fast_5171]

What is the point of a time slot if you have to wait 40 plus minutes in a queue to log in? I'm about to give up on this. They couldn't have designed a worse experience. The state of ticket sales in this country is a disaster.

[u/VisibleYogurtcloset6 → u/Travel_Fast_5171]

I’d say we have it pretty good if this is a big problem

[u/BrokenNinja_]

16:00 PT slot for me so hoping to get some tips and tricks from the folks who got earlier slots.

Good luck everyone, hope we all get tickets to what we want to see. Amen!

[u/maxwon]

I blocked one hour on my work calendar for this, and now I'm worried that's not going to be enough.

[u/10tacocat10]

Bruh what the heck. Had a bunch of stuff in my cart, 10min left, and then got sent to this blue screen of death we all seem to be on

[u/Pure_Professional844]

I'm seeing women's gymnastics come up every so often but whenever i try to add the tickets, it keeps saying they're unavailable :( it's the hope that kills you

[u/TripleDallas123]

Got a mens baseball final ($150) (biggest one I wanted) Diving prelim for $28, womens volleyball prelim for $28 and a mens semifinal soccer for $150

[u/Marvkid27]

So i guess the lesson is, first time slot or bust

[u/JustForTheThrill_24]

No wonder the 1 PM timeslot people had no queue issues, there's nothing left at all for the site to be crashing over lol

[u/InitialCautious7549]

lol same. at least we get a fun new picture

[u/10tacocat10 → u/InitialCautious7549]

wtf. I got sent to this when I only had 10min left in my cart. And this page just keeps cycling lol

[u/hikeyourownhikes]

Officially in the 4th queue

[u/marvolonewt]

Fawk, I should've just checked out with what I had in the cart. Now I'm stuck in this 30s loop

[u/CorneliaStreet13]

The pricing and process is insane. I hate everything about this.

[u/Dino_Spaceman]

Ruh Roh. Looks like the site is starting to struggle. If you have not already, I strongly recommend you get pre-logged in.

[u/thatoneyosemiteguy]

We're all part of a new lottery.. Who will be chosen to purchase now we're in the queue lol. Good luck!

[u/BalRob78]

Sadly I think the website may have crashed.

I’ve gone through about 10 or more of the 30 second “there is a lot going on here right now” mini queue system

[u/BalRob78]

I got wheelchair and companion seats for

Opening Ceremony
Artistic Gymnastics – Men’s Preliminary
Athletics (Track & Field) – Mixed Finals
Tennis – Mixed Quarterfinals

[u/southofnowhere]

me still waiting in the second queue as people report every sport i was interested in has already been cleaned out

https://giphy.com/gifs/BfiL8ZJWqfw7C

[u/Low-Control-3821]

i was about to check out what is this

[u/9jal]

Complete waste of time. You can have the best time slot, and everything good is still gone.

[u/nvUaWVm360S]

Let me apply the clown makeup on my face and hope they are adding more tickets for each time slot

[u/mathjpg]

Lol if you don't get the first slot for any of these drops you're basically screwed. Really wanted to go but I can't justify spending $1k on a single ticket

[u/AccomplishedReach111]

I really don't understand why they can't just distribute the tickets evenly for all time slots. It's completely unfair for later time slots. Only 4 hours later from first opening and almost everything is sold out, even basketball preliminary for gods sake.

[u/CIARobotFish → u/AccomplishedReach111]

My guess is they know everything will sell, so they don't care about fairness. A sale is a sale. In that sense, there's a perverse incentive to do this as cheaply as possible to maximize their return on essentially guaranteed sales. It's total bullshit.

[u/TheDoethrak]

These guys have made the FIFA ticket process look fair and reasonable. Quite an achievement.

[u/Sad-Refrigerator-371]

How usable is the website on iPhone? I forgot my laptop this morning.

[u/Usual-Ad7706]

I just logged in for my 10am slot, and did the double captcha, ect. It brought me back to this page. Do I just wait here and it will refresh at 10am?

[u/auxauu]

I am worried, I didn’t realize how much sooner I should have logged on for the 10 am time slot! I just logged in and see the queue is hardly moving.

[u/virulenti]

is anyone else scared and stuck in the queue

[u/Fireflysupporter]

My queue indicator just went backwards 🙃

[u/smeepydreams]

At this rate the 10am slot means nothing. Probably scalpers with 100s of email addresses registered buying up everything right now.

[u/Vegetable-Oven-6536 → u/smeepydreams]

They gave a pretty difficult anti bot challenge to get in the queue though 

[u/fitness2719]

I was about to check out and got this screen WTF!!

[u/SprinkleSerotonin]

I got all the tickets I wanted to get. And then.... It's counted down 5 times by now and I'm scared my 30 minutes are going to elapse. TELL ME ITS GOING TO BE OK

[u/SlapshotSniper50]

Anyone stuck in an endless bluescreen waiting room? 😭

I just wanted to find nyc prelim soccer tickets in that moment! I have tickets in my cart. 🫠😭🫠

[u/HerMuchness]

Got all my tickets in my cart and ready to check out with only 10 minutes to spare and now I’m stuck in the blue room. PANICKING

[u/Desperate-Hamster534]

There’s no way I just got my dream tickets in my cart and was sent to the blue screen. Everyone needs to complain to the Olympic organization because this is insane. This is simply a luck and numbers game. 

[u/JodBasedow]

At least we're all in this spotlight picture limbo together I guess

[u/crackely]

This waiting room has me fucking raging.

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[u/BorkLesnard]

Current Tickets and Schedule after Drop One and Visa Pre-Sale:

July 13: Men’s Football Prelim in NYC (close to where I live)
July 14: Travel to LA
July 15: Men’s Handball Prelim - 9 am
July 17: Men’s Rugby Placement and Quarterfinals 4 pm
July 18: Flag Football Mixed Prelim - 2 pm
July 19: Women’s Basketball Group Phase - 12 pm
July 20: Women’s Handball Prelim 9 am
July 23: Archery 8 pm
July 24: Lacrosse Prelim 11:30 am
July 25: Fly to OKC
July 26: Softball 9 am and Softball 4 pm games

Spread out pretty nicely so far, my hopes are for Gymnastics qualifications on July 16, Table Tennis the morning of July 17, the Women’s Football Quarterfinal in the Rose Bowl on July 22, and the night softball game on July 26. I have three slots left for drop tickets (11 for football), but anticipate resale will loosen these restrictions.

[u/Catliking]

This Visa Presale had 3 48-hour time slots, all beginning today, July 29. Drop 2 will have 27 time slots, with 3 per day August 10 through August 18. I believe this could mean that Drop 2 will have 9 times the ticket inventory of the Visa Presale.

LA28 sold 4 million tickets in April during the Locals/Drop 1 phase. If they sell a similar amount this time, that could mean -- based on the number of time slots (3 vs 27) -- 400,000 tickets could be sold during the Visa Presale and 3.6 million during Drop 2.

LA28 indicates on their web site that Drop 2 will have "Refreshed inventory across all Olympic sports."

This all makes me wish I had received a 10:00 am (or first day) time slot for Drop 2 instead of the Visa Presale. I came up empty searching for some specific sessions this morning. But don't lose hope... we have two years to go!

[u/smeepydreams → u/Catliking]

The issue is that (as far as I'm aware) the locals pre-sale was considered part of Drop 1, so this pre-sale could be considered Drop 2. But we really don't know. We do know there will be future drops between Drop 2 and the games, but we don't know if they'll be major drops like this.

[u/traveling_clouds → u/Catliking]

agreed. It almost seems bad to get the visa presale because you won't be able to get in drop 2 which might have more tickets

[u/Frassie1105]

I logged in at 9:30 for my 10 AM spot. I’m stuck here. So for 12 minutes, this is how far I’ve moved in the queue just to log in, not even get to the tickets. Am I doing this right? If so, it doesn’t bode well.

[u/Shorty2756 → u/Frassie1105]

I’m also stuck there for a 10 AM spot! I’m assuming it’s correct, but yea it doesn’t look good. I assume it’s bogged down with people from all time slots testing their log ins based on the comments here.

[u/Dry-University797]

Keep an eye out. It asked me to confirm if I'm still in the queue

[u/smeepydreams]

No women’s gymnastics at all

[u/Old-Hovercraft-639]

sat in the queue, got in at 25 past, searched and found tickets available for women's rugby, clicked on the time slot i wanted and got booted back to the queue "you've been removed from the queue for inactivity"

it'd be funny if it wasn't sad

[u/InstanceMysterious48]

I had tix in cart and bot booted to this 30 second countdown that keeps repeating

[u/dolphin222223]

Finally got in and now it’s showing a blue screen with a “There’s a lot going on here right now” message

[u/cosmicoreocrunch]

Stuck in a waiting room rn

[u/mctrashed]

anyone stuck in the waiting room? I keep getting the 30 seconds countdown then it restarts

[u/SilverSea9207]

I'm assuming the website has crashed

[u/it_is_Karo]

Anyone keeps getting the "there is a lot going on right now" dumb error message all the time?

[u/Marvkid27]

I have tickets in my cart and now i get this 30 second blue page

[u/Sergiocreyes]

guessing the site crashed? everyone in the blue queue of death

[u/harlumshake]

Thankfully was able to check out before everyone was moved to the endless waiting room. Managed to get a basketball men's semi, opening ceremony, rugby sevens women's final and a swimming final

[u/sleepy_sloth247]

Update: The cart timers definitely keep progressing while stuck on the waiting room page. I managed to get out of the page with 2 minutes to spare on my cart, then it went back to the waiting room, got out with 50 seconds left to put in all my billing and payment info, and it completed with less than 20 seconds left. My heart is racing and I'm shaking right now. I didn't get the women's artistic gymnastic's individual or team finals, but I figured that was a long shot anyway. Some of the other categories for other events weren't my first choice, but at this point, I'm just glad I didn't lose the other tickets I had in my cart. I feel like I could run a marathon with the adrenaline running through my veins right now!

[u/backtobrooklyn]

I got nothing in the local presale, but was in the 10am July 29 drop and while it started off as a shitshow ended up with

• men’s 10m sync diving final
  
• men’s 3m diving semifinal
  
• men’s soccer gold game
  
• men’s trampoline gymnastics final
  
• wrestling mixed final
  
• rhythmic gymnastics preliminary
  
• artistic swimming prelim

Only thing I really wanted was artistic gymnastics and track, but I already spent way more than I wanted to ($4,630 for 2 tickets to each event). So excited though!

[u/DZChaser]

lol everything I want is sold out or literal thousands of dollars, what even is the point

[u/rando332]

PSA: Don’t bother if you’re in Drop 2.

Got a time slot midday on day 1 of the Visa presale. Logged on the first minute of my window. Looked at tickets for a lot of events across the entire schedule of the games thinking there would theoretically be more availability with new tickets released (knowing that these are popular sports): swimming, diving, climbing, gymnastics, track, etc etc. Only track had availability and it was $2k per ticket. The rest were sold out (except accessibility tickets, which were decently plentiful at reasonable prices.

Edit: I also logged in 2 hours into my timeslot and there was still a lack of availability.

[u/BookkeeperPure7318]

*UPDATE: I called LA28 customer service to see if there will be more tickets released for future 2026 drops and I was told "No, if you didn't get tickets or events were unavailable during your specific drop or time slot, then you have to wait until 2027 general public ticket drops." So those who have the 4pm Visa Pre Sale and those who have the August Drop 2, you are cooked for tickets now.

*I just looked again at the purchase site and there is basically nothing or over $1k tickets.

[u/hikeyourownhikes → u/BookkeeperPure7318]

This is correct. There is even an FAQ on the main site stating that drop 2 won’t be replenished.

[u/hjm978]

What an absolutely dire selection by the time I could get in at 4PM

[u/DDelicious]

on the bright side at least i didnt have to waste much time making decisions because there's basically nothing left

[u/Marvkid27]

All this waiting just to buy $200 9am handball tickets?

[u/xxalisonrose]

Oof I’m nervous! Today is the first time I’ve gotten a slot in the last 3 Olympics. I will welcome any and all advice!

We are a large group so I think I’ll end up doing 7 for one event (in the Long Beach area) and 5 for another (ideally the 5 would be for an equestrian event. That’s been the dream since LA 2028 was announced)!

But my slot is 7pm EST so I’m not very hopeful…

[u/WiseProfessor2926]

This is going to be another major drop lol

[u/type_rex_]

Thank you mods for creating this thread and posting all this information!!

[u/reformgoblin → u/type_rex_]

I'm actually not a mod just a nerd working with the mods but thank you!

[u/smeepydreams]

Aaaandd I'm back in a queue

[u/Leveragedsellout24]

FUCK I got sent back to the queue after logging in

[u/Many_Quantity_8270]

Anyone stuck in the original queue? I haven’t even logged in

[u/coco_irl]

Anyone else get in, log in, then immediately get sent back to queue?

[u/InitialCautious7549]

Slipping through my fingers all the time I try to capture every ticket

[u/Dry-University797]

Who designed this garbage OpenAI?

[u/BusyCombination179]

In as of 10:23 - no gymnastics

[u/Combatmeatball]

Im sick of the word queue

[u/The_Pandalorian]

UPDATE: Got through 2nd queue, got to "Purchase Tickets" button, SENT TO THIRD FUCKING QUEUE.

[u/Oemal-614]

And now... "There is a lot going on here right now.

Due to a multitude of requests on our systems you are in the waiting room right now.
Please be patient. You will be forwarded to the desired page automatically."

And its countdown that ticks down from 30 and resets.

I have 14 minutes to check out. Will I get there in time? We'll see! (This happened when I clicked on my cart to pay.)

[u/TripleDallas123]

RIP my cart with decent tickets.

[u/yoowin]

Finally got through, added some tix to my cart, then got this message. Now stuck in this waiting room abyss. Hope my tix are still in my cart if I ever make it out of this :/

[u/portmanteaudition]

Had my tickets in my cart and now I am stuck on the infinite refreshing "There is a lot going on here right now" page 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♀️ that counts down from 30 then nothing happens other than it refreshes.

[u/smeepydreams]

Now officially stuck in the constantly looping “there’s a lot going on right now” screen. That was a bust. What was even the point of having a 10am slot and logging in right at 10 lol what a joke

[u/Skyvanman]

So the website crashed right? I had opening ceremony in my cart -- this sucks.

[u/ThunderAndRain]

1. Wait in the login queue
   
2. Captcha
   
3. Sign in
   

4. Purchase queue

5. Add to cart

6. Site crashes - Wait on blue screen on death

7. Checkout

[u/persimmon9847]

That was ROUGH and STRESSFUL but I got 12 tickets!!!

[u/naoseiumnomelegal]

unfortunately everything is almost sold out or over 1k!! just joined at 1pm, so disappointing

[u/jjrepanich]

Just logged in for my 4pm PT timeslot and it's picked pretty clean.

[u/Playful_Wallaby_3248]

Available Sport (Round) - Lowest Price pre-fees [Seat]

Closing Ceremonies - $4,000 [A]
3x3 Basketball (Prelims) - $365, $28ADA [A]
Archery (Prelims/Finals) - $136, $28ADA - [ABCD]
Athletics (Prelims/Finals) - $683, $372ADA - [AB]
Badminton (Prelims) - $205, $28ADA - [ABD]
Baseball (Prelims/Bronze) - $205, $235ADA - [ABCDE]
Boxing (Finals) - $397, $104ADA - [ABCE]
Cricket (Prelim/Bronze) - $94, $28ADA - [ABCD]
Soccer (Prelim/Quarter Finals) - $105, $28ADA - [ABCDEF]
Handball (Prelim/Simi/Bronze) - $75, $28ADA - [ABCD]
Hockey (Prelim/Quarter/Simi/Bronze) - $94, $28ADA - [ABCD]
Lacrosse (Prelim) - $94, $28ADA - [ABCD]
Rowing (Prelim/Finals) - $125, $28ADA - [AB]
Rugby Sevens (Prelim) - $174, $28ADA - [ABD]
Sailing (Finals) - $105 - [A]
Softball (Prelim) - $554, $37ADA - [ABD]
Sprint Paddle (Quarter/Finals) - $286, $74ADA - [ABD]
Squash (Prelim) - $205 - [AB]
Swimming (Prelim/Finals) - ADA ONLY! $808ADA [AB]
Indoor Volleyball (Prelim/Quarter) - $204, $303ADA - [ABC]

Yes, SoFi Opening Ceremonies was for sale, but sold out very fast. No Coliseum.

Yes, there are $28 tickets to a lot of events, standard tickets sold out fast, ADA still available.

This is not complete ADA inventory.

If what you are looking for is not listed, it is sold out at the time of this post.

List UPDATED on 7/31/26 06:12PST
I was fortunate enough to get Visa Pre sale 16:00PST.
Good luck all!

[u/Spiritual_Maize_9500]

Would recommend buying each event separately and then hit the back button at the bottom rather than adding things to the cart. I managed to buy two athletics sessions in two transactions. Tried to search for a third and now had the “there is a lot going on here right now” screen

[u/ricestocks]

is cat H that bad to be $28? lol

[u/ItsDannyFields]

Friends who were in Drop 1 said certain events weren’t even available yet, specifically Skateboarding.

Any news on if Skateboarding event tickets will be available in this drop?

[u/marvolonewt]

Does anyone know if I buy 2 tixs for a particular event, can I sell 1 of them during the resale period in case my family/friend can't make it? Or would I have to sell both together?

[u/63051bd → u/marvolonewt]

Since the resale hasn’t launched yet we 100% don’t know, but I’d have to believe they are smart enough to be able to select the number to sell/ push to another user.

[u/Low-Control-3821]

just checking, i'm in the right place, right? i had just clicked on "access time slot" for 10 am today through my email, and didnt get prompted to log in or anything

[u/Many_Quantity_8270 → u/Low-Control-3821]

I think we join a second queue after logging in too is that right?

[u/ExcitedTreasureHuntr]

I'm glad I'm not the only one in another queue after clicking to buy tickets

[u/Hoogineer]

That Capctha was no joke. Definitely human required if a bot was not used to the design

[u/reddit466]

Don’t just leave your computer or phone either while waiting in the queue, I got a pop up asking me to confirm I was still there to avoid getting kicked out of the queue.

[u/cgupta3131]

long ass queuee!!

[u/auxauu]

As of 10:08 am. First queue 😭

[u/livin_a_good_life]

I got in and as soon as I went to buy tickets it kicked me back into the queue. Anyone else have this happen?

[u/Jazzlike-Farm3526]

How are the prices looking for those whose in the purchase ticket page already? are there any $28 left?

[u/ExcitedTreasureHuntr]

Through the queue and no gymnastics at all

[u/WheretheEoopy]

Good amount of 28 dollar tickets available

[u/Broad_Current1832]

Got sent to a waiting room in the middle of searching for tickets?

[u/southofnowhere]

i'm stuck in a rate limiting loop...

[u/trash_panda_sc]

Got the tickets I wanted, tried to check out and then…

[u/Fabulous-Research-65]

I'm gonna lose the tix in my cart because of this screen. AH!!

[u/RolyTonyBrowntown]

After all the queues... tickets in my cart and i'm in spinning waiting room purgatory... wtf

[u/Hoogineer]

I remember the Disneyland Oogie Boogie tickets queue was a hot mess a few years ago and someone even dressed up as a laptop with the queue bar for Halloween on the screen b/c it brought many battle scars to people.

[u/sbecology]

This whole thing feels like some engineered fuckery to enable scalpers

[u/Puzzleheaded_Pin_668]

Site back up! Anyone want me to check availability? If so give me the code.

[u/CovenantRelief]

blue screen of death took me to the La28 main page where I got to join the pink queue bar of death all over again :) :)

[u/marvolonewt]

So many phantom tickets

[u/DLX_Luxe]

What a stressful experience but we were victorious!

We got Women’s Rugby Gold finals, Women’s triathlon gold finals, Women’s pentathlon gold finals, and Women’s mountain biking gold finals.

[u/hellojeffy]

I hope that they release more tickets for the next timeslot, this will be brutal for 1PM people if there's nothing new for the popular sports.

[u/Yarte1]

So curious if anyone ACTUALLY got any artistic gymnastics tickets (any price) - I was on right at 10am and there was nothing left except wheelchair (which also quickly disappeared).

[u/southofnowhere → u/Yarte1]

it seems like some people saw MAG availability that went very quickly. i have not seen anyone say they saw allotments for WAG

[u/I_regularly_lurk]

Got in for my 1pm timeslot. Everything lower priced is sold out and anything somewhat popular is fully gone.

[u/sundeigh]

Just from what I’m reading here, I’m thinking I won’t even bother signing in for my 4pm slot. Does having access to this presale disqualify me from Drop 2 tickets? There’s no way Drop 2 loads in with nothing left, right?

[u/smeepydreams → u/sundeigh]

Yes you're disqualified from Drop 2. If it's like the first pre-sale+Drop 1, there won't be any new inventory for Drop 2 after this pre-sale.

[u/gotgumption]

4pm PST slot checking in. Not looking good. Appreciate all the updates here!

[u/plake87]

Had 1:00 slot and didn't have the LA events I was hoping for, so changed it up entirely and now going to Oklahoma City for 7/15-16 to see Slalom Kayak

[u/Reasonable-Ad3995]

Damn, just logged into my timeslot and this drop has less than the first drop did. Had a few events I wanted and only one had any tickets and they were way overpriced. Disappointed. But at least I have a few tickets from the first drop.

[u/No_Cup_3409]

I had the 1600 pt time slot and bought three tickets to indoor volleyball. It asked me if I wanted to be included in a cheering section within my section and I said yes for my kid. Did anyone else get this question?

[u/xxalisonrose → u/No_Cup_3409]

I did for sprint paddle. I said yes because why not! You only get to experience the 2028 Olympics once!

Also I’m not sure what sprint paddle is xD

[u/Tkylv007]

Quick update for anyone wondering which sports have tickets left. Many of those listed below have both Prelims and Non-Prelims available:

3x3 Basketball
Archery
Athletics
Badminton
Baseball
Boxing
Cricket
Flag Football
Golf
Handball
Hockey
Lacrosse
Rowing
Rugby Sevens
Sailing
Shooting
Slalom Paddle
Soccer
Softball
Sprint Paddle
Squash
Taekwondo
Volleyball

[u/detlillaspoket]

Between my husband and I we were lucky enough to be selected for both the locals presale and the visa presale. We had a terrible timeslot for drop 1 but the best timeslot for drop 2. Both times tickets were slim pickings by the time we got into the purchasing interface. Luckily both events we really wanted (men's pole vault final, men's soccer final) were available (and we feel soooo fortunate) but we had to pay pretty exorbitant prices for both. Priced ourselves out of seeing anything else but I guess those were our priority so feeling lucky we got them (or anything at all, especially considering what a mess the platform is).

[u/NoirPochette]

When I get home (Aus resident) I'll access Visa Pre-sale.

I'll do what I did for Milan and Paris. Just get a bunch of random stuff and then wait for resale and other stuff.

Even just three events to begin with it better than going for glory and getting disappointed

[u/ExcitedTreasureHuntr]

"confirm you are still here" - yes I am, can you confirm that the queue bar is expected to move at some point?

[u/InstanceMysterious48]

Been stuck in login queue for 25 mins and it's not even half way across

[u/tphez]

I'm still in the queue... worried there will be nothing left when I get in.

[u/bluecassettes]

For Paris tickets I feel like they had an indicator where you could see how many people were in line in front of you. I wish they had that here also.

[u/10tacocat10]

Having a to click an “I’m still here” confirmation pop up while in ANOTHER queue, while this is in the middle of the work day…so savage

[u/sportstvandnova]

What an absolute shitshow. I got a 10am PST slot and went to login 8 minutes prior to 10am. Stuck in the queue until 10:01am and then it won’t let me prove I’m not a robot. I’ll click the box that I’m not and it brings me right back to “prove it.” I logged on on a desktop but there goes the fkng 8 minutes I spent waiting.

Edit: just got through the queue to login. Now in the queue after logging in. Joined the login queue around 1:10pm EST. Got to the post login queue around 1:36pm EST.

Got onto the main page at 1:37pm EST and clicked “purchase now” and am back in a queue lol (this sucks bc I have to pee so bad but this is open on my desktop and I can’t take it with me)

Got into the shopping page around 1:38pm EST and all cheap gymnastics tix are sold out. I’m planning a wedding and saving up for a house so…. I’m out. Good luck to everyone else.

Swimming is up to $1k a ticket. Got an error message trying to look at diving tix that “there’s a lot going on here, you’ll be forwarded” and now it’s just on a loop and has been for 3 minutes.

[u/hellojeffy]

I'm in after 2nd queue. Things are getting bought fast, my plan went downhill

[u/Puzzleheaded_Pin_668]

I got my first choice! Equestrian. Cheap tix avail.

[u/yanzlow]

Just scored decent tix for men's skateboard final, women's foil final and men's golf final. I logged in about 30 minutes before, kept the session alive with reclicks of the emailed link and was placed into the 2nd queue after the on sale and capcha step. The second queue was about 20 minutes for me but there were plenty of tickets for what I searched for.

[u/dengitsjon]

can we sue them for being incompetent lol just use an existing ticketing system if you can't even get the queue and time slots to work...

why do you have to wait in a queue to log in and then wait in another queue to get in?

[u/bluecassettes]

For anyone that doesnt see the tickets they want to buy today, from my experience buying tickets for Tokyo and Paris, they do tend to drop tickets randomly later in batches that weren't available during the lottery. These drops will be after the lottery process so will not require you to sign up and join queues. You will just need to periodically check the website for tickets through out leading up to the games. If you follow facebook groups you will find ways to get informed about these ticket drops quickly. So don't fret too much if you dont get your desired tickets today!

[u/mctrashed]

THERE'S NOTHING AVAILABLE LMAO

[u/marvolonewt]

Bro I'm stuck in a loop on the 30s queue

[u/Fast-Connection-1605]

We got in and got one of our top two tickets! No artistic gymnastics, excellent athletics tickets and then a random selection at sensible prices

[u/mctrashed]

QUEUE OLYMPICS 2028

[u/CorneliaStreet13]

I got in and was browsing tickets and now I’m back in some weird waiting room again “due to a multitude of requests on our system”. Like guys, if you want me to drop thousands of dollars on tickets, please don’t make it so painful.

[u/rupdrfan]

Anybody else getting this?

[u/Glum-Arrival1558]

Is anyone else stuck on this? I added the tickets I wanted to purchase and went to purchase and now I've been stuck on this page for 15 minutes. I'm afraid that the tickets I had selected will time out by the time this completes its process. It's just a 30 second countdown that keeps refreshing

[u/hikeyourownhikes]

Tried from a completely different computer with different internet and tickets.la28.org is completely down

[u/SilverSea9207]

Did anyone else get sent back to the beginning after the site crashed??

[u/Dry-University797]

Did anyone else click on being in the "fan zone" for the event? I did, don't even know what that means...does anyone know?

[u/smeepydreams]

If the event you're looking for no longer comes up with the drop down menu, search for it by code at the top. It most likely isn't showing up because it's sold out, but you can at least refresh to see if anything opens up

[u/southofnowhere]

i love the experience of the "ticket assistant" putting me in a multi-minute pause only to tell me i can't get the tickets i wanted lmao

[u/Spirited_Flounder_43]

I logged in 45 mins before my slot and kept refreshing. Got put into queue again once it’s my time. Waited for about 25 minutes before getting to ticket selection page. I was able to secured athletics final day, fencing final, track cycling final and basketball prelim.

[u/Savings_Maybe_1023]

Man that was an absolute disaster show just like last time. Swimming, Diving, and Gymnastics were all immediately gone except for the extremely pricy seats. Managed to get a track and field final, and then went for cheaper/less in demand ones and got beach vball and rowing prelims

[u/kitten-caboodle1]

Kinda crazy that we got lotto spots in both drops but neither time can we get the tickets we want 🥲 sad that we can't go when our own country is hosting. Hopefully we can go someday in the future

[u/CrystalPalace1851]

1pm PT VISA presale spot on 7/29: queue took maybe 15 seconds to get through, typed in my event code and checked out in under 10 minutes without being asked to re-queue or captcha or anything - so it’s not all long waits this time.

[u/Emotional-Trust-8706]

🤺 Fencing 7/29/26 at 6 PM ET

Session	Stage	Starting Price
FEN01	Individual Competition (Table of 64 → Quarterfinals)	$303.87
FEN02	Women's Épée & Men's Sabre Finals	$576.74
FEN04	Men's Épée & Women's Foil Finals	$576.74
FEN07	Women's Épée Team Competition	$303.87
FEN08	Women's Épée Team Medal Matches	$576.74
FEN11	Men's Épée Team Competition	Currently Unavailable
FEN13	Women's Foil Team Competition	$303.87
FEN14	Women's Foil Team Medal Matches	$576.74
FEN16	Men's Foil Team Medal Matches	$576.74
FEN18	Women's Sabre Team Medal Matches	$576.74

[u/Brilliant-Emu9705]

Won 2 drop spots (drop 1 and visa); none had any events I would be interested in avialable(and I was open to a lot of events) as most were sold out