When does the Los Angeles 2028 Summer Olympics open? Friday, July 14, 2028 at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT — a dual-venue Opening at the Coliseum and SoFi/Inglewood, first US Summer Games since Atlanta 1996.
Current target date: Friday, July 14, 2028 (Opening ceremony). We update this page when La28 olympics publishes schedule changes.
Los Angeles opens on Friday, July 14, 2028 (5:00 p.m. PT) with a dual-venue ceremony — LA Memorial Coliseum plus the Stadium in Inglewood. Games run through July 30; Closing returns to the Coliseum. Track Jul 14 for the open, not the Paralympic sibling in August.
Opening ceremony
Friday, July 14, 2028
July 14, 2028 — Los Angeles opens the Summer Olympics on two stages at once
LA28 lights the Olympic Opening on Friday, July 14, 2028 (8:00 p.m. ET / 5:00 p.m. PT). It is the first U.S. Summer Games since Atlanta 1996, and the ceremony is not a single-bowl show: LA28 confirmed a shared Opening between the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and the Stadium in Inglewood.
Medal sport follows for more than two weeks — the Closing Ceremony lands Sunday, July 30, 2028, back at the Coliseum. Track Jul 14 for the open; don’t park the whole Games on that one night.
Confirmed: Jul 14 dual Coliseum + Inglewood open — not Paralympic Aug 15, not Closing Jul 30 alone as “Opening”
Confirmed: July 14, 2028 Opening; dual venues (Coliseum + Inglewood/SoFi); Closing July 30 at the Coliseum; Games window through July 30. Not confirmed as a single-stadium-only Opening, as the Paralympic open (separate August date), or as a cancelled-ceremony stub. Fake “Opening moved to the Rose Bowl only” graphics invent a corridor LA28 has not posted.
From dual Opening night to Closing under the Coliseum lights
- Jul 14 2028, 5:00 p.m. PT — Olympic Opening shared: Coliseum + Stadium in Inglewood.
- Jul 14–30 2028 — competition across Greater Los Angeles (and listed subsites).
- Week 1 emphasis — athletics window tied to the Coliseum role.
- Week 2 emphasis — swimming window tied to the Inglewood stadium role.
- Jul 30 2028, 6:00 p.m. PT — Olympic Closing at the Coliseum (separate countdown energy).
Specifics that keep this off generic “Olympic cauldron night” templates
- Time stamp: 8:00 p.m. ET / 5:00 p.m. PT on Friday, July 14, 2028.
- Dual open: Coliseum (three-Games venue history) + Inglewood stadium debut.
- Closing sibling: July 30 at the Coliseum — different page, different night.
- Schedule quirk: athletics early / swimming late — why both venues share Opening.
- US gap: first Summer Games on U.S. soil since Atlanta 1996.
The Coliseum will be the first venue in history to host events at three Olympic Games — 1932, 1984, and 2028
When the July 14 Opening shares the night with Inglewood, the Coliseum isn’t just nostalgia backdrop. LA28’s own announcement framed it as the first stadium to appear on three Olympic Games programs — a record no other venue can claim. Pair that with SoFi’s Olympic debut and the dual-venue Opening stops reading like a marketing flourish and starts reading like a logistics + history decision.
Honest copy keeps Jul 14 + both venues, separates the Jul 30 close and the Paralympic open, and refuses to collapse everything into a single generic “Los Angeles cauldron” stub.
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers about this release date.
1When is the LA28 Olympics opening ceremony?
Friday, July 14, 2028, at 8:00 p.m. ET / 5:00 p.m. PT. LA28 listed that night as the official Olympic Opening — the Games then run through Sunday, July 30.
2Where does the ceremony happen — one stadium or two?
Both. LA28 confirmed a dual-venue Opening shared between the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and the Stadium in Inglewood (SoFi Stadium). Closing on July 30 is at the Coliseum alone.
3Why split the Opening across two venues?
Organisers tie the dual open to the 2028 competition flip: athletics moves into the first week (Coliseum) and swimming into the second (Inglewood stadium). Both venues also stage artistic segments — history at the Coliseum, Olympic debut for the Inglewood bowl.
4Is this the same night as the Paralympic opening?
No. The Olympic Opening is July 14, 2028. The LA28 Paralympic Opening is a separate countdown (August 15, 2028 on this site’s Paralympics sibling page).
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