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When Is LA28 Paralympics Opening Ceremony Date?Match date
Scroll to release dateWhen do the Los Angeles 2028 Paralympic Games open? Tuesday, August 15, 2028 at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT at SoFi/Inglewood — LA’s first Paralympics, with Closing August 27 at the Coliseum.
Current target date: Tuesday, August 15, 2028 (Opening ceremony). We update this page when La28 paralympics publishes schedule changes.
LA28 Paralympic Opening is Tuesday, August 15, 2028 (6:00 p.m. PT) at the Stadium in Inglewood. First Paralympics in LA; wheelchair rugby and boccia start before the ceremony. Closing August 27 at the Coliseum — not the July 14 Olympic open.
Opening ceremony
Tuesday, August 15, 2028
August 15, 2028 — Los Angeles’ first Paralympic Opening lights Inglewood, not a dual Coliseum show
LA28’s Paralympic Opening is Tuesday, August 15, 2028, at 9:00 p.m. ET / 6:00 p.m. PT inside the Stadium in Inglewood. That night opens Los Angeles’ first Paralympic Games — a different calendar from the July 14 Olympic dual-venue Opening at Coliseum + Inglewood.
Competition then runs through the Closing on Sunday, August 27, 2028, at the LA Memorial Coliseum. Track Aug 15 for the Paralympic flag-raise — don’t paste the Olympic July stub onto this URL.
Confirmed: Aug 15 Inglewood Paralympic open — not Jul 14 Olympic dual open, not Aug 27 close as “Opening”
Confirmed: August 15, 2028 Paralympic Opening at Inglewood/SoFi; Closing August 27 at the Coliseum; first LA Paralympics; preliminary wheelchair rugby and boccia before Opening. Not confirmed as a Coliseum-only Opening, as the Olympic July 14 night, or as a cancelled-ceremony stub. Fake “Paralympics start the same Friday as the Olympics” graphics invent a corridor.
From Day −2 rugby to Day 0 Opening — then twelve days to the Coliseum close
- Aug 13 2028 — wheelchair rugby begins (Day −2; first Paralympics with pre-Opening sport).
- Aug 14 2028 — boccia begins (Day −1).
- Aug 15 2028, 6:00 p.m. PT — Paralympic Opening at Stadium in Inglewood.
- Aug 16–27 — medal programme across 23 sports / ~560 events in the LA region.
- Aug 27 2028 — Paralympic Closing at the LA Memorial Coliseum.
Specifics that keep this off the Olympic Opening template next door
- Venue: Inglewood stadium alone for Opening — not the dual Coliseum + SoFi Olympic format.
- Firsts: first Paralympic Games in Los Angeles; first with competition before Opening.
- Scale: record 23 sports; about 560 medal events; venues within ~35 miles.
- Sibling traps: Olympic open Jul 14; Olympic close Jul 30; Para close Aug 27.
- Time stamp: 9:00 p.m. ET / 6:00 p.m. PT on Tuesday, August 15, 2028.
LA28 is the first Paralympics ever to start competition before the Opening Ceremony — rugby Aug 13, boccia Aug 14
Every prior Paralympic festival kept the Opening as Day 0 with sport after the parade. LA28 breaks that rule on purpose: wheelchair rugby tips two days early and boccia one day early, while organisers promise no athlete is eliminated before the August 15 Inglewood show. That scheduling first is the page’s non-templated hook — not a recycled “cauldron night” paragraph from the Olympic sibling.
Honest copy keeps Aug 15 + Inglewood, names the pre-Opening sports, separates Jul 14 / Jul 30 Olympic nights, and refuses to sell a single “LA28 opens in August” stub for both Games.
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers about this release date.
1When is the LA28 Paralympics opening ceremony?
Tuesday, August 15, 2028, at 9:00 p.m. ET / 6:00 p.m. PT at the Stadium in Inglewood (SoFi Stadium / “2028 Stadium” during the Games). Closing is Sunday, August 27, at the LA Memorial Coliseum.
2Is this the same night as the Olympic Opening?
No. The Olympic Opening is July 14, 2028 (dual Coliseum + Inglewood). The Paralympic Opening is a separate August 15 night at Inglewood alone — different countdown, different Games.
3Does all sport wait until after the ceremony?
Not at LA28. For the first time in Paralympic history, competition starts before Opening: wheelchair rugby on August 13 (Day −2) and boccia on August 14 (Day −1). Organisers say no athletes are eliminated before the August 15 ceremony.
4Has Los Angeles hosted the Paralympics before?
No. LA28 is Los Angeles’ first Paralympic Games. The city hosted Summer Olympics in 1932 and 1984, but the Paralympic chapter opens here in August 2028.
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