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The Los Angeles 2028 Olympics begin in…
The opening ceremony is scheduled for 5 p.m. Pacific on Friday, July 14, 2028, co-hosted by the L.A. Memorial Coliseum and SoFi Stadium. Here is exactly how long until then.
Counting down to the opening ceremony · —
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The Games, in brief
What this clock is counting down to
Los Angeles hosts the Summer Olympic Games for the third time in 2028, after 1932 and 1984 — and, for the first time, the Paralympic Games too. The opening ceremony is planned as an Olympic first, shared across two venues: the L.A. Memorial Coliseum and SoFi Stadium in Inglewood.
In the news
Recent LA 2028 headlines
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A hand-picked, weekly-refreshed selection of links to original reporting from trusted outlets (currently The Guardian and BBC Sport). Headlines and links only — every article opens on the publisher’s own site. Not an official news source.
About this page
A countdown, and a few links. Nothing official.
This is a small, independent page that does two honest things: it counts down to the moment the Los Angeles 2028 opening ceremony is scheduled to begin, and it lists a handful of recent news links about the Games from outlets you already trust.
The clock targets 5 p.m. Pacific on July 14, 2028 — the ceremony start time the organizers announced, as reported by the IOC and others. The Games dates, sports and athlete figures come from the organizers’ own announcements. If any of that changes, so will this page.
The news list refreshes automatically about once a week from the public RSS feeds of an allowlist of trusted publishers. We keep only a headline, the source name, the date and a link — no article text, no images, no scraping beyond the feeds the publishers offer for exactly this purpose. It is deliberately a pointer list, not a news site.
Good questions
The details, in plain English
When do the LA 2028 Olympic Games start?
The opening ceremony is scheduled for Friday, July 14, 2028, beginning at 5 p.m. Pacific Time (8 p.m. Eastern). The Olympic Games run through July 30, 2028. This clock counts down to that ceremony start time.
Is this the official LA 2028 website?
No. This is an independent, unofficial fan project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the International Olympic Committee, the LA28 organizing committee, the USOPC, or any Olympic body. The official site is la28.org.
Where is the countdown target date from?
From the organizers’ own public announcements as reported by trusted outlets: the opening ceremony date of July 14, 2028 and the 5 p.m. Pacific start time, co-hosted by the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and SoFi Stadium. If the organizers revise the schedule, the clock will be updated.
Where do the news links come from?
The news list is refreshed automatically about once a week from the public RSS feeds of a small allowlist of trusted outlets, including The Guardian and BBC Sport. Each entry is only a headline, source, date and a link to the original article — we host no article text or images. All links open on the publisher’s own site.
How many sports and athletes will there be?
According to the LA28 organizers, the Games are planned to feature more than 800 events across over 40 sports, with roughly 15,000 athletes across the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Paralympic Games follow from August 15 to 27, 2028.