Olympic Games tickets up for grabs

Sport fans will be able to sign up from Wednesday for a chance to attend the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games — with tickets starting at US$28.

Registration opens for fans to enter a random ticket draw covering all events that will take place at the Games. The window will remain open until mid-March.

If chosen, fans will be notified via email and will be given a time slot to purchase tickets in April. One million of those tickets will sell for US $28, and about one-third are set to cost less than US $100.

“These Games belong to everyone,” Casey Wasserman, the chairman of LA 2028 said on Tuesday. “These Games have to be affordable and inclusive.”

The announcement of affordable ticket prices came after the price of tickets for the 2026 men’s football World Cup — which will also be hosted in the US, as well as Canada and Mexico — received some public criticism.

LA officials say affordability and accessibility were central to their ticketing plan — and their hope that sport fans around the globe would be able to attend.

Tickets for the 2024 Olympics in Paris started at US $27.95 (£20).

A special early purchase window will also be open for residents in the Los Angeles area and Oklahoma City, where some Olympic Games are also being held.

2028 will be the first time the Olympics will be held in the US since the 1996 Games in Atlanta. Los Angeles has twice hosted the Olympics — in 1932 and 1984 — and plans to use its already established infrastructure to host the Games.

(BBC)