LA28’s first ticket drop opened April 9 and runs through April 19, giving selected buyers a short window to chase seats for the 2028 Olympics before the next round arrives. Registration for the ticket draw already closed, so the people buying now are the ones who got pulled into the first pool.
Some Olympic events have tickets listed for just $28, but the cheap seats are only part of the draw. Buyers can purchase up to 12 tickets per account, with an additional 12-ticket allotment for soccer matches, and once the first set is added to a cart they have half an hour to check out. Multiple transactions can still be completed within a 48-hour window, which makes speed almost as important as luck.
That advice comes from locals who already went through the LA28 presale and know how quickly the most appealing options can disappear. Time Out L.A. staff members were placed in the same pool as every other would-be ticket holder, a reminder that even people writing about the sale were not getting any special lane through it.
The first drop is already underway, but it is not the last. The locals presale for the 2028 Olympics has come and gone, and the pressure now is on buyers to move fast when they get their turn, especially with some premier events carrying eye-popping prices and little left to sell.
For anyone still hoping to get in later, the real lesson is simple: the first round is a test of timing, not patience.
