LA Olympics Face Heat for Ticket Prices, Availability

Many in Los Angeles have been anxiously awaiting their chance to buy tickets for the 2028 Olympics , but when they went on sale earlier this month, excitement turned to disappointment. Yes, there were $28 tickets for some events in the local presale, but the cheap tickets went fast. What was left were tickets in the hundreds and thousands, with prices reaching more than $5,500, as reported by Suhauna Hussain and Thuc Nhi Nguyen of the Los Angeles Times .

“Tickets for a single seat at the opening ceremony were costing between $329 and $5,519, and the cheaper tickets were selling quickly,” Hussain and Nguyen wrote. “Some were able to buy cheap $28 tickets for desired events such as the women’s soccer semifinals, but others saw comparable prices only for preliminary events and less popular sports such as badminton and judo. ” Even worse, some hopeful ticket buyers were unable to access the site at all.

Feb 13, 2016; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Runners run past the peristyle end and Olympic torch of the Los Angeles Coliseum during the womens race in the 2016 U. S. Olympic Trials marathon.

Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images Have Southern Californians Already Missed Out on Olympics Tickets? There will be more ticket drops, Olympics organizers say, and even after that, tickets will be available on resale markets for fans who want to see a specific event. Some of those tickets, though, will likely be very expensive, especially for popular American sports like baseball, which could feature MLB players .