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Los Angeles 2028 chiefs promise accessible tickets
The Star
|January 15, 2026
LOS Angeles 2028 Olympics chiefs promised an “affordable and inclusive” Games on Tuesday as they prepared to open registration for a lottery to buy tickets.
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LA28 chairman Casey Wasserman said one million tickets to the Olympics and Paralympics would be priced at $28 (about R459), while a third of the roughly 14 million tickets due to go on sale would cost $100 or less.
“From the beginning, we've been clear: access to these games, because these games belong to everyone,’ Wasserman said. “These games have to be affordable and inclusive”
Wasserman was speaking in the shadow of the historic Los Angeles Coliseum on the eve of the first step towards tickets going on sale.
From yesterday, at 7am local time, fans around the world wwere be able to register for the chance to secure an opportunity to buy tickets starting in April.
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