Resale tickets for the LA28 Olympics are already trading far above face value on unofficial marketplaces, nearly two years before the opening ceremony and months before LA28 launches its own verified resale program. Closing ceremony tickets have been listed for as much as $7,900 for a pair of seats, and tickets to a tennis final have topped $11,000 on some resale sites, according to a CBS News review of current listings.
What's showing up on resale sites
Asking prices on unofficial secondary marketplaces have reached striking levels for marquee LA28 sessions: closing ceremony seats listed at up to $7,900 for two, a tennis final topping $11,000 on some sites, and even lower-profile sports like cricket listed above $500 a ticket. A StubHub spokesperson said the company does not set or control the prices individual sellers choose to list, and that tickets priced at extreme levels rarely actually sell. These are asking prices, not confirmed sales, but they show how much demand has already built for sessions that are still nearly two years away.
Why prices are climbing before most fans even hold a ticket
Drop 2, which ran August 10 to 20, 2026, was the last scheduled general-public LA28 ticket sale of the year. The next chance for the public to buy directly from LA28 is a first-come, first-served sale in 2027, when purchase limits from the first two drops are also being removed. Until that sale opens, anyone who wants a guaranteed seat at many of the highest-demand sessions has to buy from someone who already holds a ticket, and that scarcity is a big part of what is pushing early resale prices well past face value.
LA28's own verified resale program is still about a year away
LA28 has said it will launch its own regulated secondary market, the LA28 Official Secondary Ticket Marketplace, through ticketing partners AXS and Eventim USA, alongside Ticketmaster and Sports Illustrated Tickets as Verified Resale Platforms. That program is set to open in 2027. LA28 has specifically cautioned fans that any resale ticket offered before then has not been verified by LA28 or its partners, meaning there is no guarantee standing behind the unofficial listings being sold today.
Buying resale before 2027: what to keep in mind
None of this means fans have to wait entirely on the sidelines, but it does mean treating current resale listings with more caution than a verified marketplace would require.
- 1Know that anything before 2027 is unverified. LA28 has said it cannot vouch for tickets sold outside its official channels until the verified resale program opens.
- 2Don't read one extreme listing as the market price. Platforms including StubHub note they don't control seller pricing, and asking prices far above face value often sit unsold for months.
- 3Watch for AXS, Eventim USA, Ticketmaster, and Sports Illustrated Tickets. LA28 has named those four as its only endorsed resale channels once the program opens in 2027.
- 4Track listed prices over time instead of reacting to a single headline number, since asking prices for sessions still years out can move a lot before the Games actually happen.
A familiar pattern for major U.S. sporting events
LA28 is not the first Games-scale event to see this kind of early resale spike. Tickets to this summer's 2026 FIFA World Cup final reportedly topped $38,000 on secondary marketplaces before kickoff. Unregulated resale markets for one-off global events routinely produce extreme outlier listings that don't reflect what most seats actually change hands for, but they also show how far prices can run before an official, regulated system is in place.
Why it matters for fans planning ahead
The stretch between now and the 2027 launch of LA28's verified resale program is exactly when buyers are most exposed: elevated asking prices on unofficial sites, no LA28-backed guarantee behind them, and still close to two years to go before the opening ceremony. Fans who want to see what LA28 tickets are actually listed for right now, without waiting on the next official drop, can track that through GoalTickets.
See what's listed now
GoalTickets carries current listings across LA28 sports as official drops continue and the verified 2027 resale program approaches. Prices are asking prices on a resale marketplace, not face value.
See current LA28 ticket listingsSummer Games Insider is operated by the team behind GoalTickets. Ticket links in this article go to GoalTickets listings, a resale marketplace separate from LA28's official face-value sales and from the verified resale program LA28 plans to launch in 2027; prices are listed asking prices and can change at any time.