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About LA 2028 Summer Paralympics Opening Ceremony
The Opening Ceremony of the LA 2028 Summer Paralympic Games launches the 17th edition of the Summer Paralympics on Friday, August 15, 2028, roughly two weeks after the close of the Los Angeles Olympic Games. It marks the third time the Summer Paralympics have been held in the United States, following Atlanta 1996.
Under LA28's uniquely dispersed Games plan, the Paralympic Opening Ceremony is expected to be staged at a major Southern California venue. The ceremony will feature the Parade of Nations, the lighting of the Paralympic cauldron, and the raising of the Paralympic flag bearing the three Agitos symbol.
Roughly 4,400 athletes from more than 160 national Paralympic committees are expected to compete across 22 sports. LA 2028 will also mark a continued push toward gender parity and inclusion.
Overview
Why this sports page exists
The LA28 Paralympic Games open on August 15, 2028, following the Olympic Games in the same city. Around 4,400 Para athletes from over 160 countries will compete across 22 sports at venues throughout Los Angeles, including SoFi Stadium and the LA Memorial Coliseum.
Why it matters
The ceremony opens the first Paralympic Games in the United States in more than three decades and the first ever held in Los Angeles.
The details
Key highlights
- Venue
- Greater Los Angeles stadium venue, TBC by LA28
- Format
- Opening ceremony with Parade of Nations and cauldron lighting
- Headliner
- Organized by the International Paralympic Committee and LA28
- Audience
- Global broadcast viewers and live spectators
Reading the timer
How to use this sports countdown
LA 2028 Summer Paralympics Opening Ceremony sits inside the sports calendar as a paralympics date that people are likely to check more than once. This page is meant to do more than show a raw countdown number: it keeps the tracked date, source quality, location context, and release confidence in one place so the page stays useful even when the final event details are still tightening.
Right now the key public signal is August 15, 2028, with confirmed status and date confirmed precision. That distinction matters. A confirmed datetime is very different from a month-level or date-only signal, and people planning watch parties, travel, ticketing, launch coverage, or newsroom publishing need that nuance instead of a misleadingly precise timer.
We are tracking LA 2028 Summer Paralympics Opening Ceremony from International Paralympic Committee plus the official event source. For this page, that means the safest way to read the countdown is as a reference layer: use the timer for awareness, then use the source, precision, location, and event facts together before you commit to travel, viewing plans, promotional scheduling, or time-sensitive announcements.
The most practical reading of this countdown is: LA 2028 Summer Paralympics Opening Ceremony is being watched for Los Angeles, California, USA, United States, and the current page focus is the main paralympics milestone rather than every surrounding rumor or speculative date. Sport: Multi-sport (Summer Paralympics). Type: Opening ceremony.
LA 2028 Summer Paralympics Opening Ceremony is a sports countdown, so the page has to orient around match-stage context, venue expectations, and tournament timing rather than entertainment-release language. Sports searchers usually care about the exact round, final, opener, host city, and likely planning window for kickoff coverage or travel. This page currently anchors that context with sport: Multi-sport (Summer Paralympics), type: Opening ceremony, precision: Confirmed date. That is especially useful when several paralympics, la28, summer paralympics, opening ceremony pages exist in the same competition and need to stay distinct.