As excitement continues to build and preparations are made in anticipation of the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, organizers have unveiled the official slogan for the global competition in Los Angeles.
“Stars Align” will be the motto practiced through the duration of the Olympics, LA28 announced on Wednesday.
“’Stars Align’ is both a rallying cry and an invitation for athletes to compete on sport’s biggest stage, volunteers to lend a hand and supporters everywhere to cheer them on when the Olympic Games open under the Southern California sun on July 14, 2028, followed by the Paralympic Games on August 15, 2028,” the LA28 Committee said in a statement.
The idea behind LA28’s official slogan was that “the stars align when dedication meets a generational moment.”
“Los Angeles is the place where dreams take flight, and the Olympics show us what’s possible when the world unites. ‘Stars Align’ is a call to action, whether you’re an athlete at the peak of your skill, a volunteer welcoming the world to these Games, or a fan cheering passionately from the stands. We can’t wait for the stars to align in 2028 so we can share this moment with everyone,” LA28 Chairperson and President Casey Wasserman said in a statement.
To see LA28’s video announcing the slogan, click here.
The Olympics will return to Los Angeles for an historic third time in 2028.
The LA 2028 Olympics Opening Ceremony is July 14, 2028, with competition through July 30, 2028. The LA28 Paralympic Games will kick off Aug. 15, 2028, and close Aug. 27, 2028.
The organizing committee has released a first look at the competition schedule. Field hockey, basketball, rugby sevens, water polo, handball and cricket will be the first sports to kick off the competition on July 12, two days before the Opening Ceremony.
The first full date of competition, designated Day 1, is July 15. The order of events includes a twist for 2028 with track and field and swimming swapping their typical schedules. Track and field will compete at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in the first week of the Olympics schedule with swimming moving to the second week at SoFi Stadium.
The marathons will still be on the final weekend.
The first medal will be awarded in triathlon on Day 1 in Venice Beach. July 29, or Day 15, will be the busiest day on the podium with 16 gold and bronze events in team sports and 19 individual medal events.
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Exposition Park and SoFi Stadium in Inglewood will host the Opening Ceremony in a duel-venue celebration. The Paralympic Opening Ceremony will be at SoFi Stadium with the Closing Ceremony at the Coliseum.
The program approved for 2028 has 22 more medal events than Paris 2024 at 351.
Mixed team events added for 2028 include artistic gymnastics, athletics (4×100 mixed gender relay), golf, archery (compound bow), coastal rowing beach sprint and table tennis. The competition format for the new artistic gymnastic mixed team event will be finalized and announced at a later date.
The medal competition includes expansions to the field of women’s soccer and water polo event, a new women’s boxing weight class, an expanded 3×3 basketball field, and more medal events in swimming and sport climbing.
Flag football will make its Olympic debut in 2028 and lacrosse will return to the lineup of medal sports for the first time in more than a century. Baseball and softball will make their Olympic comeback, and cricket also will be part of the lineup.
See the full list of medal events here.
