“Affordable” LA Olympics tickets arrive with $5,000 seats and a 24% convenience fee

Los Angeles promised a hometown Olympics that locals could actually attend, then opened ticket sales with $5,000 seats, vanishing “cheap” options, and a 24% service fee. Nothing says community celebration like getting priced out of your own city.

Customers were shocked to find that tickets for LA28, which officials billed as “affordable” for locals, coul…