Most fans know that scoring tickets to the hottest events through the box office can be a bit like winning the lottery. More and more, fans are turning to the ticket market where there’s no shortage of online sites where fans can find tickets. The better question for fans isn’t where to find tickets, but rather, where can fans find tickets at the best value.

For Olympics tickets in Vancouver, Fans use FanSnap to search from dozens of ticket providers and aggregate tickets to 200+ Winter Games events – all in one place.

Fans can sort and filter Olympics events based on location, event, price, number of tickets, date range, time of day and day of week.

FanSnap is a ticket search engine that helps fans find exactly the tickets they want – at the best value. FanSnap searches dozens of ticket sites representing hundreds of thousands of ticket sellers. This ensures fans are getting a comprehensive look at the market. FanSnap then plots the tickets on a map of the venue so fans can see all the available tickets at once as well as see the price of each ticket.

Some ticket sellers are highly motivated to sell their Olympics tickets. Others fully plan on attending the Games but list their tickets anyway — just to see if someone will offer enough money to make them stay home.

This variation in motivation level of the seller creates 25% to 50% and even 100% differences in prices. FanSnap makes obvious the huge variation in asking prices so fans can easily see where the best values are.

FanSnap Map of GM Place for 2010 Winter Olympics Gold Medal Ice Hockey tickets

On any given day, fans using FanSnap will find the most comprehensive view of tickets available, see at a glance tickets 10%, 25%, even 50%  less than those around them and know they found the best value available.

The hottest Olympics tickets for the 2010 Winter Games:

1. Ice Hockey - Men’s Gold Medal Game tickets
2. Snowboard - Men’s Halfpipe Qualification/Semifinal/Final tickets
3. Figure Skating - Women’s Free Program tickets
4. Figure Skating - Men’s Free Program tickets
5. Ice Hockey - Men’s Semifinal #2 tickets
6. Figure Skating - Women’s Short Program tickets
7. Snowboard - Men’s Snowboard Cross Qualification/Final tickets
8. Freestyle Skiing - Men’s Moguls Qualification/Final tickets
9. Winter Games Opening Ceremony tickets
10. Alpine Skiing - Men’s Downhill tickets

Chelsea Handler tickets to the dry-witted comedian’s Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang concert tour are selling so quickly that new shows are already being added. The E! talk show host and former Girls Behaving Badly star, is adding shows in Chicago, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Miami, DC, Atlanta, Minneapolis, Boston, Austin, Philadelphia, Houston and New York.

The “Chelsea Lately” star kicks off the tour in Chicago. Check out our dynamic Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang tour schedule or the list of tour stops below.

• Rosemont Theatre (Rosemont, IL) Wed, Mar 10 at 8:00PM
• Dodge Theatre (Phoenix, AZ) Thu, Mar 11 at 8:00PM
• Nob Hill Masonic Auditorium (San Francisco, CA)Fri, Mar 12 at 8:00PM
• Wells Fargo Theatre at Colorado Convention Center (Denver, CO) Sat, Mar 13 at 8:00PM
• Keller Auditorium (Portland, OR) Fri, Mar 19 at 8:00PM
• Paramount Theatre Seattle (Seattle, WA) Sat, Mar 20 at 8:00PM
• The Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater (Miami Beach, FL) Fri, Mar 26 at 8:00PM
• DAR Constitution Hall (Washington, DC) Sat, Mar 27 at 8:00PM
• Fabulous Fox Theatre Georgia (Atlanta, GA) Sun, Mar 28 at 8:00PM
• Fox Theatre Detroit (Detroit, MI) Fri, Apr 2 at 8:00PM
• Northrop Auditorium (Minneapolis, MN) Sat, Apr 3 at 8:00PM
• Mohegan Sun - Arena (Uncasville, CT) Fri, Apr 9 at 8:00PM
• Citi Performing Arts Center - Wang Theater (Boston, MA) Sat, Apr 10 at 8:00PM
• Bass Concert Hall (Austin, TX) Fri, Apr 16 at 8:00PM 400+ tickets from $127
• Tower Theater (Upper Darby, PA) Sat, Apr 17 at 8:00PM
• Verizon Wireless Theatre TX (Houston, TX) Fri, Apr 23 at 8:00PM
• NOKIA Theatre at Grand Prairie (Grand Prairie, TX) Sat, Apr 24 at 8:00PM
• Gibson Amphitheatre (North Hollywood, CA) Fri, Apr 30 at 8:15PM
• Starlight Theatre (Kansas City, MO) Fri, May 7 at 8:30PM
• San Diego Civic Theatre (San Diego, CA) Sat, May 8 at 8:00PM
• Radio City Music Hall (New York, NY) Sat, May 15 and Sun, May 16
• Caesars Palace - The Colosseum (Las Vegas, NV) Sat, May 29 at 10:30PM

Our favorite artists and bands are starting to announce their 2010 concert tour schedules. This promises to be a huge year for monster tours. In fact, concert tour announcements have gone from one or two a week to two and three a day. In addition to some of the biggest acts in the world — U2 tickets and Taylor Swift tickets topped our hot tickets list of 2009 — extending their 2009 tours into 2010, here are  concert tours being announced this week.

Zac Brown Band tickets for concert tour stops in the Western U.S. were announced today.

Five For Fighting tickets and dates for a U.S. tour following up the band’s October release, “Slice,” which we think should have been called, “Slashing,” were also announced today.

The National tickets for a handful of U.S. stops were announced today.

The Eagles, yes, one of the biggest bands in history, announced more dates and stops on what is now just a few stops on the west coast for the band’s Long Road Out Of Eden tour. Fingers crossed that they announce a full blown tour very soon. Check out Eagles tickets for So. Cal., No. Cal.,  BC and Phoenix.

Jeff Beck tickets to his out headlining tour were announced earlier this week. Jeff Beck is currently on the road with Eric Clapton now and will continue his own tour in April. Eric Clapton will continue touring with Roger Daltrey and then Steve Winwood through the spring.

Elvis Costello tickets to 20 concert dates in April and May were announced this week.

Michael Buble tickets for 17 more stops to his tour were announced — extending it from March into July.

Hank Williams Jr. tickets to a handful of shows in the south hit the ticket market this week.

Hank’s Family Tradition buddy, MY NAME IS KID Rock tickets to a handful of shows also hit the ticket market this week.

Trans-Siberian Orchestra tickets to “Beethoven’s Last Night” 2010 were announced at the beginning of the week.

Kenny Chesney tickets to a few shows in Vegas were announced this week. We know there are a  lot of Kenny Chesney fans out there wondering if Kenny will hit the road this summer. We’ll let you know. We’ll also look for Mr. You Had Me At Hello at the Super Bowl where he’s sure to be rooting on his buddy Payton Manning.

Harry Connick Jr. tickets to 12 dates in February that have the Jazz man crisscrossing the south were announced this week.

The Peter Gabriel tickets and dates announcement on Monday kick the week off with us singing “Sledge Hammer” and “In Your Eyes” and then debating which was the best Cameron Crowe movie.

Christian

The Dave Matthews Band announced on its website today that DMB will launch their 2010 North American tour on Memorial Day weekend with a two-night stand in Hartford, CT. Earlier this week, The Dave Matthews Band was named Pollstar’s #1 touring act of the decade, DMB’s extensive tour will begin in Europe this spring and continue into the fall as Dave and the band support, Grammy-nominated Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King. Check here for Dave Matthews Band tickets.

5/28 and 5/29 Hartford, CT, Comcast Theatre
6/1 Toronto, ON, Molson Amphitheatre
6/2 Darien Center, NY, Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
6/4 and 6/5 Saratoga Springs, NY, Saratoga Performing Arts Center
6/7 and 6/8 Mansfield, MA, Comcast Center
6/15 Cincinnati, OH, Riverbend Music Center
6/16 Maryland Heights, MO, Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
6/18 and 6/19 Noblesville, IN, Verizon Wireless Music Center
6/22 Columbus, OH, Huntington Park
6/23 Clarkston, MI, DTE Energy Music Center
6/25 Cuyahoga Falls, OH, Blossom Music Center
6/30 and 7/1 Camden, NJ, Susquehanna Bank Center
7/3 and 7/4 East Troy, WI, Alpine Valley Music Theatre
7/9 Hershey, PA, Hersheypark Stadium
7/10 Pittsburgh, PA, PNC Park
7/13 Bethel, NY, Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
7/14 Scranton, PA, Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain
7/ 16 and 7/17 New York, NY, Citi Field
7/20 Virginia Beach, VA, Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
7/21 Charlotte, NC, Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
7/23 Washington, DC, Nationals Park
7/25 Louisville, KY, Churchill Downs Music Festival
7/27 Atlanta, GA, Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood
7/28 Tampa, FL, Ford Amphitheatre
7/30 and 7/31 West Palm Beach, FL, Cruzan Amphitheatre
8/14 Wichita, KS, InTrust Bank Arena
8/17 West Valley City, UT, USANA Amphitheatre
8/20 Chula Vista, CA, Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
8/21 Irvine, CA, Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
8/23 Los Angeles,CA, Hollywood Bowl
8/25 Concord, CA, Sleep Train Pavilion at Concord
8/27 Marysville, CA, Sleep Train Amphitheatre
8/28 Mountain View, CA, Shoreline Amphitheatre
8/31 Boise, ID, Taco Bell Arena
9/3- 9/5 George, WA, Gorge Amphitheatre
9/10 Woodlands, TX, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
9/11 Dallas, TX, Superpages.com Center
9/14 Omaha, NE, Qwest Center
9/15 St. Paul, MN, Xcel Energy Center

Check here for Dave Matthews Band tickets.

Christian

Super Bowl bound Colts and Saints fans can find more than 7,000 Super Bowl tickets for the February 7, 2010 NFL Championship game in Miami online with FanSnap.com. The Saints survived the Vikings in OT, thanks in part to a late Brett Favre interception.

Colts and Saints fans can expect to pay roughly $3,000 per Super Bowl ticket, on average, to see the Peyton Manning aerial assault versus the more balanced Saints offensive attack of Drew Brees and Reggie Bush in Miami.

Super Bowl XLIV tickets at Sun Life Stadium (Miami) Sun, Feb 7, 2010

• 7,000+ tickets
• Get in price (lowest price) = $1500
• Average price = $2,900
  • Club level tickets lowest price = $2,250, highest price = $10,192 for Saints sideline
  • Lower level tickets lowest price = $1,850 highest price = $11,200
  • Upper level tickets lowest price = $1,500 highest price = $5,344

Fans from Louisiana are outsearching fans from Indiana by 3:1

TOP States searching for tickets as of today

1. Louisiana
2. California
3. New York
4. Florida
5. Indiana

FanSnap Ticket Map of Colts-Saints Super Bowl tickets at Sun Life Stadium

Taking a look at tickets in sections shows how wide ranging pricing can be within just a few rows — or even the same row. For example:

• In Upper End Zone 455 there are tickets for $1,750 three rows in front of tickets for $5,502
• In Lower End Zone 127 there are tickets for $2,325 fifteen rows in front of tickets for $3.425
• In Lower Premium 115 there are tickets for $4,700 in the same row as tickets for $6,665
• In Upper Premium 441, there are tickets for $2,679 two rows in front of tickets for $5,697
• In Upper Sideline 445 there are tickets for $2,475 in the same row as tickets for $3,198
• In Lower Sideline 145 there are tickets for $4,250 seven rows in front of tickets for $5,697

Currently, Super Bowl XLIV ticket searches are up 40% over last year. Super Bowl XLIV ticket searches are up 15% at this point over Super Bowl XLII.

• Super Bowl XLIII Steelers v. Cardinals at Raymond James in Tampa
• Super Bowl XLII Giants v. Pats at University of Phoenix in AZ

NFL Pro Bowl tickets at Land Shark Stadium (Miami) Sun, Jan 31 at 7:30PM

• 8,000+ tickets
• Get in price (lowest price) = $37
• Average price = $155

The FanSnap.com ticket search engine is free for fans and helps fans find tickets from dozens of ticket sites across the web. Currently, FanSnap is showing Super Bowl tickets from 17 ticket sites. The FanSnap live events ticket search engine includes several industry-first features, the most prominent being its patent-pending dynamic FanSnap Maps(SM), which help fans to:

• Determine at-a-glance Super Bowl ticket price ranges by row
• Zoom into the interactive Land Shark Stadium maps, and compare Super Bowl ticket listings from dozens providers in one place
• See at-a-glance the “Best Value Super Bowl Tickets” — the lowest price Super Bowl tickets available in key areas of Land Shark Stadium, easily identified as blue stars on the FanSnap Maps

(Update: Lifehouse will join the Daughtry concert tour as special guests)

American Idol alum, Chris Daughtry is set to go on a three-month tour of the U.S. starting in Baltimore Maryland in March and hit 48 cities before wrapping the tour in Rochester, NY in June. Find Daughtry tickets here. Coming off of their self-titled debut album that sold more than 1 million copies in five weeks (and becoming the fastest selling debut rock album in history) the It’s Not Over singer is set to launch a new web site, announce a tour and sophomore album. Will it be enough to catch Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood in record sales? Can’t say, but we’re buying it.

3/18/2010    Baltimore, MD    1st Mariner Arena
3/20/2010    Boston, MA    Agganis Arena at Boston University
3/21/2010    Newark, NJ    Prudential Center
3/23/2010    Syracuse, NY    The War Memorial at Oncenter
3/24/2010    Providence, RI    Dunkin’ Donuts Center
3/26/2010    Long Island, NY    Nassau Coliseum
3/27/2010    Mashantucket, CT    MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods
3/28/2010    Albany, NY    Times Union Center
4/01/2010    Cleveland, OH    Wolstein Center
4/06/2010    St. Louis, MO    Chaifetz Arena at St. Louis University
4/07/2010    Milwaukee, WI    U.S. Cellular Arena
4/09/2010    Columbus, OH    Schottenstein Center
4/10/2010    Detroit, MI    Joe Louis Arena
4/20/2010    Broomfield, CO    Odeum Colorado
4/22/2010    West Valley City, UT    The E Center
4/23/2010    Nampa, ID    Idaho Center
4/24/2010    Reno, NV    Reno Events Center
4/26/2010    Fresno, CA    SaveMart Center
4/28/2010    Glendale, AZ    jobing.com Arena
4/29/2010    Las Vegas, NV    Orleans Arena
5/01/2010    San Diego, CA    San Diego Sports Arena
5/03/2010    Los Angeles, CA    NOKIA Theatre L.A. Live
5/04/2010    Bakersfield, CA    Rabobank Arena
5/06/2010    San Jose, CA    HP Pavillion at San Jose
5/07/2010    Sacramento, CA    ARCO Arena
5/09/2010    Seattle, WA    WaMu Theater
5/10/2010    Yakima, WA    Yakima Sun Valley Dome
5/13/2010    Edmonton, AB, Canada    Rexall Place
5/14/2010    Saskatoon, SK, Canada    Credit Union Centre
5/15/2010    Regina, SK, Canada    Brandt Centre
5/17/2010    Winnipeg, MB, Canada    MTS Centre
5/19/2010    Minneapolis, MN    Target Center
5/21/2010    Green Bay, WI    Resch Center
5/22/2010    Rockford, IL    Rockford Metro Centre
5/24/2010    Wichita, KS    INTRUST Bank Arena
5/25/2010    Kansas City, MO    Sprint Center
5/27/2010    Hoffman Estates, IL    Sears Centre Arena
5/28/2010    Grand Rapids, MI    Van Andel Arena
5/30/2010    Nashville, TN    Nashville Arena
6/02/2010    Pittsburgh, PA    Petersen Events Center
6/03/2010    Pikeville, KY    Eastern Kentucky Expo Center
6/05/2010    Duluth, GA    The Arena at Gwinnett Center
6/06/2010    N. Charleston, SC    N. Charleston Coliseum
6/08/2010    Clemson, SC    Littlejohn Coliseum
6/09/2010    Augusta, GA    James Brown Arena
6/11/2010    Charlotte, NC    Time Warner Cable Arena
6/12/2010    Hampton, VA    Hampton Coliseum
6/14/2010    Amherst, MA    Mullins Center
6/15/2010    Manchester, NH    Verizon Wireless Arena
6/17/2010    Portland, ME    Cumberland County Civic Center
6/19/2010    Rochester, NY    Blue Cross Arena

Daughtry bonus material! Here is the American Idol rocker covering Lady Gaga’s Poker Face.

Find Daughtry tickets here.

Christian

Super Bowl bound Colts fans can find more than 6,000 Super Bowl tickets for the February 7, 2010 NFL Championship game in Miami online with FanSnap.com. Colts fans can expect to pay roughly $3,000 per Super Bowl ticket, on average, to see Peyton Manning airing it out to Reggie Wayne, Dallas Clark, Pierre Garcon and Austin Collie in Miami.

Super Bowl XLIV tickets at Land Shark Stadium (Miami) Sun, Feb 7, 2010

–  6,000+ tickets
–  Get in price (lowest price) = $1715
–  Average price = $3,000

Who is searching for Super Bowl Tickets? Until today, New Yorkers topped the list, followed by fans from Louisiana then Florida. Look for Indiana fans to be at, or near the top of the list in the next few days.

NFL Pro Bowl tickets at Land Shark Stadium (Miami) Sun, Jan 31 at 7:30PM

–  8,000+ tickets
–  Get in price (lowest price) = $37
–  Average price = $155

We’ll know the whether the Colts will play the Vikings or the Saints in a few short hours.

Christian

Glee won the Golden Globe© for best comedy or musical series! Yay! Now we hear via Entertainment Weekly and Pollstar that Julia Roberts, Julianne Moore and Neil Patrick Harris may appear in upcoming episodes and Madonna is filming a Glee episode right now. Our DVRs are set!

We first predicted in an October post that you’d find Glee concert tickets on FanSnap. That was when we heard  that the Glee cast would sing the National Anthem at the World Series. We were so excited in November when producer Ryan Murphy confirmed that the Glee cast will be touring in Summer 2010, after Season 1 wraps up.

Today, Finn Hudson (aka Cory Monteith) posted on Twitter that, “There is going to be a live #glee concert tour! in select cities; limited appearances. Announcement and details soon. So excited!”

Glee wraps taping in April so we should expect to see a Glee concert tour announcement, complete with cities and date around then. You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you just might find… you get what you need. …and we need Glee!

suzanne salas

Sure, there are thousands of NFL Playoffs tickets for next weekend’s AFC and NFC Championship games in New Orleans and Indianapolis to be found, but ticket prices for Saints - Vikings fans are double what Jets - Colts tickets are running.

The hottest NFL Playoffs tickets for the AFC and NFC Championship games is clearly the Vikings - Saints game. Ticket searches also tell the story. Searches for Superdome tickets are currently double searches for tickets to Lucas Oil Stadium on Sunday.

UPDATED

Vikings @ Saints tickets at the Louisiana Superdome (New Orleans, LA) Sun, Jan 24 at 5:40 p.m.

• 6,000+ tickets
• Get in price = $301 (up $200 compared to the Cardinals @ Saints game)
• Average price = $822 (up nearly $300 compared to the Cardinals @ Saints game)
• Fans in New Orleans are outsearching fans in Minnesota by more than 5 to 1.

Jets @ Colts tickets at Lucas Oil Stadium (Indianapolis, IN) Sun, Jan 24 at 3:00 p.m.

• 9,000+ tickets
• Get in price =$180 (up $100 compared to the Ravens @ Colts game)
• Average price = $357 (up nearly $100 compared to the Ravens @ Colts game)
• Fans in Indiana are outsearching fans in New York by 1.5 to 1.

Super Bowl Tickets are currently averaging $3,000. The get-in price is $1,500. Who is searching for Super Bowl Tickets? New Yorkers top the list, followed by fans from Louisiana then Florida.

If ticket searches determined the teams in the Super Bowl, then the Saints would play the Jets in Miami.

Christian

Yep, we here at FanSnap love us some tennis. We’re looking forward to the season, but come on Andy. Those duds are a bit tight.

Actually, Andy’s gear was late and Lacoste sent over some practice duds that ended up being a bit small. Thanks Andy for sharing and for have a great sense of humor. Good luck winning a Grand Slam or two this year. We’re rooting for you!

Check for Tennis tickets here.

Christian