Sorry LeBron.  It’s Kobe vs. Superman.  Hoops fans, are you ready?

Is this the Magic’s breakthrough year?  This is their best team since the days of Shaq and Penny.

The Lakers came close last year.  Do you want to join the stars courtside for the 2009 version of Showtime?  Check out all the tickets available for the first four games!

Game 1 (Thu PM): Magic @ Lakers

+ 3,700+ ticket listings from 7 providers starting at $275*

Game 2 (Sun PM): Magic @ Lakers

+ 3,400+ ticket listings from 6 providers starting at $270

Game 3 (Tue PM): Lakers @ Magic

+ 1,800+ ticket listings from 5 providers starting at $291

Game 4 (Thu PM): Lakers @ Magic

+ 1,800+ ticket listings from 5 providers starting at $275

* Price + commission per tickets; as of May 31 12:30am

Arkansan Kris Allen’s victory in last week’s American Idol finale has supercharged interest in the American Idols Live 2009 Summer Tour.

Since the show, interest in the tour has skyrocketed, with searches for American Idol tickets on FanSnap the most popular request by far, outpacing the combined searches for Taylor Swift, Jonas Brothers, Beyonce, Dave Matthews, and Kenny Chesney!

The 50 city tour, starting July 5 in Portland, features Adam Lambert, Allison Iraheta, Anoop Desai, Danny Gokey, Kris Allen, Lil Rounds, Matt Giraud, Megan Joy, Michael Sarver, and Scott MacIntyre.

Check out some of the other key stops:

Jul 12 San Jose  (2000 tickets, from $78*)

Jul 16 Los Angeles  (2500 tickets, from $79)

Jul 23 Dallas  (700 tickets, from $77)

Aug 11 Long Island  (1700 tickets, from $74)

Aug 18 Boston  (2600 tickets, from $65)

Aug 20 Philly  (1200 tickets, from $65)

Sep 2  Rosemont, IL  (2600 tickets, from $50)

                                                    * combined price + commission per ticket; May 30 4 AM

Penguin fans, it’s only 286 miles from Pittsburgh to Detroit.  Four and a half hours.  A tank of gas.

What does that get you?  Stanley Cup Tickets.  Lots more choices, much lower prices!

In fact, it looks like you will probably be able to see the first two games in Detroit for the price of only one game in Pittsburgh.

Game 1 (Sat PM): Penguins @ Red Wings

+ 2200+ ticket listings from 12 providers starting at $135*

+ Behind Penguins 2x goal: starting at $407

Game 2 (Sun PM): Penguins @ Red Wings

+ 2900+ ticket listings from 13 providers starting at $137

+ Behind Penguins 2x goal: starting at $381

Game 3 (Tue PM): Red Wings @ Penguins

+ 450+ ticket listings from 5 providers starting at $273

+ Behind Penguins 2x goal: starting at $775

Game 4 (Thu PM): Red Wings @ Penguins

+ 550+ ticket listings from 5 providers starting at $375

+ Behind Penguins 2x goal: starting at $865

Are you the kind of fan that doesn’t mind representing in a sea of fans rooting for the other side?

Face Off!

Mike

* ticket price + commission per ticket; as of May 28, 11 PM

What a difference a day (and a half) makes — especially if you’re in Orlando.

Yesterday we posted the following NBA Playoff tickets prices:

@ Cleveland Cavaliers tickets: 2400+ available, starting at $85*

@ Orlando Magic tickets: 2600+ available, starting at $109

@ Los Angeles Lakers tickets:  3800+ available, starting at $96

@ Denver Nuggets tickets:  2200+ available, starting at $110

* price is ticket price plus commission; as of 7am on May 18.

Today the story is very different.

@ Cleveland Cavaliers tickets: 1,000+ tickets available, starting at $75**

@ Orlando Magic tickets: 4,000+ tickets available, starting at $56

@ Los Angeles Lakers tickets:  1,000+ tickets available, starting at $60

@ Denver Nuggets tickets:  3,000+ tickets available, starting at $92

** price is ticket price plus commission; as of 3pm on May 19.

After the Lakers and Magic took care of business this weekend, the conference final match ups are set:

#1 Cleveland Cavaliers vs #3 Orlando Magic

#1 Los Angeles Lakers vs #2 Denver Nuggets

The opportunity for Lebron, Superman and Carmello to be first time NBA champions is still there for the taking…   And you can be there to see it.  Check out the amazing choice of ticket listings for the first game in each city!

@ Cleveland Cavaliers tickets:  2400+ available, starting at $85*

@ Orlando Magic tickets:  2600+ available, starting at $109

@ Los Angeles Lakers tickets:  3800+ available, starting at $96

@ Denver Nuggets tickets:  2200+ available, starting at $110

Michael, Magic, Larry.  Legends are not made in All Star Games.  They are made in Championship games.  Who’s got next?

Mike

* price is ticket price plus commission; as of 7am on May 18.

More public onsales of tickets to Green Day’s 21st Century Breakdown tour hit the web today, in New York, Seattle, Minneapolis and California.  Of course, there have been been many presales already, as Green Day has one of the more active fan clubs.  If you do not find the tickets you want, do not despair.  This is not the nineties, where you were left with no choices!  Thanks to the very active ticket market that exists today, you still have lots of choices.

FanSnap searches dozens of ticket web sites to find the tickets you want.  A quick look shows hundreds, and in some cases, thousands of Green Day tickets listings per show.  Find the tickets you want, and we’ll send you right to the ticket site that has them.  Have a look!

I’m going.  Wouldn’t miss it.  See you there.

Mike

After two exciting game sevens, here we are - down to the four best hockey teams in the land.

The match ups are set:

#2 Detroit Red Wings vs #4 Chicago Blackhawks

#4 Pittsburgh Penguins vs #6 Carolina Hurricanes

Once again, the field pretty much proves that the regular season and seedings mean nothing.

NHL playoff hockey.  The NHL Conference Finals.  Hard ticket to get, right?  Nope.

There are tons of choice ticket listings for pro hockey fans right now:

@ Detroit Red Wings tickets:  2800+ available, starting at $108

@ Chicago Blackhawks tickets:  2300+ available, starting at $75

@ Pittsburgh Penguins tickets:  600+ available, starting at $186

@ Carolina Hurricanes tickets:  300+ available, starting at $93

Check back often as the available tickets and prices will vary!

Lace those skates tighter.

As if seeing the amazing variety of great sports, theatre, and concert tickets available and getting the most value for your money (not to mention saving lots of time) aren’t enough reason to use the FanSnap search engine all the time (and to tell all your friends and family about us) …

During May, all fans who sign up on FanSnap will be eligible for our “Fans Welcome” drawing.  On June 1, the winner will be randomly selected, and will be able to select $1,000 worth of FREE sports, concert, or theatre tickets from any of the dozens of ticket companies FanSnap searches!  The second and third place winners will be able to select $500, and $250, worth of free tickets, respectively.

BONUS: Have family, friends, or colleagues who are also fans?  After you sign up, every time you use the share feature on FanSnap, you will receive an extra entry in the drawing!

This is the time of year to be a fan looking for great tickets!  Concerts.  Baseball.  Basketball and hockey playoffs.  Football tickets available already.  Broadway and the national theatre tours.  There are over fourteen million ticket listings available in the FanSnap ticket search results!

Check out the site and sign up!

All four NHL playoff series have been hard fought with all now set at 3-2, although the Redwings are the only higher seed with the upper hand:

#6 Carolina Hurricanes lead #1 Boston Bruins

#4 PIttsburgh Penguins lead #2 Washington Capitals

#2 Detroit Redwings lead #8 Anaheim Ducks

#4 Chicago Blackhawks lead #3 Vancouver Canucks

Game sixes are always huge as one team could be done - or show major heart and force a rocking game seven.  So here we have it - game sixes all around:

Capitals @ Penguins tickets for Mon, May 11, 7pm ET  (150 tickets from $109*)

Canucks @ Blackhawks tickets for Mon, May 11, 9pm ET  (1600 tickets from $70*)

Bruins @ Hurricanes tickets for Tue, May 12, 7pm ET  (250 tickets from $85*)

Red Wings @ Ducks tickets for Tue, May 12, 10pm ET  (1300 tickets from $50*)

The Hurricanes, Penguins, and Blackhawks could all close out at home, with the Stanley Cup one step closer.  It’s gut check time.

Mike

*  Ticket price + commission as of 7:30PM PT May 10.

Today, American Idol Live Tour tickets went on sale to the public in the mad scramble that is the Saturday 10AM multiple-browser-window drama that many have come to take for granted.

There are over fifty shows on the 2009 summer tour starting in July, and as has become tradition, all the finalists will be performing - Kris Allen, Anoop Desai, Matt Giraud, Danny Gokey, Allison Iraheta,  Megan Joy, Adam Lambert, Scott MacIntyre, Lil Rounds, and Michael Sarver.

If you didn’t find the American Idol Live tickets you wanted at the box office, “Simon says” feel free to check out FanSnap, where our constantly updated searches of dozens of ticket companies show hundreds of tickets available for each show on the ticket market.