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Speculation among NBA fans has reached a fever pitch as free agent LeBron James decides whether to re-sign with the Cleveland Cavaliers or continue his stellar career with a new team. In his seven NBA seasons, LeBron James – the 25 year old all-world small forward for the Cavs – has already been named NBA Rookie of the Year, a six-time NBA All-Star, and the NBA’s Most Valuable Player of the 2008-09 and 2009-10 seasons.

A FanSnap analysis of 2010 NBA ticket data from the open market where tickets are bought and sold suggests more than a rooting interest is at stake.  FanSnap is the most comprehensive ticket search engine in the U.S., displaying ticket data from every major ticket marketplace and every major ticket broker who sells direct online.  Of the 60+ most trusted ticket sites online that FanSnap searches, 45 sites made a market in NBA tickets this past season.

LEBRON IS THE BIGGEST FRANCHISE PLAYER IN THE LEAGUE, LET ALONE THE FREE AGENT MARKET

When LEBRON comes to town, market prices GO UP an average of 180%
When KOBE BRYANT comes to town, market prices GO UP on average of 130%
When CARMELO ANTHONY comes to town, market prices GO DOWN on average of 5%
When DWYANE WADE comes to town, market prices GO DOWN on average of 24%

One could argue that the cache of the Lakers as such a storied and winning franchise provides an additional boost to fan demand to see Kobe and the Lakers when they come to town — making the LeBron effect even more impressive.

CLEVELAND LOVES LEBRON

Cleveland fans of course supported LeBron and the Cavaliers, who had the best regular season record in the NBA this past season, as ticket market prices for home games averaged $130, second only to the Lakers at $243, despite the fact that Cleveland is the 18^th largest media market.

Examining market price averages is one useful way to examine the market trends and help quantify relative fan demand for events.  It is important to note, however, that FanSnap regularly finds market prices for comparable tickets varying by 25%, 40%, 60% or more at any given time. Also, all market prices quoted include both the ticket price and the commission charged by the ticket site, so fans can compare tickets from several sites all at once, ‘apples to apples.’

WHEN LEBRON COMES TO TOWN, MARKET PRICES GO UP 50% OR MORE

A comparison of the average ticket prices on the open market, one gauge of fan demand, for the teams most likely to sign LeBron shows that when LeBron played road games against those teams, market prices for those tickets leapt strongly vs. the two games prior and after that game, ranging from a 55% lift in Miami to a 311% bump in Chicago.

This trend is consistent across the league for King James visits.

LEBRON GOING TO THE BULLS?

An alternative way to understand the ‘LeBron effect’ is to compare those same ticket market prices for LeBron’s road games against those same opponents’ vs. their respective season average ticket market prices. The same effect holds, as ticket market prices for those games vs. LeBron and the Cavaliers range from an 18% lift in Miami to a 226% bump in Chicago. No matter how you look at it, Bulls fans like LeBron the most.

WHEN LEBRON MISSED A GAME IN CHICAGO, MARKET PRICES DROPPED 79%

It’s clear that when the Cavs travel, ticket demand in the away cities increases, but is there a difference in ticket demand if LeBron is in the lineup? In one late season example, LeBron and the Cavs played in Chicago twice.  On 3/19/10, with LeBron in the Cavs lineup, ticket market prices averaged $411. The Cavs played the Bulls in Chicago again on 4/8/10 — this time without LeBron. Ticket market prices for that game averaged $87. LeBron drove ticket market prices nearly 5x!

FanSnap is a free ticket search engine with more than 13 million sports, theater and concert tickets to 75,000 events. FanSnap highlights the Best Value Tickets(sm) at any given moment and displays tickets listings from dozens of ticket sites by the row so fans can easily compare tickets.

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We had to to this because we love sports in any language and this is about at thrilling a finish as you will see in sports. Its the NLB League Final from April 25, 2010 (Cibona vs Partizan). Talk about your unbelievable buzzer beater. Reminds us of the Cal – Stanford football game in 1982 with fans, not the band, on the court as time expires.

The NBA does it pretty well too

Find NBA Playoffs tickets with FanSnap.

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We are pleased to welcome TicketsNow, a leader and pioneer in the industry, to what is rapidly becoming the most extensive accurate view of the available live event tickets on the market. The timing couldn’t be better.  We’re approaching one of the hottest times of the live event calendar, when fans are buying MLB tickets, NBA tickets, NHL tickets, NCAA Tournament tickets, and gearing up for the big concert ticket season.

We look forward to making it fast and easy for fans to see the wide selection of high quality tickets available on TicketsNow.com.

Many, many thanks to the FanSnap and TicketsNow teams that made this possible!

We here at FanSnap pride ourselves on shopping early for the holidays. Even with great planning there are always those last minute stocking stuffers that can be hard to find. Not anymore. We fired up the FanSnap ticket search engine today looking for deals and we found quite a few; so many in fact, that we divided them into categories.

The natural first place to look was the college bowl tickets.

We we’re sure if we’d find any bowls with tickets under $10. Boy were we wrong. Have a look:

• Music City Bowl: Kentucky Wildcats vs. Clemson Tigers at LP Field (Nashville, TN) Dec 27 Tickets
• Texas Bowl: Navy Midshipmen vs. Missouri Tigers at Reliant Stadium (Houston, TX) Dec 31 Tickets
• Chick-fil-A Bowl (Peach Bowl): Virginia Tech Hokies vs. Tennessee Volunteers at the Georgia Dome (Atlanta, GA) Dec 31 Tickets
• Outback Bowl: Northwestern Wildcats vs. Auburn Tigers at Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, FL) Jan 1, 2010 Tickets
• AT&T Cotton Bowl: Oklahoma State Cowboys vs. Mississippi Rebels at Cowboys Stadium (Arlington, TX) Jan 2, 2010 Tickets
• FedEx Orange Bowl: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets vs. Iowa Hawkeyes at Land Shark Stadium (Miami, FL) Jan 5, 2010 Tickets

Here are NBA tickets under $10 to hundreds of upcoming games. Here are a few examples of great games with great values:

• Cleveland fans can see LeBron James and the Cavs can hold off the Milwaukee Bucks for the top spot in the Central Division at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, OH) Mar 31, 2010 Tickets
• Carmelo Anthony fans will welcome the opportunity to see Nuggets play host to Dirk and mavs when the  Dallas Mavericks take on the Denver Nuggets at the Pepsi Center in Denver Feb 9, 2010 Tickets
• Fans in the Southeast can get into Philips Arena in Atlanta, GA to see conference foes the Orlando Magic battle the Atlanta Hawks for the top spot on Mar 24, 2010 when Superman, a.k.a Dwight Howard comes to town. Tickets

NFL tickets under $10 include:

• St Louis Rams @ Arizona Cardinals at University of Phoenix Stadium (Glendale, AZ)
  Sun, Dec 27 tickets
• New England Patriots @ Houston Texans at Reliant Stadium (Houston, TX)
  Sun, Jan 3, 2010 tickets
• Jacksonville Jaguars @ Cleveland Browns at Cleveland Browns Stadium (Cleveland, OH)
  Sun, Jan 3, 2010  tickets

There are tons of NHL Tickets under $10

Sure, fans of Alex Ovechkin, Sidney Crosby or those who know about “Broad Street Bullies” and the “Legion of Doom” may have to pay a bit more than $10, but it is possible to see nearly every NHL team for under $10.

• Detroit Red Wings @ New York Islanders at Nassau Coliseum (Uniondale, NY)
  Tue, Jan 12, 2010  tickets
• Boston Bruins @ New Jersey Devils at the Prudential Center (Newark, NJ)
  Mon, Mar 15, 2010  tickets
• Pittsburgh Penguins @ Buffalo Sabres at HSBC Arena (Buffalo, NY)
  Tue, Dec 29, 2010  tickets

There are hundreds of NCAA Mens hoops tickets for under $10

Best of luck with that last minute shopping,

Christian

With the season beginning, pro hoops fans can easily find NBA tickets for the entire 2009-2010 season on FanSnap.  Thousands of great tickets are available for most games.  NBA fans are particularly excited to see recent champions the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics, as well as breakthrough teams the Cleveland Cavaliers and Orlando Magic.

Welcome to the 2009-10 NBA season.  Kobe Bryant and the Lakers are looking to repeat.  The Celtics are looking to get Kevin Garnett, and their swagger, back. LeBron James and Dwight Howard got close last year, and they are ready to lead their teams again in the quest of that first ring.

Many of the NBA teams are having their single game onsales this week.  They have been selling season ticket and multi-game packages for weeks, and now it is time to sell what’s left.  All along, ticket listings offered by existing season ticket holders have been available.

The first NBA games start in October.  Many more tickets will become available throughout the year, but a quick search on FanSnap of most games finds thousands of ticket listings from many ticket providers already.  Check out the great tickets (and values) available from last year’s playoff teams:

EASTERN CONFERENCE

#1  Cleveland Cavaliers tickets

#2 Boston Celtics tickets

#3 Orlando Magic tickets

#4 Atlanta Hawks tickets

#5  Miami Heat tickets

#6 Philadelphia 76ers tickets

#7 Chicago Bulls tickets

#8 Detroit Pistons tickets

WESTERN CONFERENCE

#1 Los Angeles Lakers tickets

#2 Denver Nuggets tickets

#3 San Antonio Spurs tickets

#4 Portland Trail Blazers tickets

#5 Houston Rockets tickets

#6 Dallas Mavericks tickets

#7 New Orleans Hornets tickets

#8 Utah Jazz tickets

It’s almost tipoff time…

Mike

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

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.

The Bulls withstood Ray Allen dropping 51 with their “instant classic” triple overtime win over the Celtics. The Heat, behind 41 from D-Wade, spanked the Hawks. NBA fans, even though it is still the first round, we have a couple of awesome game 7’s!

If you are in town, there are lots of great tickets listed for sale:

Bulls @ Celtics 600 tickets listed at $123+ Saturday

Heat @ Hawks 1600 tickets listed at $39+ (WOW!)   Sunday

If not, stake out that spot in front of the flat screen and have a great time. Maybe invite some friends over. The ones that say that NBA basketball is not exciting. I am pretty sure a lot of “honey-do’s” are not getting done this weekend.

Mike

This morning the NBA announced their playoff schedule, and now the “real” season starts.

There are many intriguing matchups and a showcase of the best and most popular athletes in the world – Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Dwayne Wade, Dirk Nowitzki, Yao Ming – as well as young guns like Brandon Roy, Chris Paul, and Dwight Howard, who are looking to win their first ring.

A quick search on FanSnap finds that thousands of NBA playoff tickets are readily available from many ticket providers. It will cost you more to park at some of these venues than you will pay to see NBA playoff basketball! The first games start on Saturday Apr 18.

EASTERN CONFERENCE

#8 Detroit Pistons @ #1 Cleveland Cavaliers  (first games 4/18 and 4/21)  low price of $32*

#7 Chicago Bulls @ #2 Boston Celtics (4/18 and 4/20)  $33

#6 Philadelphia 76ers @ #3 Orlando Magic (4/19 and 4/22)  $14!

#5 Miami Heat @ #4 Atlanta Hawks  (4/19 and 4/22)  $18!

WESTERN CONFERENCE

#8 Utah Jazz @ #1 Los Angeles Lakers  (4/19 and 4/21)  $55

#7 New Orleans Hornets @ #2 Denver Nuggets (4/19 and 4/22)  $11!

#6 Dallas Mavericks @ #3 San Antonio Spurs  (4/18 and 4/20)  $12!

#5 Houston Rockets @ #4 Portland Trailblazers  (4/18 and 4/21)  $55

* price is per ticket + commissions at Apr 16 5:20pm