The biggest sports events
Format, tickets, venues and travel for every marquee event
These are the events every sports fan circles on the calendar — the Super Bowl, the World Series, the NBA Finals, the Stanley Cup Final and the other marquee dates that define each season. Each hub below explains how the event actually works: the competition format, how tickets are released and resold, which venues host it, what a realistic budget looks like, and how to plan travel around it.
Championship tickets behave differently from regular-season inventory — allocations are smaller, demand spikes the moment matchups are decided, and prices move daily. The guides here are built to help you time your purchase, pick the right seating tier, and avoid the common mistakes first-time buyers make at the biggest events in North American sports.