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April is here, which means baseball fans are gettin' fired up for season openers!  Whether you're a Mets fan or a Yankees fan, or you just go to games for the over-priced beer, peanuts and ball park hot dogs, etc, we've got you covered forNY baseball tickets. 

Here's the low-down for Yankees Season Opener:

Opening Day 2012 for the New York Yankees is Friday, April 13th, with first pitch scheduled for 1:05pm. The Yankees will take on the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.






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70+ degrees outside? Spring is here! This is always an exciting time in New York City. Easter is also just around the corner, and we have the perfect way to celebrate spring time and Easter all at once - New York Harbor cruises! 

We can say from experience that NY cruises are a blast, and a great way to see the beautiful island of Manhattan from a different perspective - cruising the waves of the New York Harbor. Spring is one of the best times to take a New York cruise, enjoy some sunshine and just let loose. 






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World Water Week is March 19-25, 2012, when thousands of restaurants in New York and nation-wide are hopping aboard UNICEF's Tap Project by charging just $1 for tap water that their guests would normally drink for free, to raise money for the cause. 






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St. Patrick's Day is just around the corner, and if you haven't heard, March 17 lands on a SATURDAY this year! If that's not the luck of the Irish, well then ... OK, it occurs every 7 years, but still - more reason to celebrate all day and weekend long! One of the top drinking holidays of any given year, St. Patrick's Day in New York City is one huge party day, and this year it'll be on a whole other level.






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Cirque du Soleil's Zarkana was a huge hit from June-October of 2011 in New York City and will return June 6, 2012 for another magical season at Radio City Music Hall. The  Zarkana Cirque show combines acrobatics, magic and opera in a twisted story with mutant-like characters detract main character Zark from journey.






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Ever since the Brooklyn Dodgers made the cross-country move to Los Angeles in 1957, Brooklyn sports fans have felt a bit of a void, with zero professional sports teams reppin' their city. Lucky for Brooklynites, the 55-year void will soon be filled when the New Jersey Nets relocate as the Brooklyn Nets in their new home arena: the Barclay Center at Atlantic Yards for the 2012-2013 season.






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If you want to spice up your wedding vows, try exchanging them on the World Trade Center Observation Deck this Valentine’s Day during the annual 24 hour Marriage Marathon in NYC.  Each year, up to 55 couples are married in a civil ceremony before the New York State Supreme Court Justice on February 14th atop the World Trade Center.






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Super Bowl Sunday 2012  is just 9 days away - if you haven’t made your NYC Super Bowl XLVI plans yet, well, what are you waiting for?  Devoted, jersey-clad, face-painted NY Giants fans will be flooding City sports bars to watch the Giants ideally beat the Patriots for the Super Bowl Champion title this February 5th.  (There may be some lost Patriots fans in the New York City as well, surely seeking just as many beers, wings, and rowdy high-fives from bar strangers-turned-chums.)






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Though New Year's Eve celebrations are long gone by now in American culture, the Lunar New Year is just around the corner.  According to Chinese astrology, Monday, January 23, 2012 is the day to say goodbye to the Year of the Rabbit and hello to the Year of the Dragon, and New York City is about to celebrate big time.  






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The 20th annual NYC Restaurant Week is just around the corner. Beginning January 16th through February 10th, choose from hundreds of restaurants throughout New York, each offering 3-course prixe fix meals at amazing set prices of $24.07 for lunch and $35.00 for dinner.