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Planning time off from the job to see the big sports events of 2024? There is nothing worse than realizing you missed your opportunity to either buy tickets for an event or program your DVR to tape these epic sports events for 2024. So, here is a rather thorough listing of the big ones for this year. Enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2\/3       Hockey All-Star Game (Toronto)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2\/11     Super Bowl LVIII (Las Vegas)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2\/18    Daytona 500<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3\/3       The Netflix Slam Tennis Match (Las Vegas)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3\/19    March Madness (through 4\/8)  various locations<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4\/5       Women\u2019s Final Four (Clevland, OH) Championship 4\/7<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4\/6       Men\u2019s Final Four (Glendale, Arizona) Championship 4\/8<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4\/8       The Masters Tournament at Augusta (through 4\/14)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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5\/4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kentucky Derby (Louisville)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5\/5       Miami Gran Prix (F1)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5\/26    Indianapolis 500<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5\/28    U.S. Women\u2019s Open (through 6\/2) Lancaster, PA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6\/29    Tour de France (through 7\/21)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7\/1       Wimbledon (through 7\/14) London<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6\/00    Stanley Cup (date TBD) Toronto<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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6\/6\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NBA Finals (through 6\/23) (various locations)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6\/27    NBA Draft<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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7\/26\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Summer Olympics – Paris (through 8\/11)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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8\/12 FedEx Cup Playoffs – Golf (through 8\/18) Memphis, TN<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8\/26    U.S. Open Tennis \u2013 New York City<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10\/00  Baseball World Series (dates TBD)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10\/18  U.S. Grand Prix (F1) Austin, Texas (through 10\/20)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11\/21  Las Vegas Grand Prix (F1) (through 11\/23)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12\/31\u00a0 NCAA Football Bowl Games (through January)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next year…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1\/20\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NCAA Football Championship Game \u2013 Atlanta, GA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Enjoy!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Now’s the time to be planning that time off work to see your favorite sports events. 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