April Events

• 2nd and 3rd(Thursday - Friday)- The Mets will also play two exhibition games versus the Boston Red Sox
  
• 3rd (Friday) - the Chicago Cubs will visit New Yankee Stadium to play the Yanks in an exhibition game.
  
• 4-6 (Saturday - Monday)- NCAA Basketball Final Four will be held at Ford Field in Detroit 
  
• 5th (Sunday)- Defending 2008 World Series Champs Philadelphia Phillies open the MLB 2009 season versus the Atlanta Braves on Opening Night. 
  
• 5th (Sunday)- Wrestlemania 25 will take place at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas
  
• 5th (Sunday)- Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
• 5th (Sunday)- Texas Samsung 500
• 6th (Monday)- MLB Opening day
• 8th (Wednesday)- The NHL Regular Season ends
  
• 9th - 12th (Thursday - Sunday)- 2009 Masters Golf Tournament Augusta, GA
• 13th (Monday)- New York Mets will open Citi Field for regular season baseball on with a game versus the San Diego Padres. 
  
• 16th (Thursday)- New Yankee Stadium will officially open for regular season Yankees baseball - Yankees face Cleveland. 
  
• 17-19 (Friday - Sunday)- The 2009 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival will be held at Indio, California and features Paul McCartney, Leonard Cohen, The Killers, Amy Winehouse, Franz Ferdinand, The Cure and My Bloody Valentine.
  
• 18th (Saturday)- Ultimate Fighting Championship visits Montreal
  
• 18th (Saturday)- Phoenix Subway 500
• 19th (Sunday) - Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach 
• 25th & 26th (Saturday & Sunday)- Stagecoach 2009 features Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley, Reba, Kid Rock and others at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. 
  
• 25th (Saturday)- Talladega Aaron's 499
  
• Broadway highlights in April include The Philanthropist starring Matthew Broderick, 9 to 5: The Musical, Waiting for Gogot starring Nathan Hale and the Broadway debut of the off-Broadway hit Rock of Ages. April also features two separate touring versions of the Broadway-smash Wicked with stops and extended dates planned for Birmingham, Jacksonville, Portland, Salt Lake City and San Francisco.