An NBA Finals matchup between one market known for sizzle, stars and bandwagon jumpers and another famous for being awash in oil money is good news for ticket brokers. But a bicoastal, international NHL Stanley Cup battle between similarly championship-starved cities has been even better for business.

According to figures provided by ticket search engine SeatGeek, the prices on the resale market for tickets to the Stanley Cup — pitting the Boston Bruins against the Vancouver Canucks — are far higher than those for the NBA Finals between the Miami Heat and Dallas Mavericks.

Last season, the NBA got its dream match-up when the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers rekindled their rivalry in the NBA Finals, a match-up that benefited the secondary ticket market as well. This season's ideal scenario was supposed to be Lakers vs. Cavaliers, but the Orlando Magic spoiled those plans and tickets prices on the secondary market may have taken a hit as a result.

According to data as of June 4 provided by StubHub, the average ticket price for the four games in Los Angeles are down 20 percent from last season going from $884 to $678. For the potential three games in Orlando, tickets are selling for an average of $442. Last year in Boston, tickets went for slightly more than $700.

Tickets to catch the upcoming concerts from Blink-182 as well as tickets for the upcoming NBA Finals are on sale throughout the week ending June 6 as compiled by Ticket News.

This week’s onsales begin today with tickets for the upcoming NBA Finals match-up between the Orlando Magic and the Los Angeles Lakers. Additional tickets for the Lakers home games are on sale this morning. However, Magic fans will have to wait until Saturday to snag tickets to the Orlando home games. Football fans will want to take note that New England Patriots tickets for the 2009 season go on sale Thursday morning.

If you have watched even a minute of this year's NBA Finals between the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers, you have heard all about the history as well as all about the great players and games of the past. You've seen the celebrities from Denzel Washington to Jack Nicholson, Spike Lee to Steven Spielberg. And if you have tried to get tickets to the Staples Center to see a game in person, you have definitely seen the huge prices they are going for.

"I've seen nothing like this in the nine years since we've opened," Lee Zeidman, general manager for the Staples Center, told the Los Angeles Daily News. "Because of the history of these two teams ... the demand is phenomenal."