Blizzard announced today that tickets for this year's Blizzcon event will be on sale beginning May 16th. Blizzcon 09 will be held in Anaheim, California on August 21-22, 2009. Grab the ticket details below:

BlizzCon Tickets on Sale May 16

Tickets to this year's BlizzCon gaming convention, being held on August 21 and 22 in Anaheim, California, will go on sale worldwide on Saturday, May 16 for $125 each, with a second block of tickets going on sale Saturday, May 30. For those unable to attend, DIRECTV will once again be televising BlizzCon in high definition as a Pay Per View event, featuring coverage from the show floor, exclusive interviews, demos, and more. In addition, for the first time, players around the world will be able to watch the DIRECTV BlizzCon event as a Pay Per View Internet stream. Check out the press release for further details, and head over to http://www.blizzcon.com on May 16 or May 30 to buy your tickets.

For additional information on the Ticket Sales Queue please visit this link: http://www.blizzard.com/blizzcon/events/tickets.xml

For the BlizzCon forums please visit here: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/board.html?forumId=9391140&sid=1

I know I can't wait! *g*