Baseball Opening Day Foods: Things You Need to Know Before You Go

From a major airline merger to opening day baseball foods that will clog your arteries, to slow ticket sales for the Summer Games in Rio, here are the Things You Need to Know Before You Go.

Alaska Airlines have announced a merger with Virgin Airlines. The move will help to expand Alaska's reach in California and on the east coast. Both airlines are well known for exceptional customer service and a great in-flight experience.

The 2016 Major League Baseball season is officially underway. The Rockies will open up tonight against the Diamondbacks in Arizona with their home opener coming next weekend against the Padres. Speaking of opening day, it seems that ballparks across the country try, every year to outdo one another in the food department. Here are some of the more "creative" foods.

Finally, officials in Brazil are scrambling because ticket sales for the Summer Olympic Games are some of the slowest selling in the history of the games. With four months to go only a little more than half have sold. Analysts say that protests throughout the country, along with the fear of the Zika virus have contributed to the slow ticket sales.