Preseason games sometimes go on sale in late August. Regular season games may go on sale mid-September.
Some schedule notes:
Average time between (start of) games: 54.52 hours (or every other day), including Christmas, ASG and bye "week"
13 back-to-backs. Two home-and-home. Three home-and-away. One away-and-home. Seven away-and-away.
Home stands. Six 1-game, Six 2-game, Two 3-game, Three 4-game, One 5-game
Road trips: Six 1-game, Four 2-game, Three 3-game, Three 4-game, One 5-game
About 47k road miles traveled. 59 travel legs (home-citya-home = 3 legs). Average leg about 800 miles