The day before the first Beehive Classic would be staged in December, I checked the ticket chart and was stunned to see thousands upon thousands of unsold seats.
The doubleheader featuring four Utah college basketball teams at Vivint Smart Home Arena was announced in the summer of 2016, so I knew for nearly 18 months that I would be there on that Saturday night needing material for the Sunday newspaper. Why wouldn’t everybody else come?
That’s when it hit me: I’m out of touch with what it really is like to be a sports fan. And that’s about to change this year during my quest to discover the fan experience.