I am loving the Jazz lately. Bryan got me totally addicted. He almost never misses watching a game on tv and so by default, I watch with him. So, for Christmas I decided to surprise him with tickets to a game. I bought tickets to the Jazz vs. Suns game, last Thursday. After talking with some of the guys at work, they told me it would be completely worth it to spend a little extra money and get tickets in the lower bowl. So I splurged and bought tickets for him — center court, 13 rows up. He agreed to take me with him so Thursday night we set off.
As we set off, we were going to meet Bryan’s dad at Crown Burger for dinner. Bryan said it was one of their family traditions, when they went to Jazz games, they always go to Crown Burger before. I was so excited to be a part of their fun traditions. So we were excited and didn’t want to make Bryan’s dad wait for us too long, so of course, just as we were going to get on I-15, a train was crossing Geneva — and it wasn’t moving at all. We should have turned around, but we waiting and waited. This is Bryan driving and waiting for the train.
Finally, the train passed and we were on our way!
We made it to Salt Lake and parked across from the Energy Solutions Arena and walked up to Crown Burger. It was packed! There were so many Jazz fans there, but way too many Sun’s jerseys. All of them were Steve Nash jerseys, too!
Bryan’s brother, Steve, came with us too.
Then it was off to the game. I was so excited, because I had never been to a Jazz game before — I hadn’t even been inside the Energy Solutions Arena! So everything was new and exciting. For Christmas I also got Bryan a new Jazz shirt so he could wear it to the game. I didn’t have anything to wear so I was feeling not so in the spirit. So once there, we found a Fanzz store and got me a shirt and foam finger!
We got into the arena and walked to our seats and they were so close! While we were watching the game, I was surprised at how different it looked because of how close we were. It was better than watching it on TV at home.
We cheered, yelled, did the wave, jumped up and down and had so much fun. The Jazz bear came right over near us so many times. He was great entertainment to watch.
As the game began, we realized that Steve Nash wasn’t playing and found out later that he had the stomach flu. He’s a great player, so I’m kind of sad he didn’t play, but kind of glad he didn’t play (I think the Suns might have beaten the Jazz had Nash been playing at the top of his game). In the end, WE WON! It was so exciting and so much fun. I think I’ll get tickets again. We had a great time.
(picture is a little blurry. Opps!)