How digital tickets make attending games easier, harder and more intrusive

The Covid-19 pandemic is encouraging the trend for digital game tickets because mobile ticketing reduces hand-to-hand contact between fans and stadium workers, and can permit contact tracing based on seat locations. — Getty Images/AFP

I spent a recent vacation in the Bay Area and parts north, being a sports fan again. The plan was to go to three baseball games, a soccer game and an afternoon of horse racing during a six-day trip. Before long, five events in six days felt crazy.

So I added a sixth event, a Class A game in San Jose between Dodgers and Giants farm clubs.