ByTim Newcomb,
Contributor.
As the Delta Center undergoes a continued renovation in Salt Lake City to further cement it as a home for both the NBA and NHL, the NBA’s Utah Jazz plans a new practice facility alongside the Utah Mammoth Ice Center.
Smith Entertainment Group (SEG), owners of both the Mammoth and the Jazz, have a two-year plan to continue recreating the Salt Lake City arena. The new practice facility announcement, alongside a sports medicine center, will place both team’s training centers on the same campus with a healthcare provider, what Ryan Smith, chairman and CEO of SEG, calls an “important step in creating Utah as a destination market for professional athletes.”
The next step for the Delta Center happens this offseason. The arena’s upper north end zone will soon feature new terrace-style ledges with full-view seating for what the team calls a more connected and immersive experience. Suspended “gondolas” along both sidelines will offer a bird’s-eye view of the event floor for over 200 fans with unique hospitality and gathering spaces. A new parking structure on the same property as the arena will also get completed this offseason.
