Utah announces training facility and team office building

[aqib]

Fertitta and Krause (Atlanta) were in NYC at NHL HQ two days before the Utah news broke. There was speculation/rumors of what was about to happen but nothing definitive.

Ryan Smith was way, way, way far ahead of anyone else, which is why he got the Coyotes. He was ready to spend the money, had an NHL ready arena, and is working on either a new arena or major renovations to the Delta Center. He checked all the boxes.

Atlanta obviously wouldn't have been a candidate since their arena hasn't broken ground. I just find it interesting they would pick a city with an arena that needs 2 years of renovations as opposed to one ready to go.

 

[LadyStanley]

Utah NHL team sends art exhibit to penalty box

An immersive art exhibit at a Sandy mall is being sent off the ice to make room for a new practice facility for Utah's NHL team.

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Art installation closing (June) to allow practice facility to be built. Will be relocated. Curators using time out of public eye to reimagine presentation.

Other parts of mall may also have to be demolished to provide space for facility.

 

[AcerComputer]

Which is nothing new.

Makes you start wondering how prepared Ryan Smith really was for this.

This is Phoenix 1995 all over again without the Olympics as a carrot.

It was Bettman who asked him to do it when they decided to pull the plug on Arizona. In his words, drinking water through a firehose over the next couple months. They said in their press conference it was short notice and would be difficult.

 

[TheLegend]

Cox defends tax deal for downtown district and NHL arena

Governor Spencer Cox defended a tax deal designed to remodel the Delta Center for a professional hockey team and develop a significant portion of downtown.

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[BKIslandersFan]

Where will they be practicing temporarily?

 

[TheLegend]

Where will they be practicing temporarily?

Supposedly they're working on that. There are a total of 17 ice sheets in Utah. Including four Olympic size sheets in three separate facilities within Salt Lake County.