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The fan support that the Stars received established Salt Lake City as a viable basketball market, setting the stage for the NBA's New Orleans Jazz to relocate and become the Utah Jazz in 1979. [25] The final regular season game in the Salt Palace was a 107–93 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on April 20, 1991. [26]
The second Salt Palace in Salt Lake City was in use from 1969 to 1994, hosting among other events the home games of the Utah Stars and Utah Jazz basketball teams, and the Salt Lake Golden Eagles ice hockey team. Janet Jackson 's Rhythm Nation Tour became the fastest sell-out in Salt Palace history.
Opened in 1991, the arena is the home of the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Utah Hockey Club of the National Hockey League (NHL). The arena has a seating capacity of 18,306 for basketball, up to 16,200 for ice hockey and indoor football, and 20,000 for concerts. It has 56 luxury suites and 668 club seats.
In 1994, three years after the Jazz moved into the new Delta Center (now Vivint Arena), the Salt Palace was demolished. A convention center of the same name stands on the site today.
15 lip 2015 · Big concerts and pro sports did come — and the Salt Palace vaulted Salt Lake City into the major leagues for the first time. But the arena soon was too small and too vanilla-plain for such big...
Utah Jazz – amerykański profesjonalny klub koszykarski z siedzibą w Salt Lake City w stanie Utah. Drużyna występuje w Dywizji Północno-zachodniej, Konferencji Zachodniej w National Basketball Association (NBA). Od 1991 roku drużyna rozgrywa swoje mecze na hali Vivint Smart Home Arena (dawniej Delta Center).
Originally completed in 1969 at the cost of $17 million, the 10,725 seat arena was the home of the Utah Stars of the American Basketball Association from 1970 to 1975 the Salt Lake Golden Eagles hockey club from 1969 to 1991 and the Utah Jazz from 1979 to 1991.
