What does downtown Salt Lake City need? Urban planners offer a look at what new sports and entertainment district could offer.
Planners weigh in • As the capital’s population swells, city looks to make “Utah’s living room” livelier, greener, friendlier to families and easier to get around.
The multibillion-dollar stadium, sports and entertainment district now being pursued by Smith Entertainment Group, owner of the NBA’s Utah Jazz and aof a pact between the city and SEG, setting the stage for a half-a-percentage-point sales tax hike to pump $900 million toward its completion.In a thankful joint statement penned with SEG, Mayor Erin Mendenhall praised the council for its support in creating “a more activated, connected and family-friendly future for Salt Lake City.
The project area for the downtown sports and entertainment district. Smith Entertainment Group's focus has been on the block that is home to the Delta Center and the two blocks to the east. Its executives also voice commitment to mixing a variety of uses in the district, including residential, out of an intent to raise all economic boats — and to establish desirable public spaces amenable to all ages., a former city planner who now works in private practice. “It’s going to be proximity to green spaces, proximity to jobs, transit and schools.”
Besides making the gathering spots more appealing and suitable, the hope is to increase vibrancy and off-hours traffic — when there isn’t a Jazz or a hockey game drawing thousands., the public spaces at Gallivan Center and the lush lawns of City Hall and Pioneer Park, the city’s current choices for public gathering places are, Robinson notes, decentralized.
“This space,” he said, “should include a lot of vegetation, trees and a variety of activities for visitors of all ages, so it is a place that people will go for those amenities in addition to all the other entertainment venues in the area.” People walk across West 100 South in downtown Salt Lake City on Saturday, July 13, 2024.
The 100 South punch-through is part of a second phase for the district as it rolls eastward, so it could be many years away. Still, it is almost being likened to tearing down a Berlin-like wall dividing the city in two.
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