Salt Lake City — Smith Entertainment Group (SEG) announced it has placed The Shops at South Town in Sandy, Utah, under contract and that the 111-acre site will house the Utah NHL team’s permanent state-of-the-art practice and training facility, to be completed ahead of the 2025-26 NHL season. The practice facility will include a minimum of two NHL-standard regulation ice surfaces for the team and the building will also serve as the team’s official offices.
This news comes just over two weeks after NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman joined SEG owners Ryan and Ashley Smith to announce that a new NHL franchise would be established in Utah, effective for the 2024-25 season.
The facility will also be available for community purposes outside of the NHL franchise’s designated use, including to accommodate community hockey programming and offering ice time for youth and amateur hockey and recreation. Community-accessible spaces will include a public entrance, NHL team store, locker rooms, elevated seating around both rinks, and other multipurpose spaces for community programming. SEG will release more details about construction plans and the facility’s layout and configuration at a later date.
“The city of Sandy could not be more excited to become the home to the new NHL team’s long-term practice facility,” said Monica Zoltanski, Mayor of Sandy. “We have worked collaboratively with Smith Entertainment Group for many years and are excited about their expanding presence in our community with one of the world’s premier hockey training facilities in our city.”
SEG is committed to ensuring The Shops at South Town continue to be a vibrant and integral part of the community, and the NHL practice facility is an important first step towards this goal.
SEG is enthusiastically working with a variety of local partners to finalize its plans for the NHL team’s practice and training facility for the inaugural 2024-25 NHL season. The NHL team will play at Delta Center in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, beginning this fall.
The Shops at South Town are currently owned by Pacific Retail Capital Partners.
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About Smith Entertainment Group
Smith Entertainment Group (SEG) is a sports, entertainment, real estate, and technology investment group focused primarily on the state of Utah. SEG’s portfolio includes the Utah Jazz (NBA), Utah’s first-ever NHL team, Delta Center, SEG Media, Real Salt Lake (MLS), Utah Royals (NWSL), America First Credit Union Field, Salt Lake City Stars (NBA G League), Utah Jazz Gaming (NBA 2K League), Real Monarchs (MLS NEXT Pro), and other Utah-centric business ventures.
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