Salt Palace
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This article describes a large building in Utah. A one-story building made of locally mined salt blocks in Grand Saline, Texas is also called the "Salt Palace".
The Salt Palace today is a convention center in Salt Lake City, Utah but has been the name of two other buildings in that city.
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[edit] History
The historic Salt Palace was built in 1899 under the direction of Richard Kletting, architect, and owned by John Franklin Heath. It stood on 900 south, between State Street and Main Street in Salt Lake City. The original Salt Palace contained a dance hall, theatre, and racing track. It was destroyed by fire on August 29, 1910, and was replaced by Majestic Hall.
The new Salt Palace was an indoor arena in Salt Lake City, Utah. It was built on land that was once the "Little Tokyo" area of the city. Originally completed in 1969 the 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. In 1994, two years after the Jazz moved into the Delta Center, the Salt Palace was demolished. A convention center of the same name stands on the site today.
[edit] Salt Palace Convention Center
The current convention center boasts 35,000 square feet of exhibit space, and 100,000 square feet of meeting space including a 45,000 square foot grand ballroom. In 2005, the third expansion project will add another exhibit hall (145,000 square feet), and three new levels of meeting rooms (64,000 square feet). The Salt Palace served as the Olympic Media Center during the 2002 Winter Olympics.
[edit] Architecture
The Salt Palace Convention Center is an architectural wonder. The trusses which support the roof were designed by one of the world's foremost roller-coaster designers, Kent Seko. Many of the convention center’s most striking visual features were obtained through the creative use of HSS (Hollow Structural Steel) in exposed applications by its architect, Atlanta - based Thompson Ventulett Stainback Associates working with a local firm, Gillies Stransky Brems Smith Architects.
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| Preceded by Louisiana Superdome 1975–1979 |
Home of the Utah Jazz 1979–1991 |
Succeeded by Delta Center 1991–present |
Categories: Basketball venues in the United States | Buildings and structures in Salt Lake City | Convention centers in the United States | Defunct basketball venues | Defunct indoor arenas | Indoor arenas in the United States | Indoor ice hockey venues in the United States | Sports in Salt Lake City
