| Stadium UTA Trax light rail station |
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| Address | 1349 East 500 South Salt Lake City, UT[1] |
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| Structure | at-grade | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
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| Opened | December 15, 2001[2] | ||||||||||
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| Owned by | UTA | ||||||||||
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Stadium is a side platformed UTA Trax light rail station adjacent to Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The station was opened on December 15, 2001, and is operated by the Utah Transit Authority. As part of the Red Line, it has service to downtown Salt Lake City, the University of Utah and many of the suburbs of Salt Lake City.
Following the approval of federal funding in February 2000, construction of the University Line commenced on August 7, 2000.[3] The naming of the station Stadium due to its proximity to Rice-Eccles Stadium was made official by the UTA Board on April 25, 2001.[4] The station opened as one of the four new Trax stations included as part of the line on December 15, 2001.[2] As part of the UTA's Art in Transit program, the station features a bronze sculpture created by Michael Stutz entitled Flame Figure.[5] Installed in December 2001, the sculpture was commissioned by the Salt Lake City Arts Council to commemorate the 2002 Winter Olympics.[5]
The Stadium station would serve as the eastern terminus of the University Line from its completion through the opening of a three-station expansion on September 29, 2003, where the University Medical Center presently serves as the eastern terminus.[6]
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