Delta Center, Indoor sports arena in Downtown Salt Lake City, US
Delta Center is an indoor arena in downtown Salt Lake City, opened on October 4, 1991. Its light grey panel facade carries a wide band of blue-tinted glazing, and the Delta name and red triangle logo appear above the glass. Seating is 18,186 for basketball, up to 16,020 for ice hockey and indoor football, and 20,000 for concerts, with 56 luxury suites and 668 club seats.
The facility was built between 1990 and 1991 as a new home venue for a professional sports team in the city. In 2002, organizers used the space for Olympic competitions on ice and adapted the equipment accordingly.
The arena's name comes from Delta Air Lines, which has a hub at Salt Lake City's airport; the name returned on July 1, 2023 after EnergySolutions (2006–2015) and Vivint (2015–2023) held the rights. Fans mocked the EnergySolutions era with nicknames like "the Dump" and "the Tox Box". Dan Roberts was the Jazz public address announcer until retiring in April 2025.
The arena sits close to several bus lines and the light rail system that bring visitors downtown. Multiple parking garages and surface lots surround the building, though traffic increases on event days.
For the Winter Games, crews transformed the basketball hall into an ice surface and installed temporary seating to give spectators a better view of the competitions. After the Games, workers rebuilt the facility back to its original form.
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