Ryan Smith has talked generally about how he’d like to see downtown Salt Lake City reimagined around the Delta Center to enhance the experience of attending a Utah Jazz or Utah hockey club game.
But an application Smith Entertainment Group filed with the city for a 100-acre revitalization zone under a new state law provided a little more insight into what could happen around the arena over the next few years. It doesn’t include specific plans.
SEG proposes to develop the area as a sports and entertainment district with a variety of commercial uses, including retail, restaurants, hospitality, multifamily residential, and other entertainment and cultural uses and parking. It includes remodeling the Delta Center over several offseasons to accommodate both the Jazz and the hockey team.
“Development of the project area, including the Delta Center remodel, will require substantial redevelopment, urban renewal and reconstruction, which will likely include the re-routing, permanent closure and/or bridging of certain surrounding streets,” according to the application.