Salt Lake City Council members gave their final blessing to Jazz owner Ryan Smith's downtown sports district, clearing the way for the multibillion-dollar project to move forward.
Salt Lake City will get its downtown sports and entertainment district, and it’ll split the bill, too.
City Council members voted 6-0 on Tuesday night to give their final approval to Jazz owner Ryan Smith’s proposed sports hub. They also authorized a half-a-percentage-point sales tax increase that will funnel $900 million into the district. “This is a hard thing and a large thing,” council Chair Victoria Petro said. “But I will not conflate the largeness with the good things we have squeezed out of this lemon — not for Ryan Smith, not for the hockey player, but for the city.”the council needed to take to put Smith Entertainment Group’s planned district on the path toward becoming a reality. Council member Darin Mano was absent and did not vote.and a reimagining of the blocks east of the arena.
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