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Delta Center - Live Music Venue in Salt Lake City

Delta Center is an indoor venue in Salt Lake City. Opened in 1991, the arena is the home of the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Utah Mammoth of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Venue
Delta Center
Address
78 subcontractors. On the main plaza
Town
Salt Lake City, US
Capacity
19,911

Delta Center is an indoor venue in Salt Lake City. Opened in 1991, the arena is the home of the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Utah Mammoth of the National Hockey League (NHL). The arena has a seating capacity of 18,186 for basketball, up to 16,020 for ice hockey and indoor football, and 20,000 for concerts. It has 56 luxury suites and 668 club seats. Over the years, it has also hosted other professional sports teams including the Utah Blaze of the Arena Football League and the Utah Starzz of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). During the 2002 Winter Olympics, the arena hosted figure skating and short-track speed skating competitions under the name "Salt Lake Ice Center". It is expected to host ice hockey during the 2034 Winter Olympics. The Delta Center is the third oldest arena in the NBA, after Madison Square Garden in New York City and Target Center in Minneapolis, and the fourth oldest arena in the NHL, after Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Madison Square Garden and Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary. The arena was originally imagined as a 20,000-seat home for the Utah Jazz and Salt Lake Golden Eagles to replace the since-demolished Salt Palace arena, which had 12,616 seats. Under the leadership and private financing of Utah businessman Larry H. Miller, ground was broken on May 22, 1990, and it was completed on October 4, 1991, in time for late-October basketball games, at a cost of US$93 million (US$220 million in 2025 dollars). Naming rights to the arena would be acquired by Delta Air Lines, naming it Delta Center. The first game played in the arena was a Golden Eagles game against the Peoria Rivermen on October 16, 1991, which the home team lost 4-2. The Eagles had also played the inaugural game in the Salt Palace arena when it opened on October 10, 1969. The Delta Center hosted its first concert on October 24, 1991, headlined by Oingo Boingo. The first basketball game played in the arena was a Jazz pre-season l