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^ "Ceremony Signals Start of Palace Construction". ^ a b Irvine, Arnold (March 10, 1967). Its final NBA game was in the second round of the playoffs, a three-point loss to the Portland Trail Blazers, 104–101 on May 12.Ĭapacity over the years for basketball: Years The final regular season game in the Salt Palace was a 107–93 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on April 20, 1991. The fan support that the Stars received established Salt Lake City as a viable basketball market, setting the stage for the NBA's New Orleans Jazz to relocate and become the Utah Jazz in 1979. However, negotiations for the ABA-NBA merger were completed and the Spirits/Rockies were one of two ABA teams disbanded in the merger. Louis announced that they planned to relocate to Salt Lake City and the Salt Palace as the Utah Rockies for the 1976–77 season. Less than six months later on May 19, the ABA Spirits of St. Financial problems plagued owners of the franchise in 1975 and the team folded on December 2 (4–12 record), after the franchise could not make payroll. However, the franchise declined with a 38–46 season in 1974–75, despite drawing 8,500 fans per game. Moses Malone was selected in the 1974 ABA Draft and joined the team directly out of high school. The team reached the ABA Finals again in 1973–74, before losing to the New York Nets and Julius Erving. The Stars set an ABA attendance record in that season (6,100 per game), and would continue to draw well and field excellent teams in the following seasons. The Utah Stars were a major success initially, defeating the Kentucky Colonels in the ABA Finals and capturing the ABA Championship in 1970–71, behind Finals MVP Zelmo Beaty. When the Los Angeles Stars of the ABA moved to Salt Lake City following the 1969–70 season, the Salt Palace had a major tenant. The structure was lost to a fire in 1910. The first Salt Palace in the city was a theater and dance hall at 900 South, between State and Main streets its exterior was sprayed with salt crystals to reflect the sun. 
A convention center of the same name stands on the site today. In 1994, three years after the Jazz moved into the new Delta Center (now Vivint Arena), the Salt Palace was demolished. The elevation of the arena at street level was approximately 4,300 feet (1,310 m) above sea level. Later expanded to 12,666 seats, the venue was the home of the Utah Stars of the American Basketball Association from 1970 to 1975, the Salt Lake Golden Eagles hockey club from 1969 to 1991, and the NBA's Utah Jazz from 1979 to 1991.įrom 1980 until the arena's closing, the arena was officially named the "Salt Palace Acord Arena" in memory of Thayne and Lorraine Acord. Ground was broken for the county's "civic auditorium" in March 1967, and the Salt Palace opened in the summer of 1969 at a cost of $17 million with a seating capacity of 10,725. Cal Rampton, and Salt Lake Tribune publisher John W. Rich, president of the Greater Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce, Gov. Built on land that was once the "Little Tokyo" area of the city, construction was pushed by Salt Lake's bid committee for the 1972 Winter Olympics, which included Gen. The Salt Palace was an indoor arena located in Salt Lake City, Utah. Salt Lake Golden Eagles ( WHL/ CHL/ IHL) (1969–91)
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