After months of study and debate, Salt Lake City approved a Smith’s Ballpark adaptive reuse plan that will see the former Salt Lake Bees (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League) home converted to residential, possible private development and an entertainment venue. (more…)
It’s officially the end of baseball at Smith’s Ballpark, as the Utah Utes closed the curtain on baseball at 13th South and West Temple with a final home game, in anticipation of a Salt Lake City-led overhaul. (more…)
Salt Lake City is moving forward with three potential future uses for the former home of the Salt Lake Bees (Triple-A; Pacific Coast League), as Smith’s Ballpark adaptive reuse seems likely. (more…)
Big League Utah, the group seeking to bring MLB to Salt Lake City, provided more information on their vision for an entertainment district at a proposed ballpark site while announcing new advisory boards and a charity designed to enhance the ballpark area. (more…)
Big news from the Salt Lake Bees (Triple-A; Pacific Coast League): the team unveiled new renderings and a naming-rights partner, America First Credit Union, for a new Downtown Daybreak ballpark set to open in 2025. (more…)
After a popular vote saw support for Smith’s Ballpark reuse as a women’s sports facility once the Salt Lake Bees (Triple-A; Pacific Coast League) lease ends, Salt Lake City now needs to confront the hard details: how to make such a conversion work. (more…)
Salt Lake City’s thoughtful approach to potential reuses of Smith’s Ballpark, home of the Salt Lake Bees (Triple-A; Pacific Coast League), may have yielded a home run with a proposal to convert the ballpark and some surrounding acreage to a women’s sports center. (more…)
With the Salt Lake Bees (Triple-A; Pacific Coast League) set to move to a new suburban ballpark, Salt Lake City is soliciting citizen input on the team’s current home, Smith’s Ballpark. (more…)
Legendary broadcaster Steve Klauke, the longtime voice of the Salt Lake Bees (Triple-A; Pacific Coast League) and a mentor to many in the business, will retire at the end of the 2023 MiLB season. (more…)
With ownership of 1,300 acres of land for development, the Larry H. Miller Company may be looking to build a sports-centered community in Salt Lake County for the Salt Lake Bees (Triple-A; Pacific Coast League) — or may have its sights on an MLB team and ballpark. (more…)
The Salt Lake City Council sees potential in revitalizing the city’s Ballpark neighborhood with Smith’s Ballpark upgrades fueling growth, but for that plan to work they also see a lease extension with the Salt Lake Bees (Triple-A; Pacific Coast League) as key. (more…)
Going to a Salt Lake Bees (Triple-A West) game at Smith’s Ballpark could become an even better experience under a neighborhood development plan proposed by Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall. (more…)
The Los Angeles Angels are adding the Tri-City Dust Devils as a High-A affiliate and keeping Salt Lake, Rocket City and Inland Empire as their rollover affiliates for 2021 and beyond. (more…)
