Four hours before the first regular season face-off at the new-and-improved Delta Center , Smith Entertainment Group governor Ryan Smith stood in front of the Utah Mammoth sign outside the arena, with a dozen reporters huddled around him.

“We’ve really threaded a needle to make it a great experience for both hockey and basketball,” he said of the Delta Center. “It was a feat that we didn’t think we could do, but we’re excited for what we’ve done so far.”

Since April 2024, when it was officially announced that the Arizona Coyotes were moving to Salt Lake City, SEG has:

Implemented and named an NHL team, which has played an entire season.

Retrofitted a basketball arena for a hockey arena to account for the vastly different sizes in playing surfaces.

Constructed a two-sheet practice

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