“It’s an exciting day,” said Utah Senate President Stuart Adams, R-Layton, who attended with House Speaker Brad Wilson, R-Kaysville, and other lawmakers. Starks said those backing the bid “have strong reasons to believe we will be a viable candidate,” citing Utah in baseball parlance as “a five-tool player” - in this case, for its rapid growth, vibrant economy, central location, enthusiastic sports culture and high quality of life. Now, according to LHM CEO Steve Starks, who is said to have been instrumental in creating the city’s MLB campaign, “we have a preferred shovel-ready site right here today” for a future stadium tucked into the Power District. (Rocky Mountain Power, via Salt Lake City) An initial aerial rendering of Rocky Mountain Power's proposed new office and operations center to be built at about 1275 W. The regional utility has also proposed lots of walkable housing, retail and entertainment venues along with other commercial projects in subsequent phases, all served by a TRAX line.
Initial plans call for a new sustainable headquarters to replace existing Rocky Mountain Power offices as well as a revamped operations center and a new parking garage, located close to an adjacent stretch of the Jordan River. Spencer Cox and Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall joke with Gary Hoogeveen, Rocky Mountain Power president and CEO, during a news conference on the Power District development on the west side of Salt Lake City including a possible Major League Baseball park, on Wednesday, April 12, 2023.Ĭalled the Power District, the acreage along North Temple - roughly the size of Liberty Park - was already being shaped for development of a kind of small city as the utility contemplates decommissioning its nearly 70-year-old gas-fired Gadsby Power Plant, set for 2030.
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