Posted Mar 13, 2026, 9:04 PM
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I actually think it will help the RGP in the long run. The University controlling the depot is more likely to work to improve the depot and work with 3rd parties to help support it.
I can see the depot being used as some restaurant space or even holding a minimart or similar once the RGP is built.
Being that the UofU is now involved, it also makes it easier in many ways to get grants for the building and the surrounding area. Adding Transit to a university owned area is better on grant applications than a direct state facility. It can be shown on applications that the U provides transit passes to students, faculty, and their families to use transit to access the U facilities.
This aspect makes it more likely to qualify for more federal funding than if the depot was still a direct state facility as it now has a direct tie to a user base.
Ideally, with this change maybe we can get the State to create a district similar to the Entertainment District to put the increased property taxes within 1 block on either side of the RGP and the opened-up land between the depot and I-15 to pay for the RGP. If a district was setup like what was done for the Entertainment District/Delta Center, there should be enough funding to build the RGP. I think that over a 30-year period, the district would provide a lot more funding than is needed so the district could be setup to end once the RGP has been fully paid for.
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