Salt Lake City: Official Development News Thread - Part 5

[Nebula3lem123]

My comment on "real city" was more referring to the fact that SLC looks like a

bigger city every time I look at the skyline. Personally, I think SLC's skyline is

really good for a city of our size, the Astra may not stand out as much as many

hoped, but I still think it provides a good centerpiece to SLC, at least until a

taller building comes in (Regent Street?). A comparison I like to make is between

SLC and San Jose:



For a city of over a million, SJ has a quite unimpressive skyline, which SLC beats

out in my opinion.

[wrendog]

Originally Posted by Nebula3lem123

My comment on "real city" was more referring to the fact that SLC looks like a

bigger city every time I look at the skyline. Personally, I think SLC's skyline is

really good for a city of our size, the Astra may not stand out as much as many

hoped, but I still think it provides a good centerpiece to SLC, at least until a

taller building comes in (Regent Street?). A comparison I like to make is between

SLC and San Jose:



For a city of over a million, SJ has a quite unimpressive skyline, which SLC beats

out in my opinion.

The better comparisons should be places like Sacramento, San Antonio, Austin Kansas City, St Louis, Columbus, Indy, Pittsburgh and Nashville. Those cities are a more comparable CSA population. SLC is behind most of those. It's maybe better than Sacramento right now?

[Nebula3lem123]

Here's Sacramento:



IMO they beat us in terms of architecture, but SLC succeeds in filling in the

space between buildings. SLC also has a better gradient from "skyscrapers" (I

know SLC technically doesn't have any) to surrounding neighborhoods. I'm

obviously biased, but I give SLC the win here.

[wrendog]

So, it sounds like the plan is for both the Jazz and NHL to play in the DC and they will take 2 summers (3 including this summer, I guess) to complete the full renovation so we will have 17k hockey seats and 19k seats for hoops. Still not sure how this will be possible over 3 summers with both teams playing full seasons during renovation.

I really hope we get to see the plans soon. Such a quick refurbishment doesn't seem like it will be a super impressive renovation, but it's supposed to cost upwards of 1 billion, so we will see!

https://twitter.com/BensHoops/status...Fid%3D32926749