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irst plans were released to the public for Utah’s future National Hockey League training facility at Sandy’s Shops at South Town on Aug. 12, following the building’s official groundbreaking. Smith Entertainment Group’s owner Ryan Smith, hockey players, Sandy Mayor Monica Zoltanski and local officials were present. “We plan on not stopping with the ice center here, but actually making this a destination for people to come and interact with the NHL brand, maybe even the top destination,” Smith said. “[Sandy] is the perfect intersection of east, south, north and west in the state.” The once vacant facility at the south end of the Shops at South Town was acquired by SEG in early August and will be the new home of the facility. “It really wasn’t that long ago when conversations started about what this site could be and what the potential is of bringing hockey to Sandy,” Zoltanski said at the groundbreaking. “This happened really fast, but Sandy’s ready.”
July 2024 plans created by Babcock Design released at the groundbreaking for the new National Hockey League training facility at the Shops at South Town. (Courtesy of Smith Entertainment Group)
Zoltanski also said both Sandy and SEG worked at “warp speeds” to “be prepared to seize this moment.” In addition to making it a popular des-
tination in the state, Smith and the SEG team see the training facility as a place to Continued page 21
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