{"id":168050,"date":"2025-09-19T17:33:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T17:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/168050\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T17:33:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T17:33:08","slug":"seg-announces-master-architect-for-slcs-entertainment-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/168050\/","title":{"rendered":"SEG announces master architect for SLC’s entertainment district"},"content":{"rendered":"

SALT LAKE CITY \u2014 Salt Lake County and Smith Entertainment Group announced early Friday the chosen partners in the next phase for the renovation<\/a> of the Salt Palace Convention Center and the Sports, Entertainment, Culture and Convention district in the heart of downtown.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese selections represent some of the best talent in the industry, with a unique and necessary blending of local and national expertise,\u201d Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson said, in a press release Friday.<\/p>\n

According to the press release, the county selected Populous<\/a> Holdings, Inc. and MHTN Architects <\/a>were to lead architectural efforts of the renovation, while Construction Control Corporation<\/a> and RLB<\/a> were chosen to lead construction.<\/p>\n

In addition to the county\u2019s selection, SEG announced the architecture and design firm HKS<\/a> will lead the master design plan for the entire district. The company told KSL TV on Friday that HKS has 29 offices in nine countries and has been involved in the design of many sports and entertainment districts, including:<\/p>\n

AT&T Stadium and Arlington Experience District, home of NFL\u2019s Dallas Cowboys
\nVictory Plaza in Dallas, at the American Airlines Center, home of NBA\u2019s Dallas Mavericks and NHL\u2019s Dallas Stars
\nHuntington Bank Stadium Masterplan for NFL\u2019s Cleveland Browns
\nSoFi Stadium, home of NFL\u2019s Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers<\/p>\n

\u201cAs excited as I am to see the new district develop and our visitor economy grow, I\u2019m most excited about enhancing community opportunities through intentional placemaking,\u201d Wilson said. \u201cThrough this collaborative effort, beloved venues and spaces will be improved and there will be better walkability and connectivity downtown. The reimagined area will serve as a gathering space for residents and visitors alike. We have deep gratitude for the Utah State Legislature, our partners at Salt Lake City, Smith Entertainment Group, and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for making this possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A rendering shows a map of proposed plans for Salt Lake City\u2019s entertainment district, released in 2024. (Salt Lake City)<\/p>\n

This is a breaking news story. It may be updated.<\/p>\n

Contributing: Brian Carlson<\/a>, KSL TV<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SALT LAKE CITY \u2014 Salt Lake County and Smith Entertainment Group announced early Friday the chosen partners in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":168051,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,229,88,2976,28998,28997,99,2988,2987,2986],"class_list":{"0":"post-168050","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-design","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-home","14":"tag-ksltv-com","15":"tag-ksltv-com-utah-news","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-talk-and-community","18":"tag-traffic","19":"tag-weather"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}