Here are the roads closed for NBA All-Star events in Salt Lake City this week

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SALT LAKE CITY — NBA All-Star Weekend is sort of right here and you’ll inform by the large commercials round downtown Salt Lake Metropolis, pop-up tents, amended transit service hours — and the highway closures.

So if you happen to’re planning to drive to the NBA All-Star Recreation or any of the numerous associated occasions, listed below are the downtown roads to keep away from, in keeping with Salt Lake Metropolis and Utah Division of Transportation:

Full highway closures already in place:

• 100 South from 300 West to 400 West (stays in place via Sunday)
• 300 West from South Temple to 100 South (stays in place via Monday)

Full highway closures to return:

• 200 West from 200 South to South Temple (Thursday via Sunday)

Short-term closures to return:

• 100 South from 200 West to 300 West (will shut at 2 p.m. every single day from Thursday via Sunday)
• 300 West from 200 South to North Temple (will shut at 2 p.m. every single day from Thursday via Sunday)
• Northbound 400 West from 200 South to North Temple (will shut at 2 p.m. every single day from Thursday via Sunday)
• South Temple from 200 West to 400 West (will shut at 2 p.m. every single day from Thursday via Sunday)

Closures close to the College of Utah

In the meantime, a number of of the All-Star occasions are occurring on the Jon Huntsman Middle on the College of Utah. The college’s Commuter Providers advises drivers that two westbound lanes of South Campus Drive will likely be closed from Mario Capecchi Drive to 1800 East for NBA safety perimeter causes. That is scheduled to occur every day from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday via Sunday.

UDOT provides that an eastbound left flip lane may even be closed. Utah Transit Authority service and routes to the hospital companies within the space is not going to be affected by the closures, in keeping with the college.

College of Utah Commuter Providers tweeted earlier this month that parking may even be affected, as tons nearer to the Huntsman Middle will likely be closed. It posted a map of which tons are open, in addition to rideshare drop-off places and strolling routes accessible along with transit companies to the sector.

The transit different

Greater than 100,000 persons are anticipated to journey into the town for this week’s occasions, which is why metropolis, county and state leaders are pushing for folks to make use of transit as a lot as potential. UTA has waived ridership fares and prolonged its service hours from now via Feb 21 to account for the spike in visitation round Salt Lake Metropolis, and the related site visitors points.

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