Minor league baseball’s Salt Lake Bees are leaving Utah’s capital for brand new suburban pastures.
The Triple-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels will go away its decadeslong residence in Salt Lake Metropolis’s Ballpark neighborhood on the finish of the 2024 season for a brand new stadium to be inbuilt South Jordan’s Dawn.
The staff’s proprietor, the Larry H. Miller Co., mentioned development on a brand new stadium would start this yr and be privately financed.
“The staff is grateful for the long-term legacy of baseball in Salt Lake Metropolis,” the corporate mentioned in an announcement, “and for the unimaginable followers and surrounding neighborhood that assist the staff.”
It famous that the staff’s affiliation with Angels would proceed in its new digs, including that the brand new stadium can be constructed on unspecified, undeveloped property between the Mountain View Hall and the TRAX gentle rail Crimson Line. It’s anticipated to be in place for the 2025 season.
The South Jordan stadium, the corporate added, “will function a year-round leisure anchor for the fast-growing southwest quadrant of Salt Lake County.”
The Bees’ departure raises questions, nonetheless, about the way forward for the Ballpark neighborhood, which has lengthy relied on the stadium as an anchor to spur improvement and financial exercise. A plan for the world, adopted final fall by the Salt Lake Metropolis Council, centered across the ballpark and known as for improvement of a competition avenue on West Temple.
“LHM is worked up about the way forward for Salt Lake Metropolis,” the corporate mentioned, “and can proceed to companion with neighborhood leaders to complement and reimagine the neighborhood surrounding the present stadium.”
Mayor Erin Mendenhall will announce the trail ahead for the stadium web site Tuesday at a ten a.m. information convention.
The Bees have performed at Smith’s Ballpark for the reason that stadium opened in 1994.
The Larry H. Miller Co. didn’t say if the staff would change its identify, however the Bees did file a trademark utility final month for “Utah Bees.”