Kind of annoying the team got moved into another situation where the current arena setup is less than ideal and it now appears that the entire “but they are building them a brand new arena as well” has now turned into “major renovations to the Delta Center for the future”.
The franchise can ride the high of newly-minted excitement in the community and the bottom line is Ryan Smith paid the money to make the NHL happy…but this was never a “the new Utah franchise is moving into a ready made dream arena” situation. Older facility, smaller facility, tons of obstructed seats…the bottom line is the money Ryan Smith paid and that this isn’t a college arena (and that there is some plan for a future facility that is green-lit, albeit getting valued engineered at every turn it seems).