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Line 659: ===Professional sports=== [[File:Energy solutions arena.jpg\|thumb\|The [[Delta Center]] is the home of the [[Utah Jazz]] since 1991 and the future home of the [[Utah Hockey Club]].]] Salt Lake City is home to the [[Utah Jazz]] of the NBA, who moved from New Orleans in 1979 and play their home games in the [[Delta Center]] (formerly known as EnergySolutions Arena and later as Vivint Arena). Until the ~~relocation~~establishment of it's [[Utah Hockey Club\|NHL team]] in 2024, which acquired the [[Arizona Coyotes]]' inassets ~~2024~~(including player and staff contracts, along with draft picks) following the suspension of the franchise, they were the only team from one of the four [[Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada\|top-level professional sports leagues]] in the state. The franchise has enjoyed steady success, at one point making the playoffs in 22 out of 25 seasons, led by [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame\|Hall of Fame]] duo [[Karl Malone]] and [[John Stockton]]. The duo won two [[NBA Western Conference\|Western Conference]] championships together, but the franchise has yet to win an NBA championship. Salt Lake City was home to a professional basketball team, the [[Utah Stars]] of the [[American Basketball Association]] (ABA), between 1970 and 1975. They won one championship in the city (in 1971) and enjoyed some of the strongest support of any ABA team, but they folded just months before the [[ABA–NBA merger]], thus preventing them from being absorbed by the NBA. Their success may have had a hand in the decision by the struggling Jazz to relocate to Salt Lake City in 1979. Salt Lake City was home to an original [[Women's National Basketball Association]] (WNBA) team, the [[Utah Starzz]], in 1997. The team relocated and became the [[San Antonio Silver Stars]].<ref name="playoffs">{{cite news \|last=Elfman \|first=Lois \|url= http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2019/sep/19/wnba-playoffs-semi-finals/ \|title=WNBA Playoffs into the semi-finals \|work=[[New York Amsterdam News]] \|date=September 19, 2019 \|access-date=February 25, 2020}} in 2003.</ref> [[Real Salt Lake]] of [[Major League Soccer]] was founded in 2004, initially playing at [[Rice-Eccles Stadium]] at the University of Utah before the [[soccer-specific stadium\|soccer-specific]] [[America First Field]] (formerly Rio Tinto Stadium) was completed in 2008 in neighboring [[Sandy, Utah\|Sandy]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.deseret.com/2006/8/16/19968866/salt-lake-county-plays-ball-oks-a-deal-with-real\|title=Salt Lake County plays ball, OKs a deal with Real: Corroon, Checketts still must iron out some final details\|last=Dethman\|first=Leigh\|newspaper=Deseret\|location=Salt Lake City\|date=August 16, 2006\|access-date=April 16, 2013\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120194519/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/645193551/Salt-Lake-County-plays-ball-OKs-a-deal-with-Real.html\|archive-date=January 20, 2013\|url-status=live}}</ref> The team won their first MLS championship by defeating the Los Angeles Galaxy at the [[2009 MLS Cup]]. RSL advanced to the finals of the [[CONCACAF Champions League]] in 2011 but lost 3–2 on aggregate, and also advanced to the 2013 MLS Cup Final. In 2019, the club expanded to include the [[Utah Royals FC]], a professional women's team in the [[National Women's Soccer League]], though the club ceased operations in December 2020,<ref name="royals_ceased">{{cite news \|title=Kansas City Returns to the NWSL as Expansion Team in 2021 \|url=https://www.nwslsoccer.com/news/article/kansas-city-returns-to-the-nwsl-as-expansion-team-in-2021 \|access-date=December 7, 2020 \|publisher=NWSL \|date=December 7, 2020}}</ref> transferring its player-related assets to [[Kansas City NWSL]]. The city has also played host to several international soccer games. Beginning in the [[2024–25 NHL season\|2024–25 season]], the [[Utah Hockey Club]] will begin playing in the [[National Hockey League]]'s (NHL) Central Division. Their home arena will be the Delta Center, alongside the Jazz. Owned by [[Ryan Smith (businessman)\|the Smith Entertainment Group]], the franchise is a new expansion team, with all the transferred assets of the now-inactive [[Arizona Coyotes]] now in possession of the Utah team. <ref>{{Cite web \|title=Utah officially has an NHL team \|url=https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2024/04/18/utah-officially-has-an-nhl-team/ \|access-date=2024-04-19 \|website=The Salt Lake Tribune \|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Utah Warriors (rugby union)\|Utah Warriors]] is a professional [[Major League Rugby]] team that launched its first season in 2018,<ref>{{cite web\|date=September 25, 2017\|title=MLR Notes: Utah announces name, Seattle picks venue \|website=This is American Rugby\|access-date=September 26, 2017\|url=http://www.thisisamericanrugby.com/2017/09/mlr-notes-utah-announces-name-seattle.html\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926020154/http://www.thisisamericanrugby.com/2017/09/mlr-notes-utah-announces-name-seattle.html\|archive-date=September 26, 2017}}</ref> with [[Zions Bank Stadium]] as its home venue.

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