Salt Palace Arena
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Salt Palace Arena was a multi-purpose indoor sports and entertainment venue in Salt Lake City, Utah, that hosted professional basketball, hockey, concerts, and major events before its demolition in the 1990s.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Salt Palace | 3 |
| Salt Palace Convention Center | 3 |
| Arena station (Delta Center) | 1 |
| Salt Palace (original Salt Lake City exhibition hall) | 1 |
| Salt Palace Arena canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4845496 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Salt Palace Arena Context triple: [Salt Palace, alsoKnownAs, Salt Palace Arena]
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A.
Jon M. Huntsman Center
The Jon M. Huntsman Center is a large multi-purpose arena on the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City, best known for hosting major collegiate basketball and gymnastics events.
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B.
McCarthey Athletic Center
McCarthey Athletic Center is an on-campus basketball arena at Gonzaga University best known as the intimate, high-energy home venue of the university’s powerhouse men’s basketball program.
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C.
Denver Auditorium Arena
Denver Auditorium Arena was a historic indoor sports and entertainment venue in Denver, Colorado, best known as an early home court of the Denver Nuggets basketball franchise.
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D.
McNichols Sports Arena
McNichols Sports Arena was a multi-purpose indoor arena in Denver, Colorado, best known for hosting professional basketball and hockey games as well as major concerts and events from the 1970s through the 1990s.
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E.
Silver Spurs Arena
Silver Spurs Arena is a multi-purpose indoor venue in Kissimmee, Florida, best known for hosting basketball games, concerts, and large community events.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Salt Palace Arena Target entity description: Salt Palace Arena was a multi-purpose indoor sports and entertainment venue in Salt Lake City, Utah, that hosted professional basketball, hockey, concerts, and major events before its demolition in the 1990s.
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A.
Jon M. Huntsman Center
The Jon M. Huntsman Center is a large multi-purpose arena on the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City, best known for hosting major collegiate basketball and gymnastics events.
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B.
McCarthey Athletic Center
McCarthey Athletic Center is an on-campus basketball arena at Gonzaga University best known as the intimate, high-energy home venue of the university’s powerhouse men’s basketball program.
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C.
Denver Auditorium Arena
Denver Auditorium Arena was a historic indoor sports and entertainment venue in Denver, Colorado, best known as an early home court of the Denver Nuggets basketball franchise.
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D.
McNichols Sports Arena
McNichols Sports Arena was a multi-purpose indoor arena in Denver, Colorado, best known for hosting professional basketball and hockey games as well as major concerts and events from the 1970s through the 1990s.
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E.
Silver Spurs Arena
Silver Spurs Arena is a multi-purpose indoor venue in Kissimmee, Florida, best known for hosting basketball games, concerts, and large community events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
demolished building
ⓘ
indoor arena ⓘ multi-purpose arena ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | modernist arena design ⓘ |
| city | Salt Lake City ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1967 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| demolished | 1994 ⓘ |
| demolitionStartDate | 1994 ⓘ |
| formerName | Salt Palace ⓘ |
| hostedEvent |
ABA games
ⓘ
NBA games ⓘ boxing events ⓘ concerts ⓘ conventions ⓘ minor league hockey games ⓘ religious gatherings ⓘ |
| leagueOfTenant |
American Basketball Association
ⓘ
Central Hockey League ⓘ International Hockey League ⓘ National Basketball Association ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Salt Lake City, Utah
ⓘ
linked to:
Salt Lake City
Utah ⓘ downtown Salt Lake City ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Salt Palace (original Salt Lake City exhibition hall)
ⓘ
linked to:
Salt Palace Arena
|
| notableTenantPeriod |
Salt Lake Golden Eagles 1969–1994
ⓘ
Utah Jazz 1979–1991 ⓘ
linked to:
Utah Jazz
Utah Stars 1970–1975 ⓘ
linked to:
Utah Stars
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| opened | 1969 ⓘ |
| operator | Salt Lake County ⓘ |
| owner | Salt Lake County ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
basketball venue
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concert venue ⓘ convention and events venue ⓘ ice hockey venue ⓘ |
| publicTransit |
Salt Lake City bus system
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linked to:
Utah Transit Authority
|
| reasonForDemolition | replacement by larger, more modern arena ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Delta Center ⓘ |
| seatingCapacity |
12000
ⓘ
12966 ⓘ |
| siteCurrentlyOccupiedBy |
Salt Palace Convention Center
ⓘ
linked to:
Salt Palace Arena
|
| state | Utah ⓘ |
| successorVenue | Delta Center ⓘ |
| surface |
hardwood court
ⓘ
ice rink ⓘ |
| tenant |
Salt Lake Golden Eagles
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Utah Blaze ⓘ Utah Jazz ⓘ Utah Stars ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Salt Palace Arena Description of subject: Salt Palace Arena was a multi-purpose indoor sports and entertainment venue in Salt Lake City, Utah, that hosted professional basketball, hockey, concerts, and major events before its demolition in the 1990s.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
downtown Salt Lake City
linked to: Salt Palace Arena
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