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Delta Center is an indoor venue in Salt Lake City. Opened in 1991, the arena is the home of the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Utah Mammoth of the National Hockey League (NHL). The arena has a seating capacity of 18,186 for basketball, up to 12,478 for ice hockey (16,020 overall) and indoor football, and 20,000 for Concert. It has 56 luxury suites and 668 club seats.
Over the years, it has also hosted other professional sports teams including the Utah Blaze of the Arena Football League and the Utah Starzz of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). During the 2002 Winter Olympics, the arena hosted figure skating and short-track speed skating competitions under the name "Salt Lake Ice Center". It is expected to host ice hockey during the 2034 Winter Olympics.
The Delta Center is the third oldest arena in the NBA, after Madison Square Garden in New York City and Target Center in Minneapolis, and the fourth oldest arena in the NHL, after Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Madison Square Garden and Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary.
Naming rights to the arena would be acquired by Delta Air Lines, naming it Delta Center. The first game played in the arena was a Golden Eagles game against the Peoria Rivermen on October 16, 1991, which the home team lost 4–2. The Eagles had also played the inaugural game in the Salt Palace arena when it opened on October 10, 1969.
The first basketball game played in the arena was a Jazz pre-season loss against the New York Knicks, 101–95. The first regular season game for the Jazz was a 103–95 loss to the Seattle SuperSonics on November 7, 1991.
In addition to the Utah Jazz and Blaze, the arena was the home of the WNBA's Utah Starzz from 1997 to 2002, the Salt Lake Golden Eagles from 1991 to 1994, and the Utah Grizzlies from 1995 to 1997, both of the International Hockey League. On June 8, 1996, the Delta Center hosted what was then the largest crowd in the history of American minor league hockey: 17,381 fans attended game four of the 1996 Turner Cup Finals.
The arena's roof was damaged by severe winds associated with the Salt Lake City Tornado of August 11, 1999, costing 3.757million to repair.
Dan Roberts served as the public address announcer for the Jazz, since before the arena was built, before he retired in April 2025.
In 2006, amid the company's bankruptcy, Delta declined to renew its naming rights. A new agreement was reached with Salt Lake City-based radioactive waste disposal company EnergySolutions, renaming it EnergySolutions Arena. The new name was unveiled November 20, prior to the Jazz's home game against the Toronto Raptors. Two stickers were placed on the court, covering up the arena's old name with the new one. The temporary logos were replaced with official logos on the court sometime in December. EnergySolutions naming rights were set to expire in 2016.
Initial fan reactions to the new name were predominantly negative, leading to calls for the Jazz to re-evaluate the agreement, and the arena receiving fan nicknames mocking EnergySolutions' radioactive and hazardous waste disposal operations (such as "the Chernobowl", "the Dump", "the Fallout shelter", "Half-life Arena", "JazzHazmat suit", "Radium Stadium", and "the Tox Box"). Team owner Larry H. Miller defended the deal, considering the naming rights "a winner".
On April 15, 2010, over a year after the death of Larry H. Miller, the Jazz basketball court was named in his honor.
On October 26, 2015, the naming rights were acquired by the Lehi-based home security and automation provider Vivint under a ten-year contract. On September 21, 2016, the Jazz announced plans to renovate and upgrade the arena. The majority of the construction related to the building's renovation, which cost 125 million. The construction began at the conclusion of the 2016–17 Utah Jazz basketball season and was completed during fall 2017.
In December 2020, Ryan Smith acquired the Jazz and arena from the Miller family (now Miller Sports + Entertainment).
On January 14, 2023, Delta announced it would return as naming rights sponsor under a ten-year deal effective July 1, returning to the Delta Center name.
The first regular season Mammoth game took place on October 8, 2024, with the team defeating the visiting Chicago Blackhawks 5–2. The game was played in front of 16,020.
Smith secured 900 million in funding for renovations to Delta Center and the construction of a surrounding sports and entertainment district. The renovations — which account for 525 million of this total — began in April 2025 and are expected to continue until October 2027.
The renovations began after the team's final home game of their inaugural season with the full reconstruction of the lower bowl: adding new risers to maintain the proximity to the playing surface and eliminate all single-goal/partial-view seats in the lower bowl in hockey configuration, lengthen the bowl on each end by , and raise the playing surface by . Renovations also included the foundational work on the new parking structure, to be used by premium season-ticket holders, installation of four new dehumidifiers to maintain ice quality year-round, adding new premium areas on the main floor, and increasing restroom capacity by 12 percent. This first phase was completed in time for the Mammoth's preseason opener on October 2, 2025.
Future adjustments to the arena include a reconstruction of the upper bowl, which will remove all remaining single-goal-view seats, renovation of suites, clubs, and upper bowl premium seating, a new scoreboard and ribbon, and a further expansion of the east-facing concourse area and plaza to allow for watch parties and other fan-centered festivities.
It is expected to host hockey during the 2034 Winter Olympics.
The arena held Utah's first UFC event on August 6, 2016, for . The arena held its first UFC pay-per-view event on August 20, 2022, for . The promotion returned to the arena on July 29, 2023, for . The promotion returned again on October 5, 2024, for
In 1999 and 2000, the Professional Bull Riders hosted an event at the arena for the Bud Light Cup Series tour, and would later return in 2024 for an Unleash the Beast Series event. The venue hosted WWE’s Saturday Night's Main Event on November 1st, 2025 and was broadcast on Peacock in the United States and on YouTube in most other international markets. CM Punk faced Jey Uso for the vacant World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) at the event, with Punk winning the vacant title.
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