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Sports in Salt Lake City
Sports in Salt Lake City
Utah's main professional sports team is the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Utah's fans are known as being raucous and their home court of EnergySolutions Arena is considered one of the most difficult places to play in the entire NBA. The NBA season lasts from November through mid-April; the playoffs can last as long as early June. It is directly accessible from the TRAX light rail system and service is often increased for games.
Real Salt Lake (pronounced ree-awl like in Real Madrid as opposed to the English word real) is a member of Major League Soccer (MLS) and plays their home games at Rio Tinto Stadium in nearby Sandy. It is also directly accessible from TRAX. The season lasts from March through October, with the playoffs lasting into November. They are a fairly new team, having only been established in 2005, but won the MLS title in 2009.
Utah also has two minor-league teams - the Salt Lake Bees minor-league baseball team of the Pacific Coast League who play their home games at Spring Mobile Ballpark south of downtown (which is served directly by TRAX) and the Utah Grizzlies minor-league hockey team of the ECHL, who play their home games at the Maverik Center (formerly the E Center) in West Valley City.
In college sports, the Utah Utes represent the University of Utah in NCAA Division I competition. As of July 1, 2011, the Utes are members of the Pacific-12 Conference (formerly the Pacific-10), along with nine other large public universities in the western U.S. plus the private University of Southern California in Los Angeles and Stanford University in the Bay Area. The campus, including the school's main venues of Rice–Eccles Stadium (football) and the Jon M. Huntsman Center (basketball), is directly accessible from TRAX, with one station next to the football stadium.
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