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know you are not that dumb to think Myers would have even considered coming here.

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“Everything that he promised has been done,” captain Clayton Keller says. “And in crazy time, too.” It was only 17 months ago that Smith first introduced himself to the then-Arizona Coyotes during a fireside chat and a round of golf in Scottsdale. Smith, who was taking on a Herculean task of relocating the team to Salt Lake in a matter of months, asked players and staff what they needed. The response included everything from better travel and nutrition to, yes, a facility for training. He shakes his head at how far they’ve come. “We didn’t get into sports to be like, ‘Hey, we want to conquer the world,’” Smith tells The Athletic. “It was very much community-based. We really had to keep asking, ‘What are we doing?’ In a world that’s completely divided, (sports) bring everyone together. That’s our ‘why’ and what keeps us going.” No, Smith isn’t intending to build an “empire” here in Salt Lake. It just feels that way. Ryan and Ashley Smith’s company, Smith Entertainment Group, is gutting the 34-year-old Delta Center to make it more fan-friendly for both basketball and hockey. Plans are underway for a $3 billion-plus downtown overhaul by the arena, connecting the sports teams to the cultural and convention centers, with construction expected to be mostly complete before the 2034 Olympics. The Mammoth already boast a season-ticket base of 10,000 full-season equivalents for what will be a 12,266-seat capacity this season and around 17,000 after the upper bowl is renovated by the start of the 2027-28 season. They did not disclose the breakdown of this year’s season-ticket equivalents, but last year, they capped full-season packages at 8,000 and also sold partial-season packages that added up to another 2,500 full seasons. Smith’s summer project was a pledge to help build up to 20 local rinks, offering $500,000 each to get them started. According to SEG, five municipalities are now in different stages of development. Smith wants the Junior Mammoth program to mirror the Junior Jazz, which according to SEG is the largest youth basketball organization in the NBA with 70,000 participants.

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I don’t know who this guy is

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Saints fans should particularly thank Thornton for his key role in securing the team’s lease extension with the Superdome in 2001. The negotiations were highly contentious, with owner Tom Benson threatening to sell the team or move it to Mississippi, but Thornton got it done. Then, heroically, Thornton remained in the Dome during the nightmare of Hurricane Katrina and, afterward, somehow managed within a single year to lead the stadium’s 850-worker rebuilding effort in time for the next year’s NFL season. It was an epic accomplishment, culminating in the unforgettable reopening home game in which our Who Dats trampled the Atlanta Falcon

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Imagine a business owner spending money on properties that said business actually will own in a city that is cared for. Its fricking lunacy. OMG loud noises.

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This is a national phenomenon. Print media dead. The Athletic won’t exist in a few years. ESPN is laying off a bunch of people Sports journalism is shrinking

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So the New York Times no longer has a beat writer dedicated to the Pelicans? This is supposed to be some sort of sign of doom?

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