Balloons drop and fireworks shoot upward at the beginning of Game 1 of the NBA Finals at the Delta Center on June 3, 1998. The Delta Center (now EnergySolutions Arena) reached completion after 15 months and 24 days.
A company goes up for sale whose financial records indicate a loss of $17 million over 11 years. You can buy one half of this company for $8 million, over twice your net worth. Crazy? Maybe. But to keep the Jazz in Utah, it was exactly what the doctor ordered.
Utah had proven itself a viable basketball market by supporting the American Basketball Association's Utah Stars from 1970-76.