Downtown Salt Lake City Draws 30.7 Million Customer Days, Lifts 2025 Spending to $2.1 Billion
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Updated · KSL.com · Jul 16
Downtown Salt Lake City Draws 30.7 Million Customer Days, Lifts 2025 Spending to $2.1 Billion
3 articles · Updated · KSL.com · Jul 16
Summary
$2.1 billion in downtown spending and 30.7 million customer days were recorded in 2025, with visitors generating about two-thirds of activity and spending rising 6% from 2024.
5 million ticket sales at downtown venues—up 16%—helped drive the surge, led by a full year of Utah Mammoth games and stronger convention traffic at the Salt Palace.
412,000 Salt Palace visitors marked a nearly 10% annual gain and the strongest attendance since the pandemic, though still about 90% of 2019 levels.
A 9% rise in downtown residents extended population growth to 63% since 2019, even as high rents and stagnant Class A office vacancy underscored uneven recovery.
A planned three-year Salt Palace closure starting in fall 2027 threatens midweek convention spending, while the Salt Lake Temple reopening, the 2034 Winter Olympics and roughly $10 billion in projects offer longer-term upside.