Venue Detail
Salt Lake Bees
RSV Pro Sports Facilities
March, 2014
Salt Lake Bees
77 W 1300 S Salt Lake City, UT 84115 Phone: 801-485-3800 Fax: 801-485-6818 URL: www.slbees.com Owner: Larry Miller League: Pacific Coast League, Pacific Conference, North
Venue
Smith's Ballpark, 77 W 1300 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84115 Owner: City of Salt Lake Managed by: Owner Built: 1994 Capacity: 15,500 Concessionaire: Westerner Concessions Suite caterer: Westerner Concessions Soft drink: Pepsi Cola Beer: Multiple
Naming rights
Sold to: Smith's Food and Drug Stores Term: 5 years Expires: 2019
Ticket Prices
Season tickets range from $576 to $1,368 Single tickets range from $10.00 to $26.00
Attendance
2011 average attendance: 6,437 2012 average attendance: 7,162 2013 average attendance: 7,482
Suites
Quantity: 24 Term: 1 to 5 years Price: $20,000 to $20,000 Seats: 16 to 20 Includes: Tickets.
Financing
The $22.3 million ballpark's funding included $13 million in lease-backed revenue bonds issued by the Municipal Building Authority, to be repaid from stadium revenue. The team pays $300,000 per year in rent.
Built in 1994, Franklin-Covey Field has one of the largest capacity ballparks in the AAA League. Naming rights were sold to Franklin-Covey for $1.4 million in 1997. The venue later became Spring Mobile Ballpark and in 2014, Smith's Ballpark.
The Bees' new owner talked with officials in the Salt Lake suburb of Sandy about building a new ballpark near a new MLS soccer stadium.
Suites lease for $500 per game. (Baseball, Facilities, Financial, Minor League, Professional Sports, Venue)