Salt Lake City, Smith Entertainment Group close to deal on 99

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Salt Lake City nears a 99-year lease deal agreement with Smith Entertainment Group on Delta Center.

A new lease would follow a downtown revitalization agreement the two sides reached last year.

The agreement keeps the Utah Jazz and Mammoth in downtown.

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's capital city is close to finalizing a new lease agreement with Smith Entertainment Group to keep the Utah Jazz and Mammoth downtown for the long haul.

Members of the Salt Lake City Community Reinvestment Agency board of directors, who are also City Council members, could vote as early as Tuesday afternoon on an "amended and restated lease for Delta Center" during the agency's meeting Tuesday, according to the meeting agenda.

While details on the agenda are sparse, the city has spent the last few mo