Utah’s capital city is close to finalizing a new lease agreement with Smith Entertainment Group to keep the Utah Jazz and Utah 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 months negotiating a new 99-year lease agreement with Smith Entertainment Group, said Salt Lake City Council Vice Chairman Alejandro Puy, who also previously served as chairman of the agency’s board.

Puy declined to offer exact details of the new agreement because he said it’s still

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