The Delta Center opens its doors to the public for the first time since April for Thursday’s Utah Mammoth preseason game against the Los Angeles Kings. As excited as fans are to see their NHL team back in action, the most exciting component might be the new-and-improved Delta Center.

The arena opened in 1991 and was built to NBA standards. With an NHL ice surface being more than three-and-a-half times the size of an NBA court, it wasn’t a simple ask to get it to those standards.

In the first part of a three-phase renovation plan to make the building more suitable for hockey, crews extended the end zones by a total of 24 feet, raised the playing floor 2 feet, and installed a new adjustable riser system behind the nets.

They were able to fit the seats where they needed them to be, but it

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