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Salt Lake City first hosted a Pacific Coast League team named the Bees in 1915, less than 20 years after Utah was granted statehood. Today's Triple-A iteration was established in 1994, with their current affiliation with the Angels beginning in 2001.

From that inaugural '94 season through 2024, the Bees operated out of Smith's Ballpark in downtown Salt Lake City. The Wasatch Mountains loomed beyond the outfield, resulting in an atmosphere of unrelenting grandiosity

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