Utah Jazz and Real Salt Lake owner Ryan Smith's pursuit of an NHL team for the Beehive State is 'in motion,' he tweeted on Saturday.
Smith’s tweet in response to Farnsworth appears to be a confirmation that he’s seriously looking into bringing pro hockey to Utah.after an NBA Board of Governors meeting in New York. The report came from Elliotte Friedman of Canada’s SportsNet, who indicated mutual interest between Smith and the NHL.
“I was told to keep his name on my radar, because he’s interested in the NHL — and the NHL is very interested in him,” Friedman said in his article at the time. Smith Entertainment Group last year added private equity firm Arctos Sports Partners as a minority investor in hopes of . The goal was to bring a sport the state doesn’t already have, leaving the possibilities as football, baseball and hockey.Utah has been home to the Grizzlies — a minor league affiliate of the Colorado Avalanche — since 2005.
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