Stadium (UTA station)
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Stadium is a side platform
ed UTA Trax
light rail
station adjacent to Rice-Eccles Stadium
in Salt Lake City, Utah
, United States
. The station was opened on December 15, 2001, and is operated by the Utah Transit Authority
. As part of the Red Line
, it has service to downtown Salt Lake City, the University of Utah
and many of the suburbs of Salt Lake City.
was made official by the UTA Board on April 25, 2001. The station opened as one of the four new Trax stations included as part of the line on December 15, 2001. As part of the UTA's Art in Transit program, the station features a bronze sculpture created by Michael Stutz entitled Flame Figure. Installed in December 2001, the sculpture was commissioned by the Salt Lake City Arts Council to commemorate the 2002 Winter Olympics
.
The Stadium station would serve as the eastern terminus of the University Line from its completion through the opening of a three-station expansion on September 29, 2003, where the University Medical Center
presently serves as the eastern terminus.
Side platform
A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...
ed UTA Trax
UTA TRAX
TRAX is a three-line light rail system in Utah's Salt Lake Valley, serving Salt Lake City and several of its suburbs throughout Salt Lake County. The system is operated by the Utah Transit Authority ....
light rail
Light rail
Light rail or light rail transit is a form of urban rail public transportation that generally has a lower capacity and lower speed than heavy rail and metro systems, but higher capacity and higher speed than traditional street-running tram systems...
station adjacent to Rice-Eccles Stadium
Rice-Eccles Stadium
Rice-Eccles Stadium is an outdoor college football stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah, on the campus of the University of Utah. It is the home field of the Utah Utes of the Pacific-12 Conference...
in Salt Lake City, Utah
Utah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The station was opened on December 15, 2001, and is operated by the Utah Transit Authority
Utah Transit Authority
The Utah Transit Authority operates a public transportation system throughout the Wasatch Front of Utah, United States. It operates fixed route buses, express buses, ski buses, three light rail lines , and a commuter rail line from Salt Lake City to Pleasant View, north of Ogden. UTA is based in...
. As part of the Red Line
Red Line (UTA Trax)
The Red Line is a light rail line in the Trax system in the Salt Lake Valley, Utah. It originally opened in December 2001 as the Sandy/University Line, running from the University of Utah to the city of Sandy, and was later rerouted to South Jordan and renamed the Red Line in August 2011...
, it has service to downtown Salt Lake City, the University of Utah
University of Utah
The University of Utah, also known as the U or the U of U, is a public, coeducational research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest...
and many of the suburbs of Salt Lake City.
History
Following the approval of federal funding in February 2000, construction of the University Line commenced on August 7, 2000. The naming of the station Stadium due to its proximity to Rice-Eccles StadiumRice-Eccles Stadium
Rice-Eccles Stadium is an outdoor college football stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah, on the campus of the University of Utah. It is the home field of the Utah Utes of the Pacific-12 Conference...
was made official by the UTA Board on April 25, 2001. The station opened as one of the four new Trax stations included as part of the line on December 15, 2001. As part of the UTA's Art in Transit program, the station features a bronze sculpture created by Michael Stutz entitled Flame Figure. Installed in December 2001, the sculpture was commissioned by the Salt Lake City Arts Council to commemorate the 2002 Winter Olympics
2002 Winter Olympics
The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event that was celebrated in February 2002 in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Approximately 2,400 athletes from 77 nations participated in 78 events in fifteen disciplines, held throughout...
.
The Stadium station would serve as the eastern terminus of the University Line from its completion through the opening of a three-station expansion on September 29, 2003, where the University Medical Center
University Medical Center (UTA station)
University Medical Center is a side platformed Trax light rail station in Salt Lake City, serving as the northern terminus of the Red Line. It is located on the campus of the University of Utah and is operated by the Utah Transit Authority.- Bus connections :...
presently serves as the eastern terminus.