As the spotlight turns toward Salt Lake City during this weekend's NBA All-Star Game, business and political leaders are seeking to chip away at notions of the state as a peculiar and homogenous place that lags behind on LGBTQ- and race-related issues.
The Vivint Arena is shown during the transformation taking place inside the arena before the start of the NBA basketball All-Star weekend Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, in Salt Lake City. More than 60 players are making their way to Salt Lake City for All-Star weekend, some of them for the first time, one of them for the 19th time. And while some events will tout the league's future, many will be celebrating the past.
SALT LAKE CITY — In the 1990s, Dallas Mavericks point guard Derek Harper famously shot down an offer to be traded to the Jazz, quipping to ESPN: “You go live in Utah.”
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