Salt Lake Stars Moving To Maverik Center
Oct 10, 2022, 11:53 AM | Updated: 2:10 pm
Statue outside of the Maverik Center (Photo: Deseret News/Yukai Peng)
(Photo: Deseret News/Yukai Peng)
SALT LAKE CITY – The Salt Lake City Stars will play their home games at Maverik Center for the 2022-23 season.
The Jazz G League affiliate announced the move on Monday after spending the last several seasons playing at the Salt Lake Community College Redwood Campus.
“The Stars look forward to starting this new era in our new home at the Maverik Center and to enhancing the game-night experience for both our fans and players,” Stars President Jonathan Rinehart said in a release from the team.
“Based in West Valley City, the Stars will maintain our proximity to the Jazz and continue to serve an important development role for the franchise, while also growing our commitment to that community.”
𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 ✨@𝒎𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒌_𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓 ✨#𝙄𝙩𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙨𝙃𝙚𝙧𝙚 pic.twitter.com/Kb3JvPsbpW
— Salt Lake City Stars (@slcstars) October 10, 2022
The Maverik Center, located in West Valley City, is the longtime home to the ECHL’s Utah Grizzlies hockey club.
“We are thrilled to become the new home for the Stars and provide the community with another top-tier professional sports experience as we continue to optimize the Maverik Center and create innovative fan experiences,” Kevin Bruder, the Centennial Management Group CEO said.
Stars Schedule
The Stars 2022-23 campaign will consist of 24 home games, 24 road games and two neutral site games at the 2022 AT&T NBA G League Winter Showcase in Las Vegas.
The two-part schedule returns with teams playing 16 games to determine qualification and seeding for the annual Showcase Cup tournament from Nov. 4-Dec. 17. Following the Showcase Cup, team records and statistics reset for the traditional 32-game regular season.
We're only 30 DAYS away from the 2022-23 season, & for the first time the G League has 30 TEAMS eligible to win the title. With G League Ignite & Mexico City Capitanes joining the race for the G League Championship, who's your pick to win with the trophy? #GLeagueSeasonCountdown pic.twitter.com/GyBCF66EzE
— NBA G League (@nbagleague) October 5, 2022
The Stars home opener will be held on November 21-22 at the Maverik Center against the Santa Cruz Warriors and will face Scoot Henderson and the G League Ignite on November 28.
The season concludes with a three-game homestand against South Bay Lakers on March 19 and Austin Spurs on March 21 and 23.
New this season for the G League, games that advance to overtime will be decided via Elam ending with a designated score set seven points above the point total at the end of regulation.
