State of the City address, Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall shares what she wants to see happen to the ballpark at West Temple and 1300 South.

Salt Lake City officials have narrowed down a plan for the future of Smith's Ballpark. The news was announced Tuesday night by Mayor Erin Mendenhall in her annual "State of the City" speech.

A person lays on a bench near the Salt Lake City Police department and library in Salt Lake City on Tuesday. Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall said Tuesday that public safety, homelessness and affordable housing are "urgent" issues the city plans to tackle this year. (Scott G Winterton, Deseret News)

During her State of the City address on Tuesday night, Jan. 28, Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall said the city will move ahead with refurbishing the existing ballpark to create something new while honoring the location's history.

The Ballpark announcement came during the mayor’s annual State of the City address, hosted this year at downtown’s Main Library. Mendenhall noted the renovation underway on the library’s rooftop terrace, one of dozens of improvement projects in progress, recently completed or funded to soon begin on public assets throughout the east and west sides.

Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall announced that they have picked the "adaptive reuse" plan to overhaul the Smith's Ballpark stadium.

A Utah man died after driving off the side of a Nevada freeway and crashing Monday morning. The Nevada Highway Patrol said troopers responded to a vehicle crash on Interstate 80 near mile maker 64, about 25 miles west of Winnemucca and 8 miles east of Imlay.

Crowds packed Hong Kong's biggest Lunar New Year flower market on Tuesday on the eve of the start of the Year of the Snake. Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall said the stadium will be repurposed as an entertainment venue.

Park City and Salt Lake City are continuing to guard many of the details of the bid to retain the Sundance Film Festival in the state. But the governor of Utah and the leader of the Park City Chamber/Bureau have recently entered the scene with limited information.

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