Utah Hockey Club sets beer sales record in first ever NHL game

The NHL’s inaugural season successful the authorities of Utah is disconnected to a bully start. 

The Utah Hockey Club defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 5-2 successful the franchise’s play opener astatine location successful beforehand of an electrified assemblage of much than 16,000 fans astatine the Delta Center, the location of the NBA’s Utah Jazz. 

The Utah Hockey Club celebrates a triumph implicit the Chicago Blackhawks astatine Delta Center. (Rob Gray-Imagn Images)

The crippled acceptable respective records, but possibly astir absorbing was the full beverage sales. 

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According to The Salt Lake Tribune, the Delta Center sold a record-breaking $120,000 successful brew alone, marking the astir sold at any NBA oregon NHL lawsuit astatine the arena. 

"It’s amazing," NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said Tuesday. "First of all, determination are already truthful galore large fans present and the reception that the NHL has gotten present successful Salt Lake City has been fantastic, truthful convey you fans!" 

The club’s reception during Tuesday’s inaugural crippled tin beryllium measured by the numbers. 

Utah Hockey Club fans observe pursuing a extremity against the Chicago Blackhawks connected Oct. 8, 2024, astatine Delta Center successful Salt Lake City. (Jamie Sabau/Getty Images)

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In summation to beverage sales, The Salt Lake Tribune reported that merchandise income doubled the erstwhile grounds acceptable during immoderate single-night sporting lawsuit astatine the Delta Center.

Utah has already sold astir 8,500 full-season-ticket equivalents, and 34,000 radical initially enactment down a deposit for tickets. The nine is already tracking toward being among the apical 20 NHL clubs for sponsorship and summons gross this season.

And planned renovations volition look to grow capableness astatine the arena to accommodate astir 17,000 hockey fans. 

Fans observe a archetypal play extremity by Clayton Keller of Utah Hockey Club against the Chicago Blackhawks astatine Delta Center connected Oct. 8, 2024 successful Salt Lake City. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

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In April, the NHL Board of Governors approved a caller franchise for Utah that would relocate the existing hockey assets and squad operations of the Arizona Coyotes to Salt Lake City. 

But hockey successful Arizona volition inactive person a chance. As portion of the agreement, Coyotes proprietor Alex Meruelo volition clasp the rights to the franchise if helium tin physique "a new, state-of-the-art installation due for an NHL team" wrong a five-year period. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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