the Salt Palace Convention Center since September 2013. A Republican presidential debate hosted by Fox News was scheduled to take place at the Salt Palace Convention Center on March 21, 2016. The event was cancelled after front-runner Donald Trump said he would not participate and fellow candidate John Kasich said he would not participate without Trump. A small public park formerly occupied the southeast corner of the building which, starting in 2020, was closed for construction as the site of a new 25-story, 700 room hotel tower that will house a Hyatt Regency. The $377 million project, which will also add 60,000 square feet of meeting space to the Salt Palace, is a collaboration with Portman Holdings and Salt Lake County and is currently on schedule to be delivered in 2022. Solar panels On May 24, 2012, a 1.65 MW solar array was completed on the roof. Covering an area of , at the time it was the largest solar array in Utah. It is expected to provide 17% of the electricity used by the Salt Palace. References External links Utah State Historical Society Buildings and structures in Salt Lake City Burned buildings and structures in the United States Convention centers in Utah Olympic International Broadcast Centres Venues of the 2002 Winter Olympics