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UFC fighter Bobby 'King' Green is drawing attention as fight week builds for UFC 332 in Salt Lake City. Media coverage of the official weigh-ins, where fighters including Silvia and Cong made weight, has put the event and its fighters at the top of search interest in Australia and the UK. Fans are discussing the card and Green's standing heading into fight night.
- 2Salt Lake City faces apartment glut but student housing keeps growing▼There's a glut of studios and one-bedrooms in SLC. So why are student housing complexes popping up?
Salt Lake City has a surplus of studios and one-bedroom apartments, yet developers continue building new student housing complexes. Local planning observers are questioning why purpose-built student developments keep breaking ground despite an already saturated market for small units, and what that mismatch means for renters and the city's housing supply.
- 3Commentary: LDS temples once hosted dances, but no more●Commentary: Temples have been around from the LDS start. But they don’t host dances anymore.
A commentary in the Salt Lake Tribune looks at the history of temples in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, noting that while temples have existed since the church's founding, they no longer host dances as they once did. The piece reflects on how the purposes and uses of these sacred buildings have changed over time.
- 4Hudson Yards developers eye 'unique' project in Utah City●Group that helped build massive development in Manhattan wants to do something ‘unique’ in Utah City
A development group that helped build the massive Hudson Yards project in Manhattan says it wants to create something 'unique' in Utah City. The Salt Lake Tribune reported the plans, which signal growing interest from major national developers in the fast-growing Utah County area. Details on the scale, cost and timeline of the proposed development have not been released.