page_title: Salt Palace
section_title: Current Salt Palace (Calvin L. Rampton Salt Palace Convention Center) (1995–present)
hierarchical_section_title: Salt Palace / Current Salt Palace (Calvin L. Rampton Salt Palace Convention Center) (1995–present)
caption_attribution_description: English: Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
context_page_description: The Calvin L. Rampton Salt Palace Convention Center, more commonly known as the Salt Palace, is a convention center in the western United States, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Named after Utah's 11th governor, Calvin L. Rampton, the name "Salt Palace" was previously used by two other venues in the city.
context_section_description: Built on the site of the demolished arena, the current convention center boasts 515,000 square feet (47,800 m²) of exhibit space, 164,000 square feet (15,200 m²) of meeting space including a 45,000-square-foot (4,200 m²) grand ballroom, and 66 meeting rooms. The Salt Palace served as the Olympic Media Center during the 2002 Winter Olympics.
  In honor of the "founding father" of Salt Lake's convention and tourism business, as well as Utah's proactive economic development efforts, the Salt Lake County Council voted to officially change the name of the Salt Palace Convention Center to the Calvin L. Rampton Salt Palace Convention Center in the fall of 2007.
  FanX, the biannual comic book convention, has been held at 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.
caption: Conference room hallway in the Salt Palace.
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