Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City is the capital city of Utah and is the last location that Joel and Ellie journey to in order to find the Fireflies in The Last of Us. They later return there in The Last of Us Part II."Seattle Day 2" The hospital in the city was a major base for the Fireflies,"The Firefly Lab" with the city itself currently being an abandoned former quarantine zone.
== History ==
=== Background ===
When the Cordyceps outbreak began in 2013, Salt Lake City was converted into a quarantine zone by the military. It had multiple checkpoints, a medical triage center, and tall concrete walls, as well as a hospital and a bus depot.
Like Pittsburgh, the zone was abandoned by the military for an unknown reason sometime before the events of the game, likely for a few years due to the presence of bloaters. Also similar to Pittsburgh, certain areas of the city were flooded, mostly the sewers and subway area. The Fireflies claimed the hospital when they abandoned their old research base at the University of Eastern Colorado."The University" They used it as a laboratory in an attempt to develop a cure for the CBI, though were unable to transfer most of their equipment from the old base. Based on Marlene's journal,Marlene's journal the hospital has been under Firefly control for at least a year by 2034.
=== Events of The Last of Us ===
Joel and Ellie travel to Salt Lake City, Utah as their last stop on their cross country journey. After being directed to the University of Eastern Colorado, they found out that the Fireflies had fled to Salt Lake City.
There seems to be a fair-sized population of infected in the sewers and the tunnels, as Joel and Ellie encounter several runners, clickers, and even three bloaters in just one tunnel. The hospital does not have any infected present, as it is likely the Fireflies cleared it out in order to make it their base and gain access to medical supplies and equipment.
Giraffes roam the area in the city as it, like many others, is now overgrown by nature. It would seem that the city, or at least the Fireflies there, must have usable car batteries, as Joel and Ellie left the city in a working car. Given the presence of so many bloaters, it could have been abandoned long ago, and taken over by the Fireflies not long after the outbreak.
=== Events of The Last of Us Part II ===
By 2036, the Fireflies had abandoned the city, leaving it completely deserted. When Ellie and Joel returned there, there were no signs of any life, human or infected.
== Behind the scenes ==
* The baseball field shown in the foreground when Joel and Ellie first enter Salt Lake City is Bethany Clare Field, named after level designer Peter Field's wife.Peter Field, The Last of Us - Level Design Breakdown.
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