Maverik Center

The Maverik Center is the arena at 3200 South Decker Lake Drive in West Valley City, about 15 minutes west of downtown Salt Lake City. It opened in 1997 as the E Center, hosted the ice hockey tournament at the 2002 Winter Olympics, and is home to the Utah Grizzlies and the Salt Lake City Stars. It also carries a steady run of concerts, family shows, graduations and corporate events.

Fat Fish Media produces arena-scale shows across Utah with our own LED walls, line arrays, moving lights, cameras and broadcast trucks. This guide covers how the Maverik Center is laid out and what to plan for. The photos on this page are from our large-stage work at other venues.

The spaces at a glance

• Main arena: about 12,000 for a full-house concert, roughly 10,000 for hockey, with a 17,000-square-foot arena floor. The floor takes an end stage with a general-admission pit or reserved floor seating.
• Theater configuration: the arena can be curtained down to a few thousand seats, around 3,700 in its smallest setup, which keeps a 2,000-person company meeting or a graduation from feeling empty.
• Meeting spaces: more than 10,000 square feet of meeting rooms, including the Centennial Room with views of the Wasatch Front, for pre-functions, dinners and breakouts.
• Suites and clubs: luxury suites can be rented for private hospitality, including on event nights.
• Parking: surface lots on site plus the TRAX Green Line at Decker Lake station.

Producing a show on the arena floor

An arena gives you what a hotel ballroom cannot: height. The Maverik Center has a full rigging grid over the floor and the house, so lighting, line arrays, LED walls and scenic can be flown, and the floor stays open for seating or a pit. For a corporate show that means a wide stage, a big LED canvas and a lighting rig that reads from the upper bowl.

The flip side is that an arena is a working venue with its own union crew, dock schedule and ice to protect. We plan the show around the building's rules: load-in on the dock schedule, floor covering over the ice deck, and rigging points approved by the house rigger before a motor goes up.

Theater setup for meetings and graduations

Most corporate groups do not need 12,000 seats. The theater configuration drapes off the far end of the arena and brings the audience into the seats and the floor in front of the stage. We size the screens and the PA to the curtained room rather than the full arena, which keeps the picture crisp and the budget sensible. For a graduation, the same setup gives families a clear view and a stage wide enough for a procession.

Load-in, rigging and broadcast

• Dock: truck-level docks feed the floor directly. Allow a full day for a flown rig with LED and audio, and a second day if there is heavy scenic.
• Rigging: the house supplies points and approves the plot. We bring our own motors, truss and riggers and submit the plot in advance.
• Power: show power is available at the floor; large LED walls and lighting rigs still need a distribution plan.
• Broadcast: our 53-foot broadcast truck parks at the dock and ties into the arena for multi-camera recording, IMAG and streaming.

What we bring

Stage, LED video, line-array audio, moving lights, cameras, show calling and a production manager who runs the schedule with the arena. See our concert work, commencement production and LED wall rentals.

Frequently asked questions

How many people does the Maverik Center hold?

About 12,000 for a full-house concert and roughly 10,000 for hockey. The theater configuration can bring it down to a few thousand seats.

Can a company hold a meeting or graduation at the Maverik Center?

Yes. The arena hosts corporate events and graduations in its theater configuration, and it has more than 10,000 square feet of meeting space for dinners and breakouts.

Where is the Maverik Center?

At 3200 South Decker Lake Drive in West Valley City, about 15 minutes from downtown Salt Lake City, next to the Decker Lake TRAX station.

Planning an event at the Maverik Center? Tell us the date, headcount and program and we will come back within one business day with a production plan and a line-item quote. We can also walk the space with you before you sign the venue contract.