Does Salt Palace need to expand to keep Outdoor Retailer in Utah?

Does Salt Palace need to expand to keep Outdoor Retailer in Utah?

By Jeremiah Stettler
The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Aug 5, 2011 07:35AM MDT

Once again, the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market can no longer squeeze under one roof.
But don’t expect the Calvin L. Rampton Salt Palace Convention Center to get any bigger — as it did five years ago to accommodate Utah’s largest convention. Salt Lake County isn’t planning an addition.
And yet, the outdoor exhibition is growing, so much so that newcomers such as Coleman Outboard Motors, Survivor Firestarters and Eco-Que Portable Grills were forced to showcase their wares in a cavernous tent tha...

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