America First Event Center is a 5,300-seat multi-purpose

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. It was built in 1985. It is home to the

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s. The America First Event Center is also the centerpiece venue for the Utah Summer Games. The arena was previously known as the Centrum Arena but was renamed in 2017 as part of a naming rights deal with America First Credit Union valued at $1.5 million over 10 years.

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