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Salt Lake City drops plan for year-round downtown farmers market building

Ended the Pioneer Park building effort and is focused on a permanent winter market home

Pioneer Park reopens Nov. 13 with new recreation space, a covered pavilion and a ranger office, but the permanent market building planned for the park will not be part of it. The Salt Lake City Downtown Alliance ended the project on Nov. 3 after the city and the nonprofit could not agree on who would own the structure.

Updated 5 days ago

Salt Lake City scraps two historic planes to make room for winter market

Built World

Helped secure the market's new home

Salt Lake City has scrapped the Convair C-131 Samaritan that hung over its winter farmers market and is finishing work on a MiG-21 fighter jet. Both planes were left behind when The Leonardo, the science and art museum, closed for good in 2025.

Updated Oct 26