- Salt Lake City will host the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.

- Utah has 14 ski resorts that receive an average of 500 inches of The Greatest Snow on Earth every winter. Utah boasts of the 20,919 skiable acres, 107 lifts and 30,399 feet of lift serviced vertical drop.

- Utah has five national parks, six national monuments, two national recreation areas, six national forests and 45 state parks which total more than nine million acres of land for recreation and outdoor activities and all are within a five hour drive from Salt Lake City.

- Salt Lake City is home to the NBA's Utah Jazz.

- The Utah Starzz of the WNBA.

- The Salt Lake Buzz, a Triple-A baseball team.

- The Utah Grizzlies of the International Hockey League.

- World class fishing, camping, boating, hiking, mountain biking and hunting sites are spread throughout Utah.

- Over 120 golf courses, with 13 private Country club courses.