The LDS Conference Center in Salt Lake City was designed by Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership of Portland, Oregon, with Auerbach & Associates designing the theater and architectural lighting. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints owns it. Groundbreaking was on July 24, 1997. It was first used for general conference on April 1 and 2, 2000, and formally dedicated on October 8, 2000. The article names no style.
The structure is steel truss and rebar, with exterior walls clad in quartz monzonite granite. It has 1,400,000 square feet, and the main auditorium seats 21,200 (21,000 in the infobox). The side theater seats 900 or 905, and the organ has 130 ranks. Underground parking holds 1,400 cars.
It replaced the Salt Lake Tabernacle for general conference. The nearest transit stop is the Temple Square TRAX station. The article gives no hours or admission policy.
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