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58-512: Provo was chosen as the site for an Olympic venue because the leaders of Utah County refused to support Utah's 1989 Olympic referendum unless they were promised at least one Olympic event would be held in the county. Originally county leaders wanted a speed skating oval built somewhere in Provo or on the campus of Utah Valley University ; others suggested the game's Closing Ceremony could be held at Brigham Young University 's football stadium . After

116-605: A bus rapid transit system, as part of their city bus routes. Provo also serves as the southernmost terminus of the FrontRunner , Utah's intrastate commuter rail service. The Provo FrontRunner station is located on South University Avenue, directly southwest of Amtrak's Provo Station—which is Utah's third westbound stop, after Green River and Helper, for the California Zephyr Amtrak route. In addition to Provo, The FrontRunner currently has three stops in

174-422: A graduate or professional degree . Due to respondents reporting multiple ethnicities, percentages may add up to greater than 100%. The government is a three-member elected county commission elected at-large. Other elected officials include the county sheriff , the county clerk , county recorder, county assessor, county surveyor, county treasurer, and the county attorney . The current county attorney

232-468: A population density of 329.0 people per square mile (127.0/km ). Among non- Hispanic or Latino people, the racial makeup was 518,460 (78.6%) White , 4,110 (0.6%) African American , 2,533 (0.4%) Native American , 10,111 (1.5%) Asian , 6,541 (1.0%) Pacific Islander , 2,421 (0.4%) from other races , and 26,692 (4.0%) from two or more races . 88,531 (13.4%) people were Hispanic or Latino. There were 330,884 (50.18%) males and 328,515 (49.82%) females, and

290-664: A scandal involving SLOC members, and members of the International Olympic Committee concerning the 2002 Olympic bid surfaced, pushing back the grand opening. As a result, the grand opening celebration was held September 29, 1999, and the venue hosted its first event, a hockey game between the University of Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs and the University of Calgary Oval Extremes, two days later. The completed arena cost $ 12.4 million to build, included two ice sheets, had seating for over 2,000 spectators, and

348-451: A single person living alone and 12,334 (6.7%) were two or more people living together. 88,011 (47.7%) of all households had children under the age of 18. 124,353 (67.4%) of households were owner-occupied while 60,205 (32.6%) were renter-occupied . The median income for a Utah County household was $ 77,057 and the median family income was $ 83,938, with a per-capita income of $ 27,365. The median income for males that were full-time employees

406-413: Is Jeff Gray. In 2020, Utah County voters rejected Proposition 9, which would have changed the county's government to a five-member elected county council with an elected county mayor. The first sheriff of the county was John T. Willis, who was succeeded by William Madison Wall . Alexander Williams served during John Cradlebaugh 's court in 1859. He was succeeded by Eli Whipple, who resigned in 1861 and

464-701: Is an American ice hockey league. Founded in 2012, the USPHL has grown to over 60 organizations from across the United States/Canada fielding teams in the National Collegiate Development Conference (NCDC), Premier, Elite, EHF, 18U, 16U, 15U, and High Performance youth divisions. From 2013 to 2017, USA Hockey sanctioned the Premier, Elite, Empire, Midwest, and USP3 Divisions as Tier III junior leagues. In 2017,

522-400: Is covered with arid-climate forestation. The county generally slopes to the west and north, with its highest point (the northern peak of the twin-peaked Mt. Nebo in the southern part of the county), at 11,928 ft (3,636 m) ASL. The county has an area of 2,144 square miles (5,550 km ), of which 2,003 square miles (5,190 km ) is land and 141 square miles (370 km ) (6.6%)

580-427: Is little record of any official activity conducted by the fledgling county until April 18, 1852, when a full slate of county officials was published, and recordkeeping began. The first courthouse was built in central Provo in 1866–67. It was soon outgrown and was replaced by a second courthouse (1872–73). By the 1920s, this building was also cramped, and the decision was made to erect a combined city-county building, which

638-519: Is the second-most populous county in the U.S. state of Utah . The county seat and largest city is Provo , which is the state's fourth-largest city, and the largest outside of Salt Lake County . As of the 2020 United States Census , the population was 665,665. Utah County is one of two counties forming the Provo– Orem metropolitan statistical area , and is part of the larger Salt Lake City –Provo–Orem, UT Combined Statistical Area . In 2020,

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696-515: Is water. Utah Valley lies at the center of the county, lined by the mountains of the Wasatch Range on the east. Utah Lake occupies a large part of the valley. The elevation ranges from 4,487 feet (1,368 m) above sea level at the lake to 11,928 feet (3,636 m) at the peak of Mount Nebo . Source: Source: Source: The 2000 census was the first to allow residents to select multiple race categories. Prior to 2000,

754-620: The Minnesota Junior Hockey League (MnJHL). By the end of the season, the Midwest Division would add all but one active MnJHL team causing the MnJHL to disband for the following season. On March 10, 2015, the USPHL also added the entire Midwest Junior Hockey League to its new Midwest Division for the 2015–16 season. USPHL Midwest became the fourth Tier III division under the USPHL umbrella. The changes for

812-568: The State of Deseret created a county on January 31, 1850, to govern the civic affairs of Utah Valley , which by the 1850s was bustling with newly arrived settlers. The county name is derived from the valley name, which is derived from the Spanish name ( Yuta ) for the Ute Indians . The State of Deseret dissolved soon after (April 5, 1851), but the counties it had set in place continued. There

870-682: The 18U and 16U divisions. The original Tier III junior teams were categorized in the Premier Division when the USPHL absorbed the Empire Junior Hockey League (becoming the Empire Division) and the newly formed Eastern Elite Hockey League (becoming the Elite Division). With the additions, the USPHL added 16 more organizations to the original 15 before the inaugural 2013–14 season. The formation of

928-474: The 1989 Olympic referendum passed, and Salt Lake City lost its 1991 bid to host the 1998 Winter Olympics , the Utah Sports Authority and Provo City decided to wait until Salt Lake City bid again for the 2002 Winter Olympics before any venue planning would start. After Salt Lake City won the 2002 Olympic bid in 1995, planning began again for what venue Utah County could host. It was decided that

986-643: The 2014 off-season the USPHL lost the New York Applecore (Empire), but added the Providence Capitals (Elite & 16U), Jersey Shore Whalers (Empire), and the Richmond Generals (Elite, Empire) organizations to increase the total number of organizations to 35 headed into the 2014–15 season. During the 2014–15 season, the USPHL announce the creation of a Midwest Division to begin in the 2015–16 season by adding several teams from

1044-834: The 2015–16 continued into April when the New York Aviators announced their decision to leave the USPHL and join the North American 3 Eastern Hockey League (NA3EHL). The USPHL promptly reassigned the Aviator franchise to Rye, New York , and was renamed to the New York Dragons. In early April 2015, the Empire Division would expand to Daytona, Florida with the Daytona Racers. Also in April, it

1102-715: The 2019–20 season. In 2020, the USPHL Premier added the Anaheim Avalanche, Fresno Monsters , Las Vegas Thunderbirds , Northern Colorado Eagles, Ogden Mustangs , Pueblo Bulls , San Diego Sabers , Southern Oregon Spartans , and the Utah Outliers from the Western States Hockey League , another independent junior hockey organization. Complimentary additions to the USPHL Premier included Elmira Jr. Enforcers (renamed in 2023 to

1160-580: The 2024–25 season, the league plans to expand into Canada’s Quebec / Ontario provinces, effectively creating an entire new division. During the 2012–13 season, several organizations within the Eastern Junior Hockey League (EJHL) decided to form their own league and created the United States Premier Hockey League (USPHL). Those organizations also added their youth programs under the USPHL name as

1218-687: The Eastern Hockey Federation (EHF) youth leagues. The EHF organization already had many of the USPHL's junior organization's youth clubs. The league also rebranded its 16U Futures as 15U. On March 8, 2019, the USPHL and EHF announced plans to integrate the USPHL's High Performance Youth Division into the EHF to create the EHF South Division, expanding the youth league's footprint into the Mid-Atlantic region, beginning with

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1276-667: The Elite Division the only Tier III feeder division. The Jersey Shore Whalers and the Florida Jr. Blades, both members of the former USP3 Division, were granted teams in the Premier Division, as well as the Jr. Blades adding their USP3 team to the Elite Division. The Skipjacks Hockey Club also added a Premier team to augment their teams in the youth divisions. The Wisconsin Muskies also announced they would field an expansion team in

1334-754: The Elmira Impact), Provo Riverblades, and the return of the Wooster Oilers after a one-year absence. During the 2019–20 season the Boston Bandits NCDC membership was purchased by the Philadelphia Hockey Club, to replace the Bandits in 2020–21. Rochester Monarchs were removed and replaced by Boston Advantage for the 2020–21 season. For the 2022–23 season, several new teams joined the USPHL. The Mercer Chiefs joined

1392-736: The NCDC. The Bakersfield Roughnecks joined the Pacific Division in the USPHL Premier. The Idaho Falls Spud Kings joined the Mountain Division in the USPHL Premier. The Minnesota Squatch joined the Midwest West Division in the USPHL Premier. Finally, several former teams from the WSHL—the Bellingham Blazers , Rock Springs Prospectors, Rogue Valley Royals, Seattle Totems , and Vernal Oilers—created

1450-472: The Premier Division. As part of the many changes, three of the four isolated former USP3 Pacific Division teams left the league with only the Eugene Generals remaining. The Generals would have a modified schedule for the season in the Elite Division playing most of their games against local youth and academy teams while only playing other USPHL teams in showcases. For 2018–19, the league merged with

1508-828: The USPHL Premier, the newly added Rochester Monarchs, and the Boston Bandits , New Jersey Rockets , and Northern Cyclones from the Eastern Hockey League . At the time, the only USA Hockey-sanctioned Tier II league is the North American Hockey League . However, in December 2016, USA Hockey denied their application for a Tier II league. The USPHL launched its tuition-free league as the National Collegiate Development Conference . In response,

1566-436: The USPHL added a higher level junior league named the National Collegiate Development Conference (NCDC) for the 2017–18 season. The NCDC was seeking free-to-play Tier II junior league sanctioning, but was denied by USA Hockey. In response, the USPHL junior level leagues withdrew from USA Hockey sanctioning altogether. The 18U, 16U and 15U divisions are still considered Tier I youth hockey divisions by USA Hockey. Beginning in

1624-483: The USPHL also led the remaining EJHL teams to join the Atlantic Junior Hockey League and create the Eastern Hockey League (EHL). For the league's second season in 2014–15, the USPHL added the 16U Futures (16UF) Division for players who aspire to play midget hockey, but are not yet ready for the 16U Division. Eight organizations fielded teams in the 16UF Division for its first season. During

1682-631: The USPHL announced that the Elite and USP3 Divisions were expanding by splitting the teams from the one-year-old Midwest Division into the Elite and USP3 platforms. More changes came on May 20, 2016, when the USPHL added the four remaining teams from the former Northern Pacific Hockey League to the USP3 as a Pacific Division. Before the start of the season, the loss of the Illiana Blackbirds (Elite), Michigan Wild (USP3), and Marquette Royales (USP3)

1740-571: The USPHL dropped USA Hockey sanctioning from their junior level leagues and operates unsanctioned beginning with the 2017–18 season. In December 2016, the USPHL also announced the addition of six organizations from the Eastern Hockey League for the 2017–18 season: the previously mentioned Bandits, Rockets, and Cyclones would be joined by the Connecticut Nighthawks, Hartford Jr. Wolfpack , and New Hampshire Junior Monarchs . The New Hampshire Monarchs previously fielded USPHL teams in

1798-697: The arena. Because of its original size over 6,000 temporary seats had to be installed to boost the ice center's capacity to 8,400, including press members. 93 percent of tickets were sold, for a total 131,067 of spectators witnessing events in the arena. The arena is home to the Peaks Figure Skating Club. The arena formerly served as home ice for the Provo Predators of the United States Premier Hockey League (who relocated to Wyoming in 2024 in lieu of

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1856-583: The arrival of Utah Hockey Club ), and is the current home ice for the ACHA collegiate hockey team of Utah Valley University , and high school teams including Timpanogos, Utah County Independent, Lehi, Payson, Spanish Fork and Springville, as well as the Peaks Youth Hockey Association. The arena is open to the public for ice skating, skating lessons, and can even be used for indoor soccer games. Utah County, Utah Utah County

1914-479: The census used the category 'Other Race' as a catch-all identifier. For county-level census data in 1950 and 1900, Utah counted all non-White and non-Black residents using this category. 'Other races' formed 1.4% of Utah County's population in 1990, 0.43% in 1950, and 0.07% in 1900. According to the 2020 United States census and 2020 American Community Survey , there were 659,399 people in Utah County with

1972-674: The center of population of Utah was in Utah County, in the city of Saratoga Springs . Utah County is one of the fastest-growing counties in the United States, ranking among the top ten counties in numerical growth. Correspondingly, Provo–Orem is among the top eight metropolitan areas by percentage growth in the country. Utah County is one of seven counties in the United States to have the same name as its state. The other six counties are Arkansas County , Hawaii County , Idaho County , Iowa County , Oklahoma County and New York County (commonly known as Manhattan). The legislature of

2030-550: The city of Provo would host the venue, but that it would only be a practice ice sheet, mostly likely to be built in the planned Provo Towne Centre mall. Eventually plans changed and a larger, yet still only a practice ice facility, was planned to be constructed near Provo's East Bay Golf Course. Utah County, Provo, and SLOC all okayed the plans and committed to building the $ 7.7 million (equivalent to $ 14.96 million in 2023) facility. But in July 1996, before construction had started,

2088-629: The city of Spanish Fork. Portions of Highway 89 have become prominent local roads known collectively as 'State Street'. Highway 189 is known as 'University Avenue' in the city of Provo, and runs through Provo Canyon into Heber in neighboring Wasatch County . Utah County has seen significant growth in public transportation over the past 15 years, owing in part to the county's large student population of more than 70,000 commuting to-and-from Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo and Utah Valley University (UVU) in Orem. The two cities jointly operate UVX ,

2146-464: The county did not have sufficient food . Much of Utah's transportation infrastructure was built to support automobiles. Prior to the 1950s, Utah County relied on the U.S. Highway System for local transportation. When I-15 was built in 1956 (parallel to Highway 89 ), it became the dominant transportation vein in the state. The I-15 CORE project added multiple lanes on I-15 through most of Utah County. This expanded 24 miles (39 km) of freeway and

2204-429: The county voted for John McCain by a 58.9% margin over Barack Obama , compared to McCain winning by 28.1% statewide. Eight other Utah counties voted more strongly in favor of McCain. In the 2012 election , Mitt Romney received 88.32% of the vote. In 2016 , it gave a slim majority of the vote to Donald Trump , and nearly 30% of the vote to independent candidate Evan McMullin , who outperformed Hillary Clinton in

2262-599: The county, as well as all 14 state representatives, are Republicans. Utah County saw high rates of opioid and other prescription drug addiction from the mid-2000s onwards, foreshadowing the national opioid crisis . The 2008 documentary Happy Valley examined the problem. Giving USA , which reports on charitable giving in the US, named Utah County as one of the three most generous counties in philanthropic donations, alongside San Juan County, Utah and Madison County, Idaho . In 2019, one in eight people and one in six children in

2320-1020: The county. The Orem FrontRunner station is located on the west side of I-15, served by a pedestrian bridge over the freeway that connects the UVU campus directly to the station. An additional stop in Vineyard, Utah was completed in August 2022. Utah County also operates the American Fork FrontRunner Station and the Lehi FrontRunner Station located near Thanksgiving Point . From Lehi, the FrontRunner leaves Utah County and enters Salt Lake County . School dstricts include: Four-year institutions Two-year institutions United States Premier Hockey League The United States Premier Hockey League ( USPHL )

2378-470: The county. This was McMullin's largest share of the vote in any county in Utah and his second best nationwide after Madison County, Idaho . In 2020 , Democratic candidate Joe Biden received over 75,000 votes, easily a record for the party - no Democratic candidate had previously received more than 30,000 votes in the county - but it amounted to barely a quarter of the county vote as Trump received two-thirds of

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2436-476: The extra cost would be paid for by Seven Peaks. Soon after construction had begun SLOC decided to host competitive hockey events in the new arena, versus the original plan to use the arena for practices, and using Utah Valley University's UCCU Center (then known as the McKay Events Center) for the competitions. SLOC would contribute $ 5.25 million (equivalent to $ 9.965 million in 2023) towards

2494-565: The league announced the formation of a High Performance Youth Division for the upcoming 2016–17 season. The new division added 14 and under (Bantams), 12 and under (Peewees), along with 10 and under (Squirts) to the USPHL umbrella. Charter members of the High Performance Youth Division were to include the New Jersey Rockets, Hartford Junior Wolfpack, Jersey Hitmen, and P.A.L. Jr. Islanders. In late April,

2552-408: The most Republican state in the United States". It has voted for a Democratic presidential candidate nine times since statehood, but has not done so since 1964. In the 1992 presidential election , George H. W. Bush received the most votes and Bill Clinton was third in votes received. In the 2004 presidential election , 85.99% voted for George W. Bush . In the 2008 U.S. presidential election ,

2610-551: The new Midwest Division saw a number of teams cease operations prior to the 2015–16 season including the Indiana Attack, Ironwood Fighting Yoopers, Minnesota Owls , Soo Firehawks, and St. Louis Storm due to lack of players. The Midwest Division did not have its own championship playoffs, but instead the top two teams in each conference from the Midwest and USP3 Divisions played for a single championship. On January 14, 2016,

2668-457: The owners of Provo's Seven Peaks Waterpark approached the city and asked that the arena be built on the park's property, and Seven Peaks would pay for an additional ice sheet to be constructed in the same building. The plan was approved by county officials October 14, 1996, with Provo paying $ 2 million, Utah County $ 2 million, SLOC $ 3 million, and Seven Peaks donating land for the arena and parking spaces. Valentiner, Crane, Brunjes, Onyon Architecture

2726-555: The population distribution by age was 216,133 (32.8%) under the age of 18, 389,673 (59.1%) from 18 to 64, and 53,593 (8.1%) who were at least 65 years old. The median age was 25.9 years. There were 184,558 households in Utah County with an average size of 3.57 of which 148,476 (80.4%) were families and 36,082 (19.6%) were non-families. Among all families, 124,424 (67.4%) were married couples , 8,394 (4.5%) were male householders with no spouse, and 15,658 (8.5%) were female householders with no spouse. Among all non-families, 23,748 (12.9%) were

2784-471: The project, the cost of which had just jumped to $ 10.75 million, with the addition of 12 locker rooms instead of four, extra seating, and other minor additions to the original plan. The arena opened November 20, 1998 in what was considered a "soft opening", and following the completion of minor work, the arena was supposed to have a grand opening in January or February 1999. But in December 1998 allegations of

2842-533: The total. Until 2013 , Utah County was represented entirely by one congressional district. Currently, the county is split between two congressional districts. Most of the county's population is in the 3rd District , represented by Republican John Curtis , former Provo Mayor. Much of the county's area however, including Utah Lake, resides in the 4th District currently represented by Republican Burgess Owens . The county's Republican bent runs right through state and local politics. All five state senators representing

2900-471: The youth levels. While the Bandits, Rockets and Cyclones have free-to-play teams in the new NCDC, all six organizations were announced to have Tier III teams in the Premier Division and five teams in the Elite Division. The Jr. Monarchs would also add a NCDC team in 2018. The league also announced the retirement of the USP3 Division, with the Premier Division remaining the top pay-to-play division and

2958-435: Was $ 60,356 and for females $ 37,391. 10.0% of the population and 6.9% of families were below the poverty line . In terms of education attainment, out of the 310,161 people in Utah County 25 years or older, 14,999 (4.8%) had not completed high school , 51,916 (16.7%) had a high school diploma or equivalency, 115,689 (37.3%) had some college or associate degree , 88,312 (28.5%) had a bachelor's degree , and 39,245 (12.7%) had

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3016-474: Was 110,000 square feet (10,000 m) in size. On November 20, 2008 Provo City took control of the arena from Seven Peaks owner Max Rabner, resolving a lawsuit that had been on going for years over the original construction and management agreements. The arena is now operated by the Parks and Recreation Department of Provo. During the 2002 games both men's and women's ice hockey games and practices were held in

3074-586: Was announced the Empire Division would be renamed as the USP3 Division. In late April 2015, the Charlotte Rush was announced as an expansion franchise by adding two teams, one in the Elite Division and one in the USP3. The Wooster Oilers from the former MnJHL decided against fielding two Tier III teams and dropped their membership in the USPHL Midwest and would only play in the North American 3 Hockey League . Initially announced with 22 member teams,

3132-417: Was chosen to design the arena. On September 17, 1997 ground was broken for construction next to Seven Peaks Waterpark. It was to be 84,000 square feet (7,800 m) in size, with two ice sheets side by side. One ice sheet would have seating for about 2,000 spectators while the other would seat 300. By the time ground was broken the price had increased to $ 8.5 million, $ 1.5 million more than originally planned;

3190-413: Was completed in 1926. The county's boundaries were adjusted in 1852, 1854, 1856, 1862, 1880, and 1884. It has retained its present boundary since 1884. Utah County terrain ranges from stiff mountain ranges in the east (the Wasatch Range ), dropping steeply to a large lake-filled valley. Most of the comparatively level ground is dedicated to agriculture or developed uses, while most of the steep terrain

3248-666: Was completed in 2012. Other construction projects by UDOT have been done on I-15 since then, including the Technology Corridor project and the Point of the Mountain project. However, the highway system retains its significance in Utah County due to the mountainous terrain. Highway 6 is the closest major road connecting Colorado to the Wasatch Front, running through Spanish Fork Canyon before converging with I-15 in

3306-493: Was offset by the additions of Team Beijing (Elite), another team from the New York Aviators organization (Elite), and the return of the Ironwood Fighting Yoopers (USP3). In October 2016, the USPHL announced it had applied to USA Hockey for approval to start a Tier II junior league for the 2017–18 season. The proposed Tier II USPHL division was announced to consist of 11 teams, seven from organizations in

3364-554: Was replaced by Russell Kelly. In 2020, Sheriff Mike Smith publicly stated he would not enforce COVID-19 face mask mandates . The Utah County Fire Department provides emergency response to all unincorporated areas within Utah County and works with all the incorporated cities within the county plus all Utah state and federal lands. The department is primarily a wildland fires response and urban interspace service with some structure fire and HAZMAT abatement capability. Utah County has been referred to as "the most Republican county in

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