As a gathering place and local hub, where hotel guests and locals can find inspiration and be their best, lounge is an attractive gathering spot to mix, mingle, and engage in good conversation over batch crafted cocktails, a curated beer selection, or our top wine labels on tap. Sit at the bar to connect with friends or colleagues, or grab a table for a perfect downtown happy hour. Open daily: 2:00pm- 1am

Contribution Cocktail Lounge

You'll find German meats and cheeses, imported gourmet food items, magazines, and delicious prepared foods. Homemade bratwurst, wiener schnitzel, sauerkraut, and spaetzle with rich brown gravy.

Siegfried's Delicatessen, Inc.

If you enjoy a refreshing pint or adult beverage now and then, you’re going to love the Salt Lake Sips Trail, which introduces beer and cider lovers and drinkers to the area’s award-winning craft ales, lagers, porters, and ciders at Salt Lake’s best breweries and distilleries. Long-known by locals yet surprising many first-time visitors, Salt Lake’s Brewmasters and Distillers have been refining their craft for decades, to create some of the most enjoyable, and awarded, beers in North America.

Salt Lake Sips Trail

In the search for a masterfully prepared dining experience? Look no further than your Salt Lake City, Utah Capital Grille. Located near the Salt Palace Convention Center between Main St. and State St., we promise to deliver delicious dry-aged steaks and entrees made with the highest quality ingredients. We feature over 350 new and old world wines curated by our Sommelier and classic cocktails with our own twist. Make a reservation at our restaurant on 40 East 100 South today where an unforgettable experience awaits you.

The Capital Grille

Nacho Daddy is a modern Mexican restaurant chain that serves gourmet nachos, margaritas, and other dishes. The restaurant was founded in Las Vegas in 2010 and aims to elevate nachos from appetizers to entrees. Nacho Daddy makes their sauces and queso fresh daily, and also offers a full vegan menu, all-day breakfast, and Mexican-American dishes. Some say the food is good quality and the portions are large, while others mention the friendly staff and great service.

Nacho Daddy

A bar and lounge with a pub-style menu for dinner. Located off the main lobby. American cuisine.

Destinations

Specializing in creative American cuisine and thoughtfully crafted cocktails, Carson Kitchen sits in the heart of Salt Lake’s downtown dining scene. Carson Kitchen is built on a philosophy of reimagined comfort food prepared with approachable fine-dining ingredients. The restaurant concept originated in 2014, opening in the historic Fremont East district of Downtown Las Vegas, a partnership between chef and restaurateur Cory Harwell and his dear friend, the late Chef Kerry Simon. Designed to bring a carefully curated experience to our country’s unique & vibrant neighborhoods, Carson Kitchen features a contemporary bar, open kitchen expo counter, and community tables in an industrial yet inviting architecture.

Carson Kitchen

From our humble beginnings on Broad Street in New Orleans to our current position as the world's largest fine dining company, Ruth's Chris Steak House has come a long way in its first 50 years. Locally owned and operated, bringing you the finest USDA Prime beef served "sizzling" in butter on a 500 degree plate.

Ruth's Chris Steak House

Experience the unique and culturally diverse downtown of Salt Lake City, UT. From the “Mormon” Pioneers who settled the area to the influence of modern culture, the arts, 2002 Olympics, and the influx of people from all over the world, Salt Lake City has many sights and stories to experience firsthand. Join us for a 2.5-3-hour walking tour of the downtown area. As you walk the 3-mile loop through the downtown area you will hear the stories about the founders of this city and those whose influence are continuing to shape this metropolitan area today. Along with the unique stories you will experience the diverse and unique architecture found throughout the downtown area. This all combines to create the unique vibe that exists in Salt Lake City.

Salt Lake City Walking Tour

Red Rock Downtown serves authentic wood-fired specialty pizzas and elevated comfort food just 2 blocks from the Salt Palace Convention Center and 3 blocks from Delta Center in the heart of downtown Salt Lake City.

What makes our downtown location unique: we're in easy walking distance to the Salt Palace Convention Center, perfect for convention attendees who are looking for a unique local dining experience and craft beer.

Our wood-fired ovens create pizzas with perfect char and bubbled crust using house-made dough daily. Everything made from scratch: beer-battered halibut fish and chips, slow-cooked baby back ribs, gourmet burgers, homemade lasagna, pasta and more.

We're family-friendly with a spacious dining area perfect for business lunches, convention groups, and pre-game meals before Utah Jazz games. Walking distance from Temple Square, City Creek Center, and all major downtown hotels.

Family meal packages to-go and are perfect for taking back to your hotel—we'll even do curbside pickup, so you don't have to come inside. Weekend brunch available.

Last, but not least, we have been brewing some of the best craft beer in the country at our very own production brewery with more than 100+ medals from the Great American Beer Festival, World Beer Cup, and North American Brewers Festival. You will find 20+ beer styles available at all times.

Included in the Salt Lake Brewery Pass

Red Rock Brewing Company

Visit Salt Lake

Salt Lake is the place where the Wasatch mountain peaks frame city streets. Sure, Salt Lake's famed for our winter powder ([four legendary ski resorts](https://www.visitsaltlake.com/things-to-do/skiing-snowboarding/) just 30 minutes from downtown), but that's just one season's story. Summer brings families [hiking through wildflower meadows](https://www.visitsaltlake.com/things-to-do/outdoor-recreation/) before cooling off at a Jazz game or the Gateway fountains. Autumn paints our mountain canyons in gold, perfect for morning strolls that end at local coffee shops. Spring? That's when you might spot baby bison on Antelope Island before heading to the Eccles Theater for a Broadway show. Our soaring Wasatch Mountains rise dramatically from downtown Salt Lake, creating a place where every day offers both natural wonders and urban energy. And while we sit perfectly between the [national parks](https://www.visitsaltlake.com/things-to-do/outdoor-recreation/state-national-parks/) with Yellowstone's geysers and Utah's red rock country, the real magic happens right here, where everyone can [discover the history](https://www.visitsaltlake.com/plan-your-visit/about-salt-lake/) of the city as they find their own rhythm between mountain adventure and city life.

Sports Salt Lake

Celebrate the season in style at the 2027 Varsity AC Celebration in Salt Lake City! This high-energy event brings together cheer and dance teams from across the region for a weekend of spirited performances, team bonding, and championship moments. It’s the perfect way to close out the season with excitement and pride.

2027 Varsity AC Celebration

Varsity All Star is made up of over 40 brands who foster and facilitate growth within the All Star community. Whether your team is looking to travel across the country or compete closer to home, we offer over 500 regional, national, and end-of-season events to fit the unique needs of every team. We look to host our events in everything from a Convention Center to High School arenas. We also love to work with the city to be involved to give a full experience to the clients.

Varsity Spirit

Cheerleading

The Salt Palace Convention Center boasts 515,000 sq. ft. of exhibit space, 164,000 sq. ft. of meeting space providing 67 meeting rooms, and the US Green Building Council's Silver LEED Certification. 

The SPCC is home to a 1.65 megawatt, 198,000 square foot solar panel array, installed in 2012.

Exhibits Space
Largest Room: 45000
Total Sq. Ft.: 675000
Reception Capacity: 5000
On-site AV Services: true
Venue Type: Meeting/Event Facility , Basketball , Volleyball , Gymnastics , Tennis , Soccer
Number of Rooms: 67

2027 Varsity AC Celebration

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