Church's 22,000-Seat Hall Is an Open and Shut Case

摘要

A waterfall plunges through a "canyon." Aspens and evergreens grow to the edge of a three-acre alpine "meadow." The setting sounds bucolic but it is not. It is the rooftop of a 1.5-million-sq-ft conference center smack in the middle of Salt Lake City. The $240-million building for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints houses a 22,000-seat hall, described by church officials as the world's largest. The building opened briefly April 1 for the church's general conference. Construction then resumed toward a formal opening and dedication in October.