If you’ve meant to make the trip to Utah to turn some laps around Miller Motorsports Park, you might want to do it this year. The jewel of a circuit located a short drive from Salt Lake City, built to the tune of $100 million, will close October 31st.
The track was a project envisioned by the often controversial Larry H. Miller, a Salt Lake City native and lifelong resident, businessman, and philanthropist. Miller, whose other ventures included retail, entertainment, automotive, and professional sports businesses before his death in 2009, first broke ground on the track in 2004 before it was opened two years later.
The track’s closing at the end of this racing season will mean it lasted only 10 years.
The Larry H. Miller Group, the company that operates Miller Motorsports Park, does not own the land on which the race track is built; instead, it is leased to the group by Tooele County. The group will not be renewing the lease with the county, effectively shutting it down. All assets at the 511-acre site will also return to the county.
“On behalf of my family, I would like to thank all of those who have supported the track over the years, both locally and worldwide, for their enthusiasm and use of the facility,” Larry H. Miller Group owner Gail Miller said in a statement released by the organization.
Not all hope is lost for the facility. County commissioners are now tasked with looking for someone or a group to take over the facility and the Miller Group has said they’d assist in the process.
“It was part of our conversation this afternoon,” said Tooele County Commissioner Shawn Milne to Deseret News. “They have assured us and we are faithful that there will be a smooth transition.”
Scheduled events will continue uninterrupted this summer. An all-day opening party is set for next weekend.
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