Show Saltair resurrected to give a pleasantly disguised venue venue Amanda Chamberlain The Globe After being completely charred by an wide estate-wide fire in 1926 less- less so burned in 1955 and torched once more in 1970 the majestic Saltair has finally been successfully resurrected resurrected resurrected and is currently making quite a loud statement at that Opened initially in 1893 the Taj r resembling Mahal-resembling palace was once a haven for vacationing travelers It reigned gracefully as the grand Great Salt side Lake-side beach resort full of dance galas and swimsuit- swimsuit clad tourists Unfortunately a fire claimed the Saltair's fun-filled fun resort-era resort life leaving it rebuilt closed again and sold to the state to tobe tobe tobe be open for historical purposes thereafter Nearly 70 years later December 2004 brought not only the rebirth of the painstakingly royal aesthetics of the estate but also the renovation of its purpose as well The reinvented property has traded traded traded trad trad- ed its known resort appeal for an appeal to somewhat of a different different different dif dif- ferent type of audience The property property property prop prop- erty name of Saltair is no longer associated with the swimming vacationing tourists but is now paired with music musi bands and con con- But the recent switch from resort to concert venue may not be besuch besuch besuch such a drastic measure being as ashow ashow ashow how the Saltair originally held the title for the largest dance hall in the country Now Saltair will physically hold some of the biggest bands in the country Nov and Dec will bring a slew of well-known well artists to the venue carrying a variety of sounds ranging from heavy metal to reggae to the ears of Utah concert goers And thanks to the efforts of Saltair proprietor Tom LaPenna of Lucky Man Productions and others kings of several genres now flock to the venue Nov 22 will bring Damien Jr Gong Marley son of the Rastafarian god Bob Marley and his reggae rhythms to Saltair along with his special guests Next up Saltair will host a different species of metal bands when it hosts GW AR the rude and crude the the- armed musical spectacle on Nov 25 And heading up right around the holiday are the valiant and popular metal core heroes As I ILay ILay ILay Lay Dying who are also set to perform perform perform per per- form at the Saltair bringing their blasting brand of brutal music with them on Dec 14 And there is plenty plen plen- ty more where these came from The historical property turned venue is still open for tourist visitation as well as for the scheduled scheduled scheduled sched sched- events Tickets for every Saltair event are available online through When the ticket order is complete the tickets will be awaiting pickup at the Saltair Ticket Window through will call at the time of the show Also Saltair allows tickets to be purchased purchased purchased pur pur- chased at the door on the day of show if not sold out of course Also most show tickets are available available available avail avail- able through |