The Utah Jazz rebrand launch is expected to happen Friday. Here’s what we know (2024)

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SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah Jazz have announced their latest rebrand featuring four uniforms to be debuted during the 2024-25, and 2025-26 seasons. The new Jazz uniforms come just two seasons after the team underwent a radical makeover featuring a minimalist black, yellow, and white theme.

Although Salt Lake City was not known for its jazz culture, the team decided to keep the name, as there was not enough time before the start of the 1979–80 season to receive league approval for a name change.

The Jazz are adding a variety of new uniforms for the 2024-25 and '25-26 seasons. (From left) Lauri Markkanen, Keyonte George, Taylor Hendricks and Walker Kessler show off Utah's new uniforms. The Utah Jazz are changing their uniform set and will have purple and blue as more prominent colors over the next two seasons.

The Utah Jazz have fired Jon Absey, the man who acted a…

The Utah Jazz have fired Jon Absey, the man who acted as the Utah Jazz Bear since the mascot's inception in 1994, The Salt Lake Tribune has learned. It is not clear why Absey was let go, but the team did confirm that he is no longer with the organization.

The value of the National Basketball Association franchise Utah Jazz reached 3.09 billion U.S. dollars in 2023. This was an increase of over 50 percent from the previous year, when the figure stood at 2.025 billion U.S. dollars.

Personal life. Smith lives in Provo, Utah, and is married with five children. He is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and spent two years in Mexico as a missionary.

The Smiths and Smith Entertainment Group (SEG) are now the majority owners of the Utah Jazz, Real Salt Lake, the Utah Royals, and the new NHL franchise. With this purchase, SEG has applied to work with Salt Lake City to build a sports district that will house multiple franchises and arenas.

They were originally from New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 1970s. Jazz music is popular in New Orleans, and the team was named the Jazz when it was in New Orleans. The team kept the name when it moved to Utah. The Jazz are in Salt Lake City, Utah's capital, and they made it to the NBA Finals in 1997 and 1998.

In 1979 the franchise's financial difficulties led to a relocation to Salt Lake City, where it incongruously retained the name Jazz. Shortly before beginning its first season in Utah, the team traded for Adrian Dantley, who became the key figure in the Jazz's ascent to the upper echelon of the Western Conference.

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29 overall picks in 2024 NBA Draft. The Utah Jazz have signed first round draft selections Cody Williams (10th overall) and Isaiah Collier (29th overall). Per team policy, terms of the deals were not released.

The Philadelphia Flyers unveiled today the club's new home and road uniforms featuring a collection of design elements and new features which officially usher in the team's New Era of Orange.

After owning the team exclusively for 35 years, the Millers sold 80% of the Jazz to a group headed by Ryan Smith, co-founder of the Qualtrics software company, in October 2020.

The next season the Jazz won only 26 games, which included a 4-37 record; but even more crippling for the franchise was the mammoth rent. It was time to move, thought Sam Bettistone and Larry Hatfield of Santa Barbara, who were now the co-owners of the team.

Never underestimate the power of a good hobby! Following his retirement from the NBA, Dwyane Wade, like many greats who have since left the league, picked up a new golfing habit, which ultimately led him to become a minority owner in the NBA team Utah Jazz.

In 2020, the Miller family sold what some thought it'd never sell—the Jazz— for a reported $1.66 billion, and the next year their car dealerships also for more than $3 billion, looking for business opportunities elsewhere.

In 1979 the franchise's financial difficulties led to a relocation to Salt Lake City, where it incongruously retained the name Jazz. Shortly before beginning its first season in Utah, the team traded for Adrian Dantley, who became the key figure in the Jazz's ascent to the upper echelon of the Western Conference.