The Easton Salt Lake Archery Center will boast one of the largest dedicated indoor ranges in the world and will also have outdoor and 3-D ranges. Located at 575 N. John Glenn Road (6070 West), the $12 million, 60,000-square-foot training facility will provide elite performance training for teams and individual athletes.
Scheduled to officially open on April 15, a private VIP opening luncheon is scheduled for April 11, followed by a public open house on Saturday, April 12 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Attendees will be able to watch Olympic archers compete, test their own archery skills and enjoy a barbecue lunch.
“This center is the first of its kind in many ways,” said president Greg Easton. “It will move us closer to fulfilling our vision of increasing archery participation and raising the skill of U.S. Archers by creating a seamless path from the introduction to archery through top-level training.”
Easton added that the Utah center will also work with “sister” centers in Newberry, Fla., Yankton, S.D., the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif., and other affiliated centers to introduce competitive archery to more people, increase archery participation and eventually see archery become a mainstream activity.
The facility will be equipped with a gym, a sports medicine room, a workshop with technologically advanced testing, along with meeting and classroom space. The center will host open shooting, leagues, regional, national and international events, specialty camps and clinics, instructor certification courses and opportunities to train one-on-one with certified instructors and coaches.
“Easton is a Utah company that is renowned for innovation and excellence,” said Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams.
“This new facility builds on that reputation and puts Salt Lake County on the map with archers from around the world, including, perhaps our future Olympians.”
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