Dylan EubankWhile visitors eager to tour the renovated Salt Lake Temple next year will get another chance to land tickets Tuesday evening, they can see inside a new temple sooner and more easily by driving 90 minutes to the north.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced a public open house for the Smithfield Temple from Feb. 25 through March 27.
Church apostle Quentin Cook, a native of nearby Logan and a graduate of Utah State University, is scheduled dedicate the twin-towered, three-story, 81,000-square-foot edifice on April 18. It will be the faith’s second temple in the Cache Valley, joining the pioneer-era Logan Temple.
Utah, the faith’s global headquarters, is home to 32 existing or planned Latter-day Saint temples.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The renovated Salt Lake Temple will open to tours in 2027.
The church’s most iconic building, the six–spired Salt Lake Temple, is nearing the conclusion of a multiyear renovation and seismic upgrade, and will welcome public tours next year for the first time since its original dedication 133 years ago.
Although the first million reservations to go inside the temple between April 5 and Oct. 1 were snatched up in less than 24 hours, a new batch of tickets will be available Tuesday starting at 6 p.m. Mountain time. Go to TempleSquare.org or download the Temple Square app to reserve up to six spots.
Another set of tickets will become available Oct. 1.
Latter-day Saints view temples as Houses of the Lord and, unlike their more common meetinghouses, are places where devout members participate in the faith’s highest religious rites such as eternal marriage.
Note to readers • Dylan Eubank is a Report for America corps member covering faith for The Salt Lake Tribune. Your donation to match our RFA grant helps keep him writing stories.
