Conference Center opened a decade ago – Church News

During the April 1996 general conference, President Gordon B. Hinckley outlined a vision of a Church building "that would accommodate three or four times the number who can be seated in (the Tabernacle on Temple Square)."

That vision was realized a decade ago. On April 1, 2000, President Hinckley stood at the pulpit and opened the first general conference in the new Conference Center just north of Temple Square. Since then, all of the church's general conferences have been held in the 21,000-seat auditorium of the massive structure.

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