Jazz Basketball Investors

Jazz Basketball Investors

This Jazz has its roots in the Big Easy but now it entertains fans in the Beehive State. Jazz Basketball Investors owns and operates the Utah Jazz professional basketball franchise, which joined the National Basketball Association in 1974 as the New Orleans Jazz. Since moving to Salt Lake City in 1979, the team has made two NBA Finals appearances in 1997 and 1998 (losing both times to the Chicago Bulls). The Jazz plays host to loyal fans at Salt Lake's EnergySolutions Arena. The family of Larry Miller (Larry H. Miller Group) has owned the team since 1985.

Jazz Basketball Investors, Inc., owns the Utah Jazz, one of the most successful franchises in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Led since the late 1980s by forward Karl Malone and point guard John Stockton, the Jazz have appeared in the NBA playoffs every year since the 1985-86 season, including two trips to the finals in 1996-97 and 1997-98. More remarkably, the Jazz have consistently been among the NBA's attendance leaders, despite the fact that Salt Lake City is one of the smallest markets in the league. In 2001-2002 Utah drew 766,108 spectators, tenth in the NBA and better than much larger cities such as Boston, Detroit, and Atlanta. As the 2003-2004 season got underway, the team's popularity showed little sign of waning despite a rebuilding program anticipating the retirements of Malone and Stockton.

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