Why was the LDS Conference Center built in Salt Lake City?

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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Mormon temple, Salt Lake City, Utah.

The LDS Conference Center in Salt Lake City was constructed primarily to address the growing need for space during the church's semiannual General Conference.

For many years, these conferences were held in the historic, dome-shaped Tabernacle located on Temple Square. However, as the church membership grew, the Tabernacle became unable to accommodate the increasing number of attendees.1

Completed in 2000, the new Conference Center was built to provide a much larger venue, featuring a capacity of nearly 22,000 people. It is now one of the largest theatre-styled auditoriums in the world and serves as the primary location for these gatherings, which are open to both believers and outside observers.1