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SALT LAKE CITY — Thousands of people will gather downtown this weekend for sessions of the 182 Semi-annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
More than 100,000 people are expected Saturday and Sunday at the Conference Center and Temple Square.
General sessions of conference will be held at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday, with a priesthood session for male church members on Saturday at 6 p.m. Tickets are required for all sessions. Doors open 90 minutes early and attendees are encouraged to be in their seats 30 minutes before the session start time.
Temple square offers historical context
But many conference-goers will also visit the historical church exhibits at the Church History Library that focus on its treasured collections.
"It's either some of the things they have collected as church historians or information about those historians since then," said Christine Cox of the Church History Library.
Many pieces are rare, like a sample of the LDS Church's first prophet, Joseph Smith Jr.'s handwriting, old audio/visual materials, including wax cylinders and recording wire. They also have motion pictures of early prophets of the church, including some of Joseph F. Smith, Heber J. Grant, George Albert Smith and David O. McKay.
- General Sessions
Saturday and Sunday
10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Available on ksl.com, KSL 5, KSL Newsradio - Priesthood Session
Saturday
6 p.m.
"I just think it's amazing that you can even keep history that far back," said Layton resident Justin Berndt.
Transportation accommodations
To accommodate all those people commuting to and from downtown during the weekend, UTA is planning to run extra TRAX trains. The schedule is as follows for Saturday:
- Extra Blue Line trains will leave Sandy Civic Center for downtown every 10 minutes from 7:58 to 9:18 a.m.
- Immediately following each session, two extra Blue Line trains will be in service to Sandy. All other trains and Frontrunner will run on their regular schedules.
- On Sunday, the Blue Line from the Sandy Civic Center will run every 20 minutes beginning at 7:58 a.m. A train will depart Fashion Place Mall every 10 minutes between 8:58 and 9:08 a.m, as well as between 12:18 and 12:58 p.m.
- Early service will also be provided from Medical Center to City Center at 7:58 and 8:18 a.m.
- There will be at least two extra trains departing downtown to Sandy following each conference session. Riders are encouraged to plan ahead and leave early. Millions of people worldwide will be watching the conference sessions via television, radio, satellite and Internet broadcasts. All the general sessions can be seen locally on ksl.com, KSL TV 5, and heard on KSL Newsradio.
