The public open house for the Deseret Peak Utah Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints begins this week in Tooele, Utah—located about 35 miles southwest of Salt Lake City.
Media attended a news conference and toured the new house of the Lord on Monday, September 23, 2024. Those participating in the event included Elder Kevin W. Pearson, President of the Utah Area; Elder Steven R. Bangerter, General Authority Seventy; and Primary General President, Susan H. Porter.
Public Open House
Invited guests will tour the new house of the Lord on Tuesday, September 24, and Wednesday, September 25. The public open house will run from Thursday, September 26, through Saturday, October 19, 2024, excluding Sundays and Saturday, October 5, for general conference.
There is no cost to attend the Deseret Peak Utah Temple public open house. Reservations to walk through the house of the Lord can be made online.
The Deseret Peak Utah Temple will be dedicated on Sunday, November 10, 2024, and the dedicatory sessions will be broadcast to all congregations in the temple’s district. When dedicated, this house of the Lord will be the 200th operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
About the Deseret Peak Utah Temple
The Deseret Peak Utah Temple was originally announced as the Tooele Valley Utah Temple in April 2019 by Church President Russell M. Nelson. The temple’s name became the Deseret Peak Utah Temple on January 19, 2021.
Construction began with a groundbreaking ceremony on Saturday, May 15, 2021. Elder Brook P. Hales of the Quorum of the Seventy conducted the groundbreaking service and offered the dedicatory prayer. “There are accounts of people who say that it has blessed their lives, even though they may not be members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. So, it is a lovely addition, we hope, irrespective of what one’s [religious] affiliation might be,” he said.
This new house of the Lord is nearly 72,000 square feet and sits on a 15.5-acre site at 2400 North 400 West Tooele, Utah. A new 20,000-square-foot meetinghouse was also built on the site.
Read more about the Deseret Peak Utah Temple on Church Newsroom.
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