Salt Lake Offers Pro Basketball, Soccer, Hockey and Baseball

This is a great time of year for pro sports, with several Utah teams offering action-packed viewing opportunity at economical prices.

The Utah Jazz have struggled this year - they are rebuilding - but still offer exciting NBA action in Salt Lake City. They host these teams as their season winds down:

• April 4 - New Orleans Pelicans
• April 8 - Dallas Mavericks
• April 11 - Portland Trail Blazers
• April 14 - Los Angeles Lakers

Real Salt Lake has been very successful playing MLS; the team won the 2009 MLS Cup and finished a runner-up of the 2013 MLS Cup. They are just getting into rhythm this year and host these teams in April:

• April 19 - Portland
• April 26 - Vancouver

The Utah Gizzlies are battling for the home ice playoff advantage as the ECHL regular season winds down. Four of their final 6 games will be at home, in the Maverik Center.

• April 2 - Colorado
• April 9 - Las Vegas
• April 11 - Idaho
• April 12 - Idaho

Meanwhile, the Salt Lake Bees kick off the local baseball season Thursday. They play in the minors, Pacific Coast League. Their April home games

• April 3, 4, 5, 6 - Sacramento
• April 7, 8, 9, 10 - Fresno
• April 19, 20, 21, 22 - Albuquerque

Orem and Ogden also have professional baseball teams, the Owlz and Raptors, respectively. They are in the Pioneer League and will begin play a little later this spring.