Massive growth projected 4 Utah County. Population expected to triple over 50yrs

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Jul 23, 2017
4:32:23am

BamaCoug All-American

Massive growth projected 4 Utah County. Population expected to triple over 50yrs

to 1.6 million within the county alone.

How does this effect BYU football and/or how can BYU sports capitalize on this?

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865684973/Report-Utah-County-will-look-more-like-Salt-Lake-City-in-50-years.html

A previous article from the Trib noted that while SLC is becoming "less LDS" that Utah county is conversely becoming "more Mormon."
http://www.sltrib.com/home/5403049-155/salt-lake-county-is-becoming-less

Recent DesNews editorial calling for foresight in planning here:
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865685243/In-our-opinion-The-state-must-prepare-for-rapid-expansion-through-planning-and-participation.html

I know I'm a broken record on my opinion that BYU should work to dramatically increase enrollment.

Having so many more local LDS would seem to be "low hanging fruit" for future fans and help fill the stands.

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Massive growth projected 4 Utah County. Population expected to triple over 50yrs

BamaCoug

7/23/17 4:32am

Just spent 3 days in utah county after being away for 11 years.

MormonThug

7/23/17 4:58am

The summer pollution is caused by

bluegato

7/23/17 6:59am

The 'inversion' is from the fires all over the west

BlueCoug

7/23/17 9:22am

and no rain.

BDAWG

7/23/17 7:56pm

Utah County is already overly congested

Sir_Ten

7/23/17 9:56am

You must not have been around during the Geneva years.

Rhino84

7/23/17 11:36am

So.....bridge over Utah lake may happen.

idacoug

7/23/17 5:45am

I bet that's announced within 5 years.

mokelembembe

7/23/17 7:13am

I hate to see this happening

buffgato

7/23/17 6:07am

Idaho is great this way

OU Cougar

7/23/17 6:12am

I wonder how much Idaho will grow over the next few decades

buffgato

7/23/17 7:03am

It won't stay like it is now.

bluegato

7/23/17 8:04am

Larger cities in Idaho mostly booming

cajuncoug

7/23/17 9:56am

I grew up in Nampa, which was 25k in 1990. Now its sitting close to 90k.

vallivue19

7/23/17 1:27pm

I just noticed it up north too. The Coeur d' Alene area

7/23/17 8:21pm

Or Juab and Sanpete Counties

Revolution

7/24/17 9:47am

It's an interesting dynamic, because people "vote with their feet" & fill up the

BamaCoug

7/23/17 6:21am

For practical reasons

buffgato

7/23/17 6:38am

Yep... and the jobs are coming in droves to Utah. Gear up locals!

BamaCoug

7/23/17 9:12am

Heber City will soon be the new Park City

Y4LYFE

7/23/17 7:17am

No ski resorts or history. Try again

covfefe

7/23/17 7:37am

Y4Life is partially right....

Chris Bailey

7/23/17 7:52am

The Ogden valley by Pineview will be the new park city.. its already underway

SL12

7/23/17 7:53am

Yep Snowbasin will be the largest ski resort in the USA

DJROSS

7/24/17 10:50am

People need to stop procreating. 😉

Blue Golfer

7/23/17 11:15am

Yeah, that's worked great for Japan and Europe, eh? 🤔

BamaCoug

7/23/17 2:26pm

UT complaining about overcrowding lol

californiacoug1920

7/23/17 7:42pm

So many other things can and will change in the next 50 years

macdizzle

7/23/17 6:33am

No need to increase enrollment, all they have to do

Bert609

7/23/17 6:42am

Let's also throw in BYU-Moroni

bluegato

7/23/17 7:32am

Gotta get BYU - Moroni

Q-grr

7/23/17 4:17pm

BYU-Modesto will probably happen first. Get Californians out of the state.

Breaded Hamster

7/23/17 9:59pm

Seems so sexist. What about BYU-Sariah?

teancum

7/24/17 2:20pm

I don't think there's any indication that most of the growth will be among LDS.

SWP

7/23/17 8:07am

Those companies really aren't relocating.

7/23/17 8:15am

Probably some of them are, but not big ones

buffgato

7/23/17 8:19am

Not big ones?

7/23/17 5:47pm

So you're agreeing with me?

buffgato

7/23/17 7:41pm

I guess so! Lol thought you were saying the converse

7/23/17 8:57pm

Yeah, I meant small companies are relocating but not big companies

buffgato

7/23/17 9:45pm

I'm sure that's true for some, but certainly not true of all.

SWP

7/23/17 8:50am

Curious which companies did big relocations

7/23/17 5:48pm

Incidentally...I hope your perception is more correct than mine

SWP

7/23/17 8:52am

If you read the data at the links, 75% of the growth in Utah Co. is from births,

BamaCoug

7/23/17 9:15am

UT co leads the nation in people per household and in the youngest average age

BamaCoug

7/23/17 9:17am

Yep- the difference in the past was UT County types like me had to leave to get

7/23/17 9:43am

This is definitely the case. My company has an office in SL Cty, head quarters is in Southern Ca. And Non

ocmyhome

7/23/17 11:02am

The most important factor for increasing enrollment

CocaColaRecovery

7/23/17 9:53am

I agree completely. Great post.

BamaCoug

7/23/17 10:01am

It appears that the spend is going to BYUI and most likely won't go to BYU

Acorn

7/23/17 10:12am

BYUI has a lot of ridiculous policies that need to be done away with

therock

7/23/17 3:22pm

Went there back when it was Ricks. They lost me when they dropped athletics.

Q-grr

7/23/17 4:20pm

Now I wonder if I truly want to retire there.

7/23/17 10:00am

If enrollment increase, it will have nothing to do with fans.

mudpupper

7/23/17 10:21am

Winning will make more fans than larger enrollment.

Acorn

7/23/17 10:36am

^^BINGO^^ Have you ever been to a Pitt game

7/23/17 10:58am

Winning is absolutely key to maintain/grow fanbase, but over 1 million LDS in...

BamaCoug

7/23/17 11:06am

Valid point

7/23/17 8:10pm

Because of LDS ties, enrollment is significantly less important to BYU sports than at other schools. As millionaires are

HarlemCoug

7/23/17 11:33am

Oh brother, you got yours, now you want to slam the door on the up and comers.

7/23/17 2:45pm

"Slam the door" ??? The acceptance rate is 50%. There are 30k seats at the school. And for so many of the best students

HarlemCoug

7/23/17 3:01pm

Is 50% acceptance a bad thing for a non-Ivy? It's a massive university with

7/23/17 4:36pm

your outline of what BYU is in paragraph two of your post should be the purpose of BYUI. I'm hopefully that the goal of

HarlemCoug

7/23/17 4:56pm

and I'll add that the strides BYU has made over the last 50 years are nothing short of miraculous. They are the result

HarlemCoug

7/23/17 5:04pm

I disagree. BYU and the church benefit from having many & various types of grads

BamaCoug

7/23/17 5:22pm

I'm not sure I agree that the amount of people is that high who could

7/23/17 7:16pm

Acceptance rate can't be compared to non-LDS schools since our applicant pool is

BamaCoug

7/23/17 5:11pm

Gonna be fun to watch the power struggle between SLC and

hansel

7/23/17 2:40pm

Some northern and southern kingdoms OT parallels

Scooter

7/23/17 3:44pm

Read just about any business related publication recently and they all rank...

COACHdrn

7/23/17 3:39pm

These lists are exciting for BYU and the church. Fortunately, there is a direct correlation with these lists and

HarlemCoug

7/23/17 3:48pm

Maybe Provo will finally move beyond being a college town

qom

7/23/17 5:47pm

Slum lords? A bit of an exaggeration maybe?

Adrielle

7/23/17 7:23pm

Not really. The Provo landlords routinely put kids on the street

qom

7/23/17 11:05pm

Wow... Ok

Adrielle

7/24/17 10:57am

I guess you haven't had to live in that reality, huh?

qom

7/24/17 2:53pm

Your last line is a bit of wag the dog as if their decision to increase

SoutheastIdaCoug

7/23/17 8:10pm

No doubt. Enrollment expansions wouldn't be done to increase fans/fill stands,

BamaCoug

7/24/17 8:19am

I was talking to a Utah County planner 10 years ago and he said Eagle Mountain

Bullrider

7/23/17 8:24pm

That's like someone in L.A. saying that Palmdale would be the biggest city.

COACHdrn

7/23/17 10:21pm

I'll let the population growth planner know you disagree.

Bullrider

7/24/17 2:05pm

They don't need more people in order to fill it.

7/23/17 8:34pm

Lavell regulary filled it with half the population.

Rhino84

7/23/17 8:42pm

He also had less competition

buffgato

7/23/17 9:47pm

Unfortunately, I'll be dead in 50 years Hard to get excited about that!

BYU28_Miami21

7/23/17 9:02pm

If this is true, it's only a matter of time before Utah Co. becomes more "urban"

chilango

7/24/17 9:09am

Water?

DoseOfReality

7/24/17 1:46pm

The church may not want to subsidize 2 or 3x the number of students they are

Big Daddy D

7/24/17 1:57pm

As the LDS population gross, I do think they should increase enrollment..

Adrielle

7/24/17 2:15pm

I bet they'll buy SVU before they increase enrollment

buffgato

7/24/17 3:21pm

They need a BYU East and a BYU California

Big Daddy D

7/24/17 3:24pm

While growth in Utah County will help build the BYU fanbase, there are other

Oatmeal

7/24/17 3:38pm

I don't think BYU football will exist in 50 years.

7/24/17 8:35pm

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