On June 8, 1996, the Delta Center hosted what was then the largest crowd in the history of American minor league hockey: 17,381 fans attended Game 4 of the 1996 Turner Cup Finals.

[12] The arena's roof was damaged by severe winds associated with the Salt Lake City Tornado of August 11, 1999, costing $3.757 million to repair.

[15] Ryan Smith purchased the arena in December 2020 from the Miller family as part of a larger agreement including the Utah Jazz.

[16] On April 18, 2024, it was announced that the Utah Hockey Club, formed from the personnel of the Arizona Coyotes, would play in the arena beginning with the 2024–25 NHL season.

[17] The first Utah Hockey Club game at the arena took place on September 23, 2024, 3–2 preseason victory in overtime against the Los Angeles Kings.

The first regular season Utah Hockey Club game took place on October 8, 2024, against the Chicago Blackhawks resulting in a 5–2 victory on home ice.

[21] After Delta Air Lines declined to renew their 15-year naming rights contract, which expired on September 30, 2006, the arena's owner, Larry H. Miller, opted to sell naming rights to EnergySolutions, a low-level nuclear waste disposal company headquartered in Salt Lake City.

Early nicknames for the arena included "the Dump", a jab at EnergySolutions' radioactive and hazardous waste disposal operations.

[26] Other suggestions included the Glow Dome, Radium Stadium, Isotope, Chernobowl, Jazzmat, Big Bang, Tox Box, Power House, Hot Spot, Plutonium Palace, Fallout Shelter, Melta Center, and Energy Pollutions Arena.

[27] On October 26, 2015, the naming rights were acquired by the locally based home security and automation provider Vivint in a 10-year contract.

Also, during the 1997 NBA Finals, NBC's Hannah Storm called the Delta Center "one of the loudest places in sports.