Lavishly decorated hotel in prime salt lake city location downtown salt lake city the grand america hotel is right in the middle of downtown salt lake city home of the utah jazz basketball team and the utah symphony in a less than a 15 minute drive you can be shopping at city creek center or visiting the utah museum of fine arts outdoor paradise in less than an hour you can be skiing or snowshoeing in the wasatch mountains at the snowbasin ski resort hiking and biking are also popular in thi