Hello again, everyone! More breaking temple news has been reported by the Church this morning. The site locations and preliminary details have been confirmed for 3 temples in the Western United States. Each of the three were announced by President Nelson in last April's General Conference, and two of them will be a similar size to the Helena Montana Temple, so I'd anticipate on those two that the site announcements will be followed fairly shortly by released renderings and groundbreakings set to occur in coming months. Let's get to the details.
The Casper Wyoming and Elkn Nevada Temples are each planned to be 10,000 square foot edfices, which will be the sole buildings on the sites in question. The Casper temple will rise at a 9.5 acre site at the intersection of southwest Wyoming Boulevard and Eagle Drive. Meanwhile, the temple in Elko will be buillt adjacent to the southeast corner of Ruby View golf course.
Meanwhile, the tthird temple to have preliminary details unveiled is the Smithfield Utah Temple, which is planned to be a 3-story temple of roughly 81,000 square feet. It is planned to be built on a 13.3 acre site at the interxection of 800 West and 100 North. It appears that the Smithfield Temple will be around the same size as the Lindon Utah Temple, so the exterior rendering for Smithfield, when that is released, may look similar or identical to (or at least have some similar elementsx to) that temple.
Based on the timing of this announcement, it would not shock me in any way if all 3 temples were underway by the end of the year. And again, if swift approval can be obtained for the Casper Wyoming and Elko Nevada Temples, then theey might be likely to also use the modular design and be ready for dedication within 12-15 months of when those projects begin.
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