897 Temple Ticker – The Salt Lake Temple Open House Extravaganza!

• Temple Open House Announcement 
  • Salt Lake Temple
    • Russell Nelson makes announced on Social media 
    • Announced on February 14th, 172nd anniversary of groundbreaking
    • Temple will open for tours from April 2027 to October 2027
• Temple Open Houses Begin
  • Toronto Ontario Temple
    • Open house through March 8th
    • Interior Photos released
      • Refreshed interior still remissant of early 90’s style
      • Jesus mural in lobby  
      • Wood paneling and blue curtains in endowment rooms
    • Rededication on March 23rd 
  • Auckland New Zealand Temple
    • Open house through March 22nd
    • Media Day on February 24th
    • Interior Photos released
      • Traditional Maori designs throughout the temple
      • Gold oxen bapitismal font in art deco style
      • Interesting shaped couches 
    • Dedication on April 13th 
• Temple Groundbreaking Announced
  • Lethbridge Alberta Temple
    • Scheduled for April 26th 
    • Magrath native Randle K Bennett will preside
• Temple Sites Revealed and Renderings Released
  • Culiacán Mexico Temple
    • 5-acre site on Avenida Milenium in the Colonia Country Tres Rios
    • Located near the Culiacan River and the Country club golf course 
  • Tuguegarao Philippines Temple
    • 6.3-acre site south of Enrile Avenue in Tuguegarao
    • Across the Street from the 
    • Rendering released of a single story 18,850 sq. ft building
  • Lehi Utah Temple
    • 3-story, 85,000(?) sq. ft. building 
    • Appears to be similar floor plan as Orem/Taylorsville/Tooele/Pocatello/Lone Mountain (70,000)
• Temple Matrons and Presidents Announced
  • Bahia Blanca Argentina Temple
    • Horacio Abel Paez and Sonia Adriana Sanchez Paez from Olavarría
  • Elko Nevada Temple
    • Kendle Bowler and Robin Lynn Howell Bowler from Elko
• Temple Construction Updates
  • Bengaluru India Temple
    • Construction efforts have been stopped and windows are boarded up
    • New laws in India preventing foreign funding of organizations may be preventing the church from sending funding for the construction. 
  • Wellington New Zealand Temple
    • Approval for temple to be built in Porirua 
  • Cody Wyoming Temple
    • Church Attorney says that bad advice lead to temple approval
    • Land owner of lot adjacent to temple site applies to change zoning from rural residential to medium-low density residential zoning. 
  • Lone Mountain Nevada Temple
    • Judge dismissed legal action from neighbors group 
    • Las Vegas looks to impose lightening limits on temple

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